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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: TJMart on July 28, 2008, 11:25:13 PM

Title: crackin day.
Post by: TJMart on July 28, 2008, 11:25:13 PM
had a great day at Slab Common yeatersday....
 (http://http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/wrxmart/DSC00651.jpg)
Then few cracking noises came from the front axle,got the RAC to get me home  after 3hrs waiting for them. Washed the Jeep off then put it away.This evening i pulled out the front diff to find this  :-(
(http://http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/wrxmart/DSC00660.jpg)
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Post by: doublej on July 28, 2008, 11:49:40 PM
dont take it the wrong way but thats hot! ive seen cracked but that lil bugger went BOOM! were you doing anything crazy when it happened?
id almost frame it or turn it into a paper weight.
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Post by: GermanXJ on July 29, 2008, 06:36:11 AM
Hey I think I have a set of spider gears for a D 30.  If I find them do you want them?
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Post by: TJMart on July 29, 2008, 07:32:19 PM
It could of happened when i pulled this one out....
(http://http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/wrxmart/DSC00659.jpg)
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Post by: eastryjeep on July 29, 2008, 08:50:21 PM
Just goes to show you should always have second thoughts before rescuing a Landie  :-)


Bit of a bummer to do that whilst doing a good turn though isn't it, hope you get it fixed soon. I've heard a bloke can go mad suffering Jeep withdrawl symptoms!
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Post by: TJMart on July 29, 2008, 10:10:31 PM
If the parts arrive on time it should be back on the road this weekend  :-D
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Post by: normalbloke on July 30, 2008, 01:32:15 PM
How the hell did that happen Mart?It was all soft sand.I've never seen a failure that dramatic.Have you found the cause yet?
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Post by: Carlos Fandango on July 30, 2008, 10:03:02 PM
Ouch

Was that one of the new diffs you had fitted?
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Post by: TJMart on July 31, 2008, 07:27:56 PM
Washed out the axle casing and still no reason for the failure maybe just a weak gear i suppose. They wern't new gears they were used from my old diff carrier it was just the ring and pinion that were replaced and they don't seem to have any damage on them so it aint all bad.
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Post by: TJMart on August 03, 2008, 11:16:57 PM
still no parts arrived yet and starting to get jeep withdraw symptoms  :-D
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Post by: TJMart on August 04, 2008, 10:14:44 PM
Parts arrived today while i was at work,so they are now all fitted a nice easy job.just have to wait for the RTV sealer to go off and put the oil in, then road test  :-D