Josh's drive shaft and my double puncture.
Spring Creek Carnage
Josh's drive shaft and my double puncture.
How the heck do you get home/get rig repaired when this happens on the trail... been on my mind lately. I don't know what I would do if something major broke on me.
Plug the leaks, disconnect the trashed drive shaft, go the rest of the way in 2WD and straps. You would be surprised what some of us have driven out on/limped home on. The list is long and trail fixes are as many and varied as time, attitude, tools and spare parts. I usually carry spares of pretty much all the junk I have broken, especially on harder trails: drive shaft, tie rod ends/tie rod, rotor, wheel bearings, hub and spare hub gear, generic leaf and clamps to fix a broken spring, spare set of front axles....AND tools, baling wire, duct tape, etc....
oh sorry to see that man, its a fun trail though, and worth the risk of breaking stuff. the first time i hit that trail was only about 3 weeks ago and i thought see was a goner on that first obstaclebut it always feels good to get the heart beating
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Chris in Florida
Whooo....CARNAGE!!!
I found a new main shaft for free and got that fixed this week. Would have liked to do it with an upgraded one, but finances are a bit low at the moment. Should work for now. Note to self, don't try so hard on an obstacle that wants to stuff a tire, has driveshaft contact, and no chance of making it up without taking a different line.
It actually wasn't too bad. It happened at the top of the hard part of the Rock Garden, and I got 3/4 of the way up the rest of it, and the other 1/4 I got a tug or two from the tube buggy. Whatever oil that was going to come out did so in the first few minutes after it broke, so I pretty much just took the driveshaft off and drove the rest of the way home with the transfercase in 4wd (but since there was only a driveshaft to the front it was in FWD). The one nice thing about the rear output on a Toyota t-case is it comes out towards the top of the case, so enough oil stays in it to have it not get too dry in there. We were hauling ass down the Ute Creek area, and I drove it home without incident.
I have a few pictures of the damaged parts that I'll post up too.
Yeah, there is certainly a limit as to what spare junk you can or want to bring. It gets to the point where you either need a DAKAR support truck (with it's own upgrades, repair parts and junk) or call it good enough and simply wheel...
Josh you sure have been doing a lot of carnage this year! Whats up with that?
There was an Xtra cab d-shaft that I posted recently. It was on CL for $10 I think. Just FYI as another spare.
I guess what most consider carnage, I would consider finding the weak links and part of the "pay to play" aspect of rock crawling. Go wheeling, break stuff, fix it and try to make it stronger so it doesn't happen next time. I don't even consider most of the scrapes and dents and such to be Carnage, and just part of the fun of going wheeling.
Me too. Good excuse to upgrade and then find the next weak link. One of the reasons I run stock hub gears in my front hubs is so that there is (supposedly) a 'weak link' in the front. Weak link actually turned out to be the hub studs, but still running the stock gear....Pricinciple is still there, though.
Scrapes and dents can only really be considered carnage on a new rig with a decent finish. After a certain point, they simply become another scrape or dent and merit nothing more than an "Oh, another dent/scrape."
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