CARNAGE!! Let's See Your Best Breaks & Trail Damage

[TrailHunter]

Holy Crap... Factory Shafts?

 

[JimLee]

Carnage at crawl event hosted by my club. Was an expensive day. Lost the ujoint, then the axle shaft and then the ball joints. Was surrounded by great friends to help me out and get it back down to the staging area (using a log as a skid ) and ready for a tow the following day.

Got replacement ball joints here tomorrow so I can get her back on the road. Contacted Jeremy about a new chromoly axle shaft so hopefully that’ll work out.

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You sir, do a pretty thorough job at breaking shit. Hope to see you back on 4 wheels soon. Keep playing that hard and you're gonna need some tons.

 

[Mike Pierson]

Shit!!

Lol, that’s what I said!

Sorry to see that happened! I’m glad that you had friends there to help you off the trail!

Thanks, yeah, very thankful for them.

Holy Crap... Factory Shafts?

Yeah, they were. Splines were perfect so happy my gears are fine.

You sir, do a pretty thorough job at breaking shit. Hope to see you back on 4 wheels soon. Keep playing that hard and you're gonna need some tons.

Lol! I’m normally much more controlled snd careful, just wasn’t paying enough attention this time. Lessons learned for sure.

 

[TrailHunter]

Lol, that’s what I said!

Thanks, yeah, very thankful for them.

Yeah, they were. Splines were perfect so happy my gears are fine.

Lol! I’m normally much more controlled snd careful, just wasn’t paying enough attention this time. Lessons learned for sure.

Its crazy how fast that shit can snowball if the joint goes.. kinda why I upgraded before I needed to.. saw a similar post years back and it scared me a little. Cool your splines are ok.. and you had help getting off the trail.

 

[Trail Bud]

I thought it would be fun to start a thread dedicated to the carnage most of us have seen over the years. To kick things off, here are a few shots of body damage and breaks that Moby has seen.

Probably one of the worst breaks you can have - a sector shaft, taken out on the Rubicon...

It'll rub right out!! :cheesy: A little carnage on Moby compliments of Carnage Canyon BV....

Custom rear sway bar break thanks to Billings Canyon...

A summer of hard wheeling gave our Spyderlock rings a working and bent our rear axle shaft flanges as well...

If it can be broken, there's a good chance that we'll break it. Shot right after breaking our semi-float ProRock 60 rear axle shaft at the flange on Double Whammy...

As you can see from the ring of rust, it had been failing for quite some time. Perfect excuse to go full-float...

Kiss from a tree on the Dusy Ershim. As you can see, I wasn't the first to get the love tap and, I doubt I'll be the last...

Blown out rear end also compliments of the Dusy Ershim. Should have known better than to run a 5.38 ring & pinion in a Dana 44 rear axle pushing 40x15.50's...

Here are some shots of a chromoly front dana 44 shaft after being played hard on for about a year...

Sure would have been nice if the darn shaft had just broken at the U-joint. Here are a couple of shots of what it ended up doing to locker, bearings and housing...

Broken front track bar mounts compliments of the Bronco Peak Connector...

Trust me, there's a lot more than that and if I can think of it and or find pics of other breaks, rock rash and trail damage, I'll be sure to post them up. In the mean time, how about we see some of your pics!!

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I remember some of this.

 

[Trail Bud]

This wasn't on our Jeep but, we were there to help our good friend Trail Bud after he broke his first factory Dana 44 front axle housing :shock:

I was looking for this. BTW this happened twice.

 

[Disciple Off Road]

If you are gonna break, might as well make it a good one lol glad you got off the trail ok

 

[Mike Pierson]

I was looking for this. BTW this happened twice.

Oh wow, that’s a significant break!

 

[Mike Pierson]

If you are gonna break, might as well make it a good one lol glad you got off the trail ok

Haha, right? Glad it was close to home and not up on my recent Fordyce trip!

 

[jeeeep]

lost a u-joint and the carnage dominoe'd to the ball joint?
did the knuckle fall off ?

I recall something about JL ball joint, knuckle design allowing something like this to happen

 

[Mike Pierson]

lost a u-joint and the carnage dominoe'd to the ball joint?
did the knuckle fall off ?

I recall something about JL ball joint, knuckle design allowing something like this to happen

Yep, it snowballed from a busted ujoint to axle shaft and then somehow the upper ball joint popped out which then jacked up the lower ball joint! I heard it pop and the Jeep down off the rock and the wheel assembly was laying nearly flat on the ground. The C and the ball joint seats are fine so I really don’t understand how it all just fell apart.

 

[Mike Pierson]

Thanks to @Disciple Off Road for all the help today! Got chromoly axles with FAD delete and a Tazer JL on order!

 

[Trail Bud]

If you are gonna break, might as well make it a good one lol glad you got off the trail ok

Eddie welded it back together with 2 craftsmen wrenches for bar stock. Drove off the trail and back home, then around home for 2 weeks before it stated coming apart.

 

[waynem]

Not my carnage but scary... 2dr JK behind me on a Rubicon Trail run ... we had just finished the Cadillac Hill climb when there was a pop and front left tire deflated instantly. The older gentleman driving the JK had just had his brakes done a couple days previously. One of the caliper bolts had fallen out and the entire assemble wedged itself into the rim and cracked the aluminum wheel. Bolts on both front calipers were only finger tight. Clearly the garage has never heard of lock-tite or a torque wrench. Can't imagine how nasty that would have been had it happened on the highway at speed.

 

[bobfriesenhahn]

Carnage at crawl event hosted by my club. Was an expensive day. Lost the ujoint, then the axle shaft and then the ball joints. Was surrounded by great friends to help me out and get it back down to the staging area (using a log as a skid ) and ready for a tow the following day.

Got replacement ball joints here tomorrow so I can get her back on the road. Contacted Jeremy about a new chromoly axle shaft so hopefully that’ll work out.

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The scratch on the door looks really serious!

 

[Mike Pierson]

The scratch on the door looks really serious!

Lol, not as much as pushing in the B pillar by the hinge.

 

[Hilop]

Didn’t even know it happened until my buddy bought it up. Also found out I needed a front driveshaft.

 

[TrailHunter]

Damn. Tree or Rock?

 

[Hilop]

Damn. Tree or Rock?

Tree branch I believe. I didn’t hear or feel anything. My buddy stopped me and let me know I had a big dent. Might have to take a hammer to the peak at the top so I can install my Roll N Lock Tonneau.

 

[tastethebeast]

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Not my carnage but scary... 2dr JK behind me on a Rubicon Trail run ... we had just finished the Cadillac Hill climb when there was a pop and front left tire deflated instantly. The older gentleman driving the JK had just had his brakes done a couple days previously. One of the caliper bolts had fallen out and the entire assemble wedged itself into the rim and cracked the aluminum wheel. Bolts on both front calipers were only finger tight. Clearly the garage has never heard of lock-tite or a torque wrench. Can't imagine how nasty that would have been had it happened on the highway at speed.

I hope the shop takes care of him. That have could have been a lot worse.