Broke steering gear box on the trail

[monstrousmac]

So, my Jeep is currently stuck on top of a mountain in Montana. I was wheeling and broke my steering gear box shaft. So, needless to say it is stuck, I had to drive 5 hours home to pull one out of my other Jeeps and going to head back to the mountain tomorrow morning to try to swap them. So, my question is the fluid ATF-4. Also, will I be fine getting it to a level spot before I bleed it.

 

[jdofmemi]

That sucks!

How in the world did that happen?

I'm not sure, but I would not try to get too far without bleeding, it might not steer well when you need it to.

 

[BaddestCross]

Yes, fluid is ATF+4... You should be fine if you have to drive it a short distance to get it leveled out to bleed.

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[monstrousmac]

That sucks!

How in the world did that happen?

I'm not sure, but I would not try to get too far without bleeding, it might not steer well when you need it to.

I will post pictures tomorrow of the area I was going over and were it is stuck. I am not sure how it happen I was going over a big area as I got over the rock face, I heard a lot snap and lost steering.

 

[Brute]

Oh man...sorry to hear that...hope it's an easy fix

 

[fiend]

Sector shaft break?

 

[monstrousmac]

Oh man...sorry to hear that...hope it's an easy fix

I already pulled the one from my other Jeep, so I am headed back up tomorrow to swap them. Hopefully everything goes ok.

 

[monstrousmac]

Sector shaft break?

Yea snapped right in half. I didn’t think I hit anything either.

 

[monstrousmac]

Another reason you should never go wheeling alone

 

[Speedy_RCW]

Another reason you should never go wheeling alone

Let me know if you need a box. I have one I’ve been meaning to post up for sale. Glad you’re getting it worked out though.


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[TrailHunter]

Yup... 35’s or 37’s.... I’ll be getting a Big Bore Box... Good luck with getting it fixed asap.

 

[wjtstudios]

That’s crazy. Good luck with the repair. If your at an incline at all, it’s best to tie the Jeep of to a tree or another Jeep before you get under there to do the swap.


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[WJCO]

That sucks. Hope the swap goes smoothly.

 

[zimm]

That happened to my buddy doing a night run up Kane's Creek in Moab. We had a big group so we tried manually steering the wheels with tow straps and physically kicking/pushing/shoving the tires and got about a 1 mile in 4 hours. At 2am we gave up and left it for dead. They found a PSC big bore in town (Not at a good price) and swapped it in trailside the next morning.

Ram assist time!

 

[Jsouder53]

Sorry to hear about that! Where were you?


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[monstrousmac]

Well, I got the steering gear box swapped out and my Jeep home. It was a pain because I was on an incline. I had the Jeep secured with my Warn Zeon, and started wrenching. Here are pictures of th gear box.

 

[Speedy_RCW]

Well, I got the steering gear box swapped out and my Jeep home. It was a pain because I was on an incline. I had the Jeep secured with my Warn Zeon, and started wrenching. Here are pictures of th gear box.

Glad you got it worked out and the Jeep home. That’s a bummer of a break though.


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[Jsouder53]

Glad to see it’s all fixed up [emoji106]


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[wjtstudios]

Long day! I’m glad you got it fixed.


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[98XJ06LJ]

Long day but at least you got it home. Did you find any rock rash or impact that may have caused the failure?

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