All you trail damage can be posted here

With a lot more events happening around, I`m sure there will be quite a bit more dings, dents, scratches and breaks. Post all them pics here. Here`s some of mine from this weekend at Boulder.[img][/img]

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Ouch! That had to hurt!


Here's our worst of the weekend... I'll let the owner of it tell the tale

Looks pretty gnarly!

This is my best trail carnage. Before my JK I wheeled this K5 Blazer. It had CUCV axles, 44" Boggers, full cage, etc....... This was back in May 2005. Under a heavy torque load I broke one rear leaf, which in turn snapped the other rear leaf, which pivoted the rear axle under the truck forcing the driveshaft in the t-case and tranny with such force they were both cracked in half. I have more pictures of all the carnage if any one is curious.

Post 'em up! Looks like it bent the body as well.

Wow, that was some breakage!!!!! Did you fix it or sell it?

CRUX wrote:

Post 'em up! Looks like it bent the body as well.

Nope. The body was just like that. I put that truck on both sides numerous times and all the way over once. I tried to beat it semi straight, but for what it was it didn't matter too much. It had been rolled already once when I bought it from a guy who got it from his dads junk yard. He cut the top off (its a '80 and they had a roof over the cab) and started the build and I finished it.

damn. gotta see more pics of that !!

Renee10 wrote:

Wow, that was some breakage!!!!! Did you fix it or sell it?

Fixed it.

T-case/tranny combo used off ebay - $200 plus $75 shipping
new rear shocks - $80
new rear driveshaft - $300
new torque arm - $250
new rear springs - $200

All in all not as expensive as it looked. With all the incidentals I think it took about $1500 to get it on the trail again.

jkx778 - Ask for more and you shall receive.

I'm the smiling dumbass in the Calrocs shirt in the first picture!



Note my nice cracked tranny.



Note my custom toploader GM 14 bolt.

jkx0778 wrote:

damn. gotta see more pics of that !!

that's wheeling hard :hailtheking:

thanks again for your help saturday. i could've had A LOT worse without your spotting.
Richard

wow thats crazy duke

Seeing you wheel in person, I believe you can get into that type of damage easily!!!

Well Duke, thats one way to shorten your wheelbase

My trail damage was limited to the boot of my front driveshaft being torn off.
I have a dent in my Front Diff.
Rock rings have some damage, but not like Adam's. but heck, that is why I bought them in the first place, to protect the rims.
Texas pinstriping, which shows up very nicely on a black jeep.

On my way back my ESP and ESP BAS lights were on my dashboard.
After pressure washing my Jeep's engine and undercarriage it went away.

I do have a knock that I hear when I first drive off from standstill.
It sounds like an issue with my engine mount, but could this be from the driceshaft?

Can someone maybe have some input on what that knocking sound is?
I only hear it if I pull up quickly.

Thanks for your input.

prob u joint or something

jflys yj wrote:

prob u joint or something

Thanks for the feedback. Hoping others will respond and see what the consensus is.
I will probably take it to the dealer to have them check it out.
Maybe they can ID it, and possibly my warranty will take care of it.

Dutchboy101 wrote:

I do have a knock that I hear when I first drive off from standstill.
It sounds like an issue with my engine mount, but could this be from the driceshaft?
Can someone maybe have some input on what that knocking sound is?
I only hear it if I pull up quickly.

does it sound like it is coming from the rear suspension? it is not uncommom for a linkage suspension system do exhibit an occasional popping or snapping noice as the suspension loads and unloads.

The sound comes from under the driver area.
It sounds like I am missing a motor mount. I have that before in another vehicle and it sounds the same.
I looked under the Jeep, but could only find two engine mounts. Does the Jeep only have two?

The sound does not come the back end of the vehicle.
and only makes a noice when I drive from a stand still.

Well Jeep wont warranty my e-brake break. They are willing to go halves with me on price to fix it. Still gonna cost me a couple hundred to fix. BTW- It busted on a hill as I was winching my way up. sheared the cable. They claim it`s caused by my lift which stretched the cables. Funny, they worked fine with the lift for 6 months or so till I actually needed the brake to work.

what they told you Adam was BS.

Yup, but what can I do. I said I`d have my attorney contact them, but in the end, I`d rather pay a couple hundred bones instead of lawyer fees etc.

You might want to try another stealership.

the one on Broadway is pretty cool