What was done to your JK this week?
JK Freak
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From: Edinburg, TX
JK Freak
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From: Edinburg, TX
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From: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Went wheeling and camping all weekend. Dented the passenger door before I had a chance to remove them and broke a rear Adams's driveshaft.
Needless to say, I am running 33's with front and rear Adams shafts. This was the first time I went out with the new shafts and it snapped the ear off at the axle side, which is supposed to be chromoly. After figuring out what to do and ruining my wheeling trip, I had to fully disassemble the front shaft and replace the cv and all u joints just to get home. After getting the u joints out, I saw that the shaft did not only snap at the ear on the axle side, but the ball in the center of the cv on the transfer case side was toast.
I drove 4 hours to break on the first trail and had to disassemble my entire front axle shaft just to get home. I spent the weekend wrenching with minimal tools.... Not happy with Adams at all and will be calling them in the morning....
Needless to say, I am running 33's with front and rear Adams shafts. This was the first time I went out with the new shafts and it snapped the ear off at the axle side, which is supposed to be chromoly. After figuring out what to do and ruining my wheeling trip, I had to fully disassemble the front shaft and replace the cv and all u joints just to get home. After getting the u joints out, I saw that the shaft did not only snap at the ear on the axle side, but the ball in the center of the cv on the transfer case side was toast.
I drove 4 hours to break on the first trail and had to disassemble my entire front axle shaft just to get home. I spent the weekend wrenching with minimal tools.... Not happy with Adams at all and will be calling them in the morning....
JK Junkie
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From: Covington, LA
No it wasn't. The owner of the shop I bought it from "Forged Offroad" was with me wheeling and could not believe it either. He is also contacting Adams today. I even have a video on my go pro of the break. I'm thinking bad steel or faulty shaft,