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    So I pulled it back up front today to replace the yoke I busted last trip. Parked it, walked around front and saw this



    You're not seeing things. The axle is bent a little. Luckily I can swap the one over from the new red XJ! Now to decide if I should try to swap it over before our next trip on Nov 13th or run it that day and do it over the winter.

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    Just finish it off with one last trip LOL

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    Went out today with the local club and made it about 100 feet into the park when I decided that running this ravine just wasn't challenging enough. So I tried to climb out of it. :smack:

    Twenty minutes into the day I did this


    Then a few minutes later




    Ripped the grill and headlights off getting winched away from a tree. Snapped the front passenger ujoint right away and snapped the shaft, my 1st!, trying to get turned around. There was a nice loud bang when that shaft let go.

    Also my welded rear axle that is supposed to make both tires turn no matter what is now not doing that. Power is only going to one wheel. No noises from the diff though so I don't know what's up yet.
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    Well at least you didn't hold back LOL

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    Pile o parts. The other front axleshaft is still in the XJ.



    Video from the day. The first clip of me, 0:15 in, is where I broke everything.

    Last edited by jcoulter; 11-15-2011 at 10:56 AM.

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    Nice!
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    hahahahah you guys are hilariousness!

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    Went to The Badlands last weekend again. Finally made it up that rock climb!



    Finally had a wheeling trip with no broken parts. However the Commanders' trans decided to go into limp mode after we got home. I take it in Friday to get diagnosed.

    I put up a few pics here. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=adab6c6ea1

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