Since the heat treat looks correct, could the alloy/material potentially be incorrect for the application?
(Regarding that specific axle)
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I broke it
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Since the heat treat looks correct, could the alloy/material potentially be incorrect for the application?
(Regarding that specific axle)
Andy I know you think you weren't working it hard when it broke, but you were. Like I said "shock load". You had all 4 tires spinning, when the left rear caught traction.
I was watching and spotting for you.
Something has to give, and usually at least in my industry it's the axle.
I have seen loaded tandem axle dump trucks break an axle going up the ridge cut in Chattanooga just because they dropped to a lower gear.
Was Jerry fully locked the entire time?
I’m just asking myself should I work on my engagement strategy
I know I was for sure turning in a tight spot
Yes he was locked the whole time also.
I don't know of anything you could have done differently. Possibly unlocking the front to make the tight turn, but with mud filled tires and mud/wet rock they weren't fighting your steering, at least it didn't appear they were.
You might have got some twist in the splines previous but any fractures wouldn't have lasted very long. You were just mean to it and the shock load took it out.
The turn needing to be done tighter would be accomplished by unlocking the rear, not the front and it doesn't sound like that would be an option.
No sir where we were, I don't think it would have been.
Dang red clay mud is slicker than grease when wet, and traction is almost non existence.
Look how it loads up the tread on rocks.
Makes it hard to think about traction.
Back when I was running CJ's over here and in this kind of mess we always ran deep lug, wide lug bias ply swampers or Gateway Buckshots.
They were around 28 or 29/32 tread depth and self cleaned easier.
Makes it hard to think about traction.
Back when I was running CJ's over here and in this kind of mess we always ran deep lug, wide lug bias ply swampers or Gateway Buckshots.
They were around 28 or 29/32 tread depth and self cleaned easier.
Can you post a picture of the face of the axel as if you were looking down the shaft? I want to see a clearer picture of the fracture surface.
it looks like it would have been sudden and violent. Not at all like twisting the head off a grade 5 bolt where it just gets softer and softer until it's off.
That makes sense.not only did that axle have the torque from compound gearing suddenly applied to it but also the Inertia of all the tires and drivetrain to contend with
That's what we have here and it's like quicksand when it's really deep. It also stains everything if you let it dry before trying to wash it off.