Prepping the Jeep for being trail guide at the Jeep Jamboree in Hot Springs and I thankfully found that the Passenger side lower ball joint had failed and that the Pitman Arm had developed some fatigue cracks.
The ball joint was a spicer and only had three trail days on it. Pretty sure that it got overloaded on the No Limits trail with Garrett, that trail was tight and technical and the wheels were getting pinched pretty hard. You can see in the picture that the ball was pulled down pretty hard which forced the retaining ring out through lip.
I swapped out the lower and upper ball joints with another set of Spicer Joints and need to start looking for a Dana 60 for the front in the future.
Pitman Arm - My buddy told me that the axle shaft failure was life's way of saving me from a disaster after showing him the pitman arm cracks. I need whatever help I can get, so i will take it!
After looking at the pictures of the internal gear that I sent them, RCV contacted me and told me to check the splines on the shaft because they were most likely stripped as well. And sure enough, they were. I guess I was so focused on the cracks in the internal gear that I never wiped the grease off the splines and looked at them. Anyway, my neighbor has 2003 Rubicon with RCVs so he let me rob his front Driver's side shaft for the Jeep Jamboree. RCV has shipped a new shaft and it is on it's way.
The ball joint was a spicer and only had three trail days on it. Pretty sure that it got overloaded on the No Limits trail with Garrett, that trail was tight and technical and the wheels were getting pinched pretty hard. You can see in the picture that the ball was pulled down pretty hard which forced the retaining ring out through lip.
I swapped out the lower and upper ball joints with another set of Spicer Joints and need to start looking for a Dana 60 for the front in the future.
Pitman Arm - My buddy told me that the axle shaft failure was life's way of saving me from a disaster after showing him the pitman arm cracks. I need whatever help I can get, so i will take it!
After looking at the pictures of the internal gear that I sent them, RCV contacted me and told me to check the splines on the shaft because they were most likely stripped as well. And sure enough, they were. I guess I was so focused on the cracks in the internal gear that I never wiped the grease off the splines and looked at them. Anyway, my neighbor has 2003 Rubicon with RCVs so he let me rob his front Driver's side shaft for the Jeep Jamboree. RCV has shipped a new shaft and it is on it's way.