Smoked My Front Axle!

[Spaz]

Well, I knew it was a matter of time before I smoked my factory front axle. I have been running 40" tires, 5:13 gears and wheeling some pretty nasty trails. Even with braces, trussing, and installing RCV axles, it just didn't make it.

Check this hot mess out! Those are pieces of the pinion gear.

Dude.... tasty.

 

[CookieMonster]

Ouch! Sorry for your loss.

So does this mean the D60 (or equivalent) comes out of the household “Auto Repairs” budget instead of the “Jeep Upgrades” budget?

 

[Spaz]

Ouch! Sorry for your loss.

So does this mean the D60 (or equivalent) comes out of the household “Auto Repairs” budget instead of the “Jeep Upgrades” budget?

I don't has 60 money. I bought an Ultimate 44.

 

[R3]

D44 with deep gearing will slick the pinion under the torque of heavy technical wheeling. Also Avoid Yukon Gear is you can since they moved manufacturing to China they have had forging issues.

 

[Spaz]

D44 with deep gearing will slick the pinion under the torque of heavy technical wheeling.

You aren't kidding. That Pinion gear was smaller than the input shaft... like a new born baby's hand. When Nick was installing it for me, I was like "welp, might as well start saving for the replacement now". LoL

 

[Stretch]

Oh man bummer! Is anything salvageable or is it all toast?


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[Spaz]

Oh man bummer! Is anything salvageable or is it all toast?


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The locker and RCV's are good... but even the axle housing is twisted, which is amazing given that it's trussed. So, unless someone wants to buy it to harvest the locker, the whole thing is probably going to recycling.

 

[zuke]

What truss did you have on it? My wife managed to rip right thru an Artec Apex last summer, and while I don't totally blame the truss, I gotta think a more traditional multi-piece would have held things together longer....

 

[Spaz]

It was an Artec Apex. But, in their defense, my Jeep fell 5+ feet off a lip and smashed sideways into an earthen wall. I'm shocked it stayed together for several thousand more miles, given how bad it was bent. The wild part is, we didn't even notice until after we took the axle out to install the new one. It drove perfectly.

 

[Stretch]

It was an Artec Apex. But, in their defense, my Jeep fell 5+ feet off a lip and smashed sideways into an earthen wall. I'm shocked it stayed together for several thousand more miles, given how bad it was bent. The wild part is, we didn't even notice until after we took the axle out to install the new one. It drove perfectly.

That’s pretty insane…and I guess a testament to how rugged the dang things are!


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