All this shallow snow with fun rocks hidden under! Ive got Lockers, a V8, and 33's!!
Such a blast, why would i be wasting my time under the front end??
to bring resolutuion! cuz i know you've all been on the edge of your keyboards awaiting
We were up Wheeler Crest in the shallow snow playing, on the last hill before the Top. Some will recognize, those that have been here, that is about 5-6mi up the trail with some decent challenging terrain- no Rubicon, but I've got some scrapes on my skids and we used lockers and were aired down to 7psi for sure, esp. with the snow.
Was spinning up a hill in snow when my PS dropped into a little hole and then pounded against a nice big rock on the way out. FUN!!! except for the lack of forward motion resulting. Engaged the rear locker- nothing. Engaged the front locker and we had movement, except with a huge clunking and grinding outta the PS front. Guess what?? Shattered a CV outer.
pics from back at home-
this CV does happen to NOT be OEM, and from an unknown source. Maybe THAT was the reason? Or maybe i was just doing things CV's aren't able to withstand :sombrero:
So atleast now i can correct that
So, prepared as i was- i had no spare. Luckily we had a pile of nylon tie downs and a couple large hose clamps. I repositioned the cv in its shattered basket, wrapped a tight bundle of tie down around the remnants of said basket and used a hose clamp around that to REALLY
secure it all in place.
the hack-job repair allowed me to cripple down the trail very slowly, trying not to turn so the cv wouldn't bind and catch on the straps. Every 15min. or so, strap would snag on the cv and tear itself apart, throwing the cv into a whirlybird. Stop, glove up, untangle, reset cv, rewind. Repeat!!!
Took me over 4 hours to go 35miles. but i made it down my driveway under my own power.
That said- if i wold have had a spare CV and gear oil, (did have an actual tool bag with adequate tools) i could have changed it out on the trail in easily less than 2hours.
At home i parked it and called up
CVJ Axles - CV Axles & Steering Racks for all your needs for a couple of their remanufactured OEM CVs, with upgraded silicone inner boots and OEM outers.. Sexy and OEM. AND- now i have a spare
Cleaned up and ready to go!
minimal damage considering the whirlybird that was going on. I think the key was super slow speeds <10mph even on hwy, and stopping immediately when the CV jumped out of my strap basket.
Only scraped off a light layer of metal on the backside of the disc caliper and the shock post, did not snag the brake or ABS lines like it could have.
seal that is backside on spindle facing the CV. good to have in your CV repair kit.
all buttoned up. Did the Driver side too
Dog days!
