Long's trail damage

Let's see how much damage we have all gotten at Long's.

I am in need of a some body work and need a rear drive shaft for a JK D44.
If anybody has a spare DS or has upgraded their stock driveshafts, please let me know and throw a brother a bone

Busted my ladder bar twice. when i got home and unloaded the jeep the drive serpetine belt broke.

I have a broken shock and a rear brake line that needs to be replaced.

Thankfully all my damage was cosmetic. Aside from the usual rock rash on various skids, I broke a driving light, put a slight dent up along the rear of the fender and hood from when I decided to copy jdub and climb a tree (note to self: see what a dude's rig looks like before you do stuff he just did ), I lost my CB antenna on the trail somewhere, and I caved in part of the rocker panel even worse than I realized. All body damage was on the driver's side. Rocker guards and sliders are called for anyway. I've just been waiting for my rear corners to come in so I can figure out how to fit them in.

I'll get pics in eventually. I didn't bring my camera with me to work today to get them done.

windshield frame (passenger side from lawnmower)

minor:
tire lost bead (lawnmower?)
steering wheel off
check engine light on (hopes its minor, but it now matches all the other lights on in the dash...lol)

ummmm.... rear driver side axle busted along with scarring the carrier enough to need to be replaced. but, i got a nice squeal coming from my rear axle

anyone need a spare kidney????


btw: huge thanks to :
- George
- Phil
- Joe
- Jon
- Danny
- any everyone else that lent a hand, tools, drain pain, RTV, etc

Thank you all for helping me get home. Without all of you, I would have been sitting there sunday waiting for a flat bed tow truck. I'm sorry to have cut out without buying you all a bud light. I was already 4 hours late getting home.


(on a side note, my wife suprisingly was not upset. she found a babysitter and after that was just concerned i'd make it back to san antonio).

Also minor stuff for me...Steering stabilizer looks to be leaking and I punched in my front bumper some - all easy fixes

Here's my list of damage:

Passenger side of winshield frame dented
Drivers side gouged and slightly dented,
Soft top ripped in one spot and shredded in another
And a lot of beauty marks

All my armor held up great, it was just the two spots that I didn't have it that got me (windshield frame and right in front of the doors). I tried blaming my wife for my soft top since she told me to leave it on, but that didn't work out so good. But I was able to drive home so I was happy. Looks like I'll be ordering some Gen-Right armor.





And the beauty marks:

Instead of rebuilding my broken shock, I think I'm going to get Rock Rash to make me something.

when i saw that pic of rockintjak"s bent windshield frame I thought it was a pic of my jeep.. our jeeps are the same color and i bent mine in the SAME EXACT SPOT..LOL.. only thing different is my KC light tried to jump through my windshield from that nice wall in the lawnmower

Haha nice bandaid lol

N2, do you think this makes me want to play in the rocks?!? I do like the band aid though, that is a nice touch.

Ben wrote:

N2, do you think this makes me want to play in the rocks?!? I do like the band aid though, that is a nice touch.

aw... You're just seeing the carnage here. Me, Geo, Akonius, and quite a few others had no damage. Admittedly there were a few times that I backed down from an obstacle because the voice in my head told me that I was headed for damage LOL

wow i feel lucky i only knocked off the evap canister.

Plus, it's just a windshield frame. TJ's (well, JK's, too) are just various pieces put together. Take it off altogether before you go wheeling or grab one from a junk yard and put it on instead or whatever, if you're concerned about it Right?

I think in addition to corners and rocker guards, I'll probably start thinking about a cage so I can take the windshield off and have better protection both. Might be time to drop it off in Houston for a few weeks...

Deacon wrote:

Might be time to drop it off in Houston for a few weeks...

You mean: drop it off in Fieldstore Community

N2rock wrote:

aw... You're just seeing the carnage here. Me, Geo, Akonius, and quite a few others had no damage. Admittedly there were a few times that I backed down from an obstacle because the voice in my head told me that I was headed for damage LOL

I only backed down from one due to obvious damage, and there wasn't a single rock on that obstacle (lawnmower) - just dirt and trees.

In fact, dirt/mud and trees have done the majority of damage to my jeep!

!c

jkdrone wrote:

N2rock wrote:

aw... You're just seeing the carnage here. Me, Geo, Akonius, and quite a few others had no damage. Admittedly there were a few times that I backed down from an obstacle because the voice in my head told me that I was headed for damage LOL

I only backed down from one due to obvious damage, and there wasn't a single rock on that obstacle (lawnmower) - just dirt and trees.

In fact, dirt/mud and trees have done the majority of damage to my jeep!

!c

Dood - the way u were goin on sat, I was sure u were gonna do lawnmower! It does look pretty shartin sick!

N2rock wrote:

You mean: drop it off in Fieldstore Community

Yeah, I just didn't remember what it was called

Rock pulled back my diff cover a bit. Gave me an excuse to place an order at TrailDuty.
Thanks Phil for showing us around.

just got the call from the mechanic, looks like i trashed BOTH axle shafts. The drivers side snapped, the passengers side has twisted splines.

so updated list,

- driverside rear axle shaft
- passenger side rear axle shaft
- D44 carrier

the guy at the shop was pretty impressed i was able to do all that damage.

crap!!! so what now?? I spoke to Johnny and he has the ring and pinion for you front if we need to downsize you to 4.10. What the mechanic say about the ring and pinion?

rear ring & pinion is usable but needs to be replaced down the line. he said as long as i don't get on it I should be ok for a while. Gonna have him write me a recommeded service / repair list. I should not have to pay for gears that were not installed right and as a result were ruined . the mechanic is gonna check the front gears to see how they are.

My gears are good enough to get me around for a while. that is what i'm gonna do for now and try to get the gears replaced under warranty from the shop who did the install

Jeremy,

Marshall has a top he will give you if you want it, its black and in good shape.

jkx0778 wrote:

just got the call from the mechanic, looks like i trashed BOTH axle shafts. The drivers side snapped, the passengers side has twisted splines.

so updated list,

- driverside rear axle shaft
- passenger side rear axle shaft
- D44 carrier

the guy at the shop was pretty impressed i was able to do all that damage.

Congrats on the epic breakage?


Mix a little K rail in and you may be able to get a D60 out of it.... just sayin'