SPIKER
Elite Member
Also note that when that is fully fixed you will find the next weakest link, (the front drive axle, I just broke mine AGAIN.) Thanks to Tommy & the guys @ affordable I have the parts on the mail now. This is my 2nd go around (Same axle) has broken 2 times while in 4X4 while using it as a bulldozer. Not sure why the right axle has not broken or sheared off must be how the front diff rotates putting more torque to the left side?
Anyhow this axle was under load pretty good when it let loose. I was pushing a large pile of gravel that washed up & in to a large pile in the gully at my place with the heavy Ohio flooding. It re-directed the creek flood into my yard and I was attempting to move the gravel to get the creek back in its bank and out of my yard. It did leave me with 50+ yards of wash/run gravel in the park area I have made up, 2nd time for this to happen in 10 years. I had made about 3 or 4 trips from the gravel bank and had pushed it into a pretty good pile (scooped some & drive it 300 yards back into the drive which also was washed pretty bad.) I was just about done getting the gravel moved to get the creek back into the banks when I dropped down into the creek pushing some when it popped. I had to tip/tilt out a bucket full of gravel and push it back out with the rear DIF locked. I was hoping to get it back to the barn but it only made it 30 yards when the axle sheered rest of the way and wheel dropped out. It didnt look like it tore up the outer bearing but under closer inspection I decided to call the guys back & got one of those added to the order. probably somewhere around 200 or bucks if I remember right for the bearing gasket and axle in total..
Mark
Anyhow this axle was under load pretty good when it let loose. I was pushing a large pile of gravel that washed up & in to a large pile in the gully at my place with the heavy Ohio flooding. It re-directed the creek flood into my yard and I was attempting to move the gravel to get the creek back in its bank and out of my yard. It did leave me with 50+ yards of wash/run gravel in the park area I have made up, 2nd time for this to happen in 10 years. I had made about 3 or 4 trips from the gravel bank and had pushed it into a pretty good pile (scooped some & drive it 300 yards back into the drive which also was washed pretty bad.) I was just about done getting the gravel moved to get the creek back into the banks when I dropped down into the creek pushing some when it popped. I had to tip/tilt out a bucket full of gravel and push it back out with the rear DIF locked. I was hoping to get it back to the barn but it only made it 30 yards when the axle sheered rest of the way and wheel dropped out. It didnt look like it tore up the outer bearing but under closer inspection I decided to call the guys back & got one of those added to the order. probably somewhere around 200 or bucks if I remember right for the bearing gasket and axle in total..
Mark
