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July 14-16 Choccolocco Mountain - Discussion Thread

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--- Quote from: Big Dave on July 17, 2023, 10:44:28 PM ---I'd keep an extra stub shaft to run in your unit bearing in the event you toast a shaft & need to get home & you don't have a spare shaft.

Without the stub shaft in place it will ruin the unit bearing.

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I know that's true for d30 up until the JK. Does the WJ share the same unit bearing?
Rabbit hole I'm not going down tonight.

Big Dave:
Same concept.

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--- Quote from: Big Dave on July 18, 2023, 01:51:27 AM ---Same concept.

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We tested a JK d30. Pulled the shafts, carrier, and drive shaft. Drove it for 2 weeks including 2 trips from Buford to Tallahassee. Unit bearings held. Probably around 1500 miles on 38's.

TravisMac:

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--- Quote from: TravisMac on July 16, 2023, 02:55:08 PM ---Weekend could have gone better for me, but weather was great.

Mine is a long story, but the cliff notes version is I lost rear brakes on a steep, loose hill. We were looking for the new trail near cherry bomb and the route I took was not it, so I was attempting to back down when I lost the brakes and hit a tree going at a pretty good clip. It could have been much, much worse, so I'm thankful I'm in one piece and only lost a coilover and some brake fittings.

Thank you to @patman and @clark123456 for human-centipeding me back to camp


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Man that sucks but glad you and the buggy are ok. What caused your brake loss? Brake lines?

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Yep rear brake line got pulled out.

sharpshooter109:
Looks like a good time. Sorry I missed it. Hopefully I can make it out to the next one.

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