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08-24-2014, 05:55 AM
#16
JK Super Freak
From the looks of it, the shop that did my gears and ball joints either forgot to put back one of the unit bearing bolts or didn't torque it down. One of the remaining bolts snapped. So the axle was being held on by one bolt. My break pedal would sink to the floor and I was getting random noises. I didn't see any brake fluid on the ground or anything visibly broken until we got on level ground. Then I noticed the front passenger wheel was sitting at a pretty steep angle.
I was hoping it was just loose lug nuts, but no luck. So with Hayward's guidance we took everything apart and found the problem. Of course, I don't carry those particular bolts, so we had to improvise. We used a couple grade 8 bolts and nuts that I had, and discovered that the bolt on my adjustable track bar fit there as well.
During all that, I somehow lost one of the brake caliper bolts. We also discovered that the torx bolts on the side of the A pillar fits the brakes.
So my rotor and pads on that side are all jacked up. There's some gouges in the u - joints. Also tore my rear drive shaft boot along the way.
It was a good day until that point. We stopped just past the dirty dozen camp ground to do the fixes at probably 3pm. Don't think we got off the trail until about 730 or 8. Had to go to OReilly to get some bolts for my sway bar since we used them elsewhere. Then I stopped several times along the way to check the temporary bolts. Made for a long drive home.
I was hoping it was just loose lug nuts, but no luck. So with Hayward's guidance we took everything apart and found the problem. Of course, I don't carry those particular bolts, so we had to improvise. We used a couple grade 8 bolts and nuts that I had, and discovered that the bolt on my adjustable track bar fit there as well.
During all that, I somehow lost one of the brake caliper bolts. We also discovered that the torx bolts on the side of the A pillar fits the brakes.
So my rotor and pads on that side are all jacked up. There's some gouges in the u - joints. Also tore my rear drive shaft boot along the way.
It was a good day until that point. We stopped just past the dirty dozen camp ground to do the fixes at probably 3pm. Don't think we got off the trail until about 730 or 8. Had to go to OReilly to get some bolts for my sway bar since we used them elsewhere. Then I stopped several times along the way to check the temporary bolts. Made for a long drive home.
08-24-2014, 07:33 AM
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Yes it was a good day
made good time to Buck Island about 3 hrs with some slow downs here and there
After seeing Spinuck lose some hardware,it's time to make a kit with bolts /lock nuts,this was the second time i've seen someone lose or break hardware
made good time to Buck Island about 3 hrs with some slow downs here and there After seeing Spinuck lose some hardware,it's time to make a kit with bolts /lock nuts,this was the second time i've seen someone lose or break hardware
Last edited by familytime; 08-24-2014 at 07:37 AM.
08-24-2014, 10:01 AM
#19
JK Super Freak
Obviously I'll be packing extra bolts as well....
Couple pics:
you can see the scoring on the u-joints, the bottom gold colored bolt is where the original bolt was missing. you can see there's a good amount of rust build up where the bolt and washer should've been.
Put the rock lights to work bolting the sway bar up in the O'Reilly parking lot
Couple pics:
you can see the scoring on the u-joints, the bottom gold colored bolt is where the original bolt was missing. you can see there's a good amount of rust build up where the bolt and washer should've been.
Put the rock lights to work bolting the sway bar up in the O'Reilly parking lot
08-24-2014, 10:08 AM
#20
JK Super Freak