Oh yeah, I blew a rear axle shaft on my toy at the wall playground. I had a detroit in the rear at the time..It was like a stall convertor driving home..If i let off the gas the detroit would power up the broken shaft and go to idle..Once i got on the gas it powered up the good axle and turned my rig to the right...that was neat.
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Oh yeah, I blew a rear axle shaft on my toy at the wall playground. I had a detroit in the rear at the time..It was like a stall convertor driving home..If i let off the gas the detroit would power up the broken shaft and go to idle..Once i got on the gas it powered up the good axle and turned my rig to the right...that was neat.
wheelinjp
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Well on one of the 13 rearends I blew up in my list of malibus, I lost the c-clips and the axles kept coming out. In the ol 74 dodge dropped the center pin on the rear d60 drove it 2 blocks back home by back and forth like I was parallel parking. Broke a front leaf spring on the cj5 in ravensdale, realized it after driving 60mph to covington. Blew up the rear d60 in my one ton ext cab 78 f250 from reiter to puyallup on the front axle while towing the jeep on the car trailer. No brakes many times, easier in a stick shift for sure. Lost an alternator in tumwater and made it to 1/2 a mile from my house before the ignition wouldnt work any more. Good topic, and lots more not worth mentioning.
Hmmm...
Ripped the steering gear box off the frame.
Bent the drag link.
Cracked the Pitman.
Disintegrated the Rag joint.
Blew 1st gear away.
Wedged an ax in the frame and duct taped and bailing wired it to hold the steering gear box in place.
3/8ths inch and 1/4" zip ties got the rag joint back together.
Bent the Tie rod back against a stump.
Who needs 1st gear with 5.38's
Had to wheel it another 15 miles over the same kind of terrain to get to gravel.
Then driving out picked up an arrowhead shaped rock flake ('bout 1.5" wide)right at the edge of the side wall to tread.
Cleaned the windshield off with coffee because in getting out I damaged some wiring:wtf:
Left the rock in the tire, headed to the nearest fuel, got the tire filled back up. We now have 20 miles on the rock in the tire... Drove it home at about 30-MPH for something like another 40 miles.
Turned into the driveway and the tire just let go!
Steering gearbox was destroyed frame had cracked where the steering gearbox pulled the bolts through it, Trans was totally gone after having first gear parts going through it for 60-road miles. Tire was destroyed. The Drag Link was trashed and when we bent it back we bent the tie rod!
One days wheeling $600 in 1977.
Haven't needed to own a Jeep since!:haha:
Ripped the steering gear box off the frame.
Bent the drag link.
Cracked the Pitman.
Disintegrated the Rag joint.
Blew 1st gear away.
Wedged an ax in the frame and duct taped and bailing wired it to hold the steering gear box in place.
3/8ths inch and 1/4" zip ties got the rag joint back together.
Bent the Tie rod back against a stump.
Who needs 1st gear with 5.38's
Had to wheel it another 15 miles over the same kind of terrain to get to gravel.
Then driving out picked up an arrowhead shaped rock flake ('bout 1.5" wide)right at the edge of the side wall to tread.
Cleaned the windshield off with coffee because in getting out I damaged some wiring:wtf:
Left the rock in the tire, headed to the nearest fuel, got the tire filled back up. We now have 20 miles on the rock in the tire... Drove it home at about 30-MPH for something like another 40 miles.
Turned into the driveway and the tire just let go!
Steering gearbox was destroyed frame had cracked where the steering gearbox pulled the bolts through it, Trans was totally gone after having first gear parts going through it for 60-road miles. Tire was destroyed. The Drag Link was trashed and when we bent it back we bent the tie rod!
One days wheeling $600 in 1977.
Haven't needed to own a Jeep since!:haha:
Blueleader
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My old '78 Blazer. Went down something really stupid and ended up with the rig pointing nose down at a steep angle and no way to drive straight out of it. Everything was tipped up so high that the oil pump was sucking air and the auto trans was slipping. Eventually got it backed out and drove from Greeenwater to So. Hill Puyallup with zero oil pressure, overheating/knocking/smoking engine, and a badly slipping tranny. Parked it in the driveway and she never ran again. :booo:
dove'd85
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were do i start....
a set of broken birfs
no wheel bearings:eeek:
broken leafs
broken shackles/ shackle mounts
broken springs perches
no lights
3 wheel studs
blown head gasket
push pull steering with no power steering on 35 MTR's at 2 pounds:wtf:
straight header:masturbanana[1]:
no wiper blades:redneck:
no fan and a hole in my rad
a set of broken birfs
no wheel bearings:eeek:
broken leafs
broken shackles/ shackle mounts
broken springs perches
no lights
3 wheel studs
blown head gasket
push pull steering with no power steering on 35 MTR's at 2 pounds:wtf:
straight header:masturbanana[1]:
no wiper blades:redneck:
no fan and a hole in my rad
crash2
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I drove home once with a broken wrist--from above tri pod flats in the snow 
I drove home once with a broken wrist--from above tri pod flats in the snow
That would suck!
