BaddestCross
Active Member
Glad you had a spare!I was crossing the Tank Trap at Ocotillo Wells 4X4 playground. I high centered on the tall pipe, and tried harder than I should have to get out.
Turned full lock right, reverse, and it was twisting like I might make it, then the right front caught a rock, causing the telltale "snap".
After I broke, I winched out, drove the 1/4 mile to camp, and swapped my spare axle in.
If I was on a trail, I would have winched or jacked my way out without trying so hard, hopefully way before then.
That said, I'm considering a fuel tank skid plate. Mine is concave, and instead of sliding across an obstacle, I seem to get hung with the rock nestled in the crater in the center.
Was it a factory shaft that broke or what were you running?
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