Ya know, ya could have fixed it... with some duct tape and zip ties!:awesomework:
crash2
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Actually-- duct tape and a file--worked pretty good but I was sore by the time I made it to the monroe ER
Nope, At the buckboard section going thru bellevue...Damn i hate that part of 405. That was one of your marathon 24 hour wheeling runs, right?
crash2
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Ya--you remember the story,lol. Your right I forgot about what 405 did to me---damn that part of 405 sucks. It was like 4-5 years ago on the red eye run--which is coming up again.
my favorite one....
broke a 9" in half (busted housing/banjo section).....somewhere up there by Rieter (was a LONG time ago and don't really remember the details)
AAA got me to Rade's house (Lynwood?)...
pulled a D44 rear end (out of some sorta car I'm guessing, cuz it was 5 on 5") that was under a thrashed yard trailer he had sitting around...
pulled the 9", ditched the shocks, crimped the brake line, scrounged up some U-bolts....cut-off and re-welded on the spring perches, and bolted that axle in.....bolted on the dry-rotted tires that were on the trailer (cuz it was 5 on 5", we didnt' have any other tires)
locked in the hubs, and drove from north of seattle to south of Portland on the front end w/ no shocks and no rear brakes through the night....
made it home like.....4 AM or something, and to work the next morning....
the freeway just south of seatle, w/ all the fawking expansion joints every 10 feet....w/ no rear shocks and no rear brakes.....THAT sucked.....
good times.....back in teh day :beer: :beer:
broke a 9" in half (busted housing/banjo section).....somewhere up there by Rieter (was a LONG time ago and don't really remember the details)
AAA got me to Rade's house (Lynwood?)...
pulled a D44 rear end (out of some sorta car I'm guessing, cuz it was 5 on 5") that was under a thrashed yard trailer he had sitting around...
pulled the 9", ditched the shocks, crimped the brake line, scrounged up some U-bolts....cut-off and re-welded on the spring perches, and bolted that axle in.....bolted on the dry-rotted tires that were on the trailer (cuz it was 5 on 5", we didnt' have any other tires)
locked in the hubs, and drove from north of seattle to south of Portland on the front end w/ no shocks and no rear brakes through the night....
made it home like.....4 AM or something, and to work the next morning....
the freeway just south of seatle, w/ all the fawking expansion joints every 10 feet....w/ no rear shocks and no rear brakes.....THAT sucked.....
good times.....back in teh day :beer: :beer:
Sursely
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Clutch slave.... Interesting to start from a stop :redneck:
Steering arm fell off and could only get one stud halfway back in. . . Talk about DEATH wobble.
Steering arm fell off and could only get one stud halfway back in. . . Talk about DEATH wobble.
426rider
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Had a bearing fail wich took out the brakes when the axle slid out on a tow rig on the way to moses. Got the bearing replaced but the brakes couldn't be fixed at the time so I clamped the hose and continued to ML and back home later that weekend. Towing with only front brakes.(towing only a couple bikes and a quad)
Had to wrap a chain around the steering box to hold it in place on an old chevy blazer I had when it ripped outta the frame. Drove from ravensdale to Des Moines.
Had to wrap a chain around the steering box to hold it in place on an old chevy blazer I had when it ripped outta the frame. Drove from ravensdale to Des Moines.
Lincolnlock
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Drove from Moab to Salt Lake on one front axle in the snow. (in the Rover) Friend Ian drove from Moab to Portland with only 1st and 4th in his toyota. (that is hard core)
I will sit & wait for replacement parts or a trailer, before i endanger others - on my call of the situation.
4yrs ago at Tahuya, in one of my Zuks i was wheeling,
i flopped it pretty good in the snow there, *(drinking played a part of it) anyhow....the damage was a rear twisted leaf spring, and a ripped off lower rear shock mount.
i drove it home from Tahuya to Olympia.
thats about the only time i did a limp home deal. it wasn't safe/ but it also wasn't dangerous to myself or others. i choose to rely on others with a trailer or i will call and rent a truck and trailer. worse case, i will buy one if i cant find or rent one. but i like to drive vs towing a rig. i hate towing - and think it's more dangerous. IMO
4yrs ago at Tahuya, in one of my Zuks i was wheeling,
i flopped it pretty good in the snow there, *(drinking played a part of it) anyhow....the damage was a rear twisted leaf spring, and a ripped off lower rear shock mount.
i drove it home from Tahuya to Olympia.
thats about the only time i did a limp home deal. it wasn't safe/ but it also wasn't dangerous to myself or others. i choose to rely on others with a trailer or i will call and rent a truck and trailer. worse case, i will buy one if i cant find or rent one. but i like to drive vs towing a rig. i hate towing - and think it's more dangerous. IMO
you rolled dipshit - :haha:
:haha: at least i was shitfaced & 7 sheets to the wind, you weren't stoned or drunk, ha........... lol
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Thats cause jon is a adult/parent and doesnt need beer or drugs. Maybee you should follow his lead.:flipoff:
