REPORT - JO Jeep Skool - April

jerbacher · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:18 pm

Well, we had a great first day out here at Jeep Skool. The weather was awesome and the trails were ggggrrrrrreeeeattt! Dave and I found a very nice mud hole!

See the rest of the pics from day1 here:

http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w162/jerbacher/dales%20place%20apr%2008/

Freshmud · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:24 pm

looks like fun

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:39 pm

Great pics there Jon, Thanks for posting them, looks like a nice place (except for that one big old mud hole!) Are you going back out tomorrow? And nothing broke for anyone? Did better than the guys that went to the Badlands then! :lol:

jerbacher · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:28 am

yep going back tomorrow. the only break was the little wire that holds up my swaybar :lol:

a couple cable ties, courtesy of nick, fixed that right up.

although i gotta tell you, every time i go out wheeling i am insanely paranoid about all the sounds my jeep makes! :shock:

i think i need to tighten some bolts perhaps...

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:10 am

you have twisted it up enough it's due for a good going over by now I am sure!!! :wink:

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:42 pm

I blew something today after you left Jon. I've got no front wheel drive what so ever. The passengerside axle is loose and clicking. Not sure if I sheared splines in the carrier or what at this point.

jerbacher · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:56 pm

KJ04 wrote:

I blew something today after you left Jon. I've got no front wheel drive what so ever. The passengerside axle is loose and clicking. Not sure if I sheared splines in the carrier or what at this point.

oh man... all the breakage happens after i leave! for all the spectators out there, one of the guys with a tj toasted his clutch after i left yesterday, and now nick goes and breaks...something.. again after i leave. sorry to hear about this man. almost made it through the whole weekend... :cry:

so what happened? wheel spin? too much gas?

well, mines a lot more minor, but i have some grease on my passenger ubj. what was that liquid rubber stuff called again?

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:11 pm

did you tear the rubber boot on the upper Jon or ?? They make some stuff that is liquid that you can put on electrical parts to seal them, I think thats what Nick got. Too bad about him breaking and here you take off and leave him :lol:

So what else , burnt clutch, upper ball joint boot, Nicks problems, swpthng down on the other side of the state and being hauled home, what else happened over the weekend ????

But then if something doesnt break youre not having enough fun!!!

jerbacher · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:25 pm

tommudd wrote:

did you tear the rubber boot on the upper Jon or ?? They make some stuff that is liquid that you can put on electrical parts to seal them, I think thats what Nick got. Too bad about him breaking and here you take off and leave him :lol:

So what else , burnt clutch, upper ball joint boot, Nicks problems, swpthng down on the other side of the state and being hauled home, what else happened over the weekend ????

But then if something doesnt break youre not having enough fun!!!

yeah, i guess the boots torn... i couldnt actually find a hole, but there was definitely grease on it. i think ive been having some spring contact for a while now, so that probably had something to do with it. :roll:

very often when my front wheels drop off of something sort of abruptly i get a pretty good clunk. :shock:

so that either spring contact or loose bolts. i get the clunk at times when im pretty certain that its not anywhere near full droop though, such as going over smaller rocks that you kind of bump over.

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:41 pm

Jon it's called liquid tape at Wal-Mart in the auto section.

Time to leave your disco ducks on and quit drooping so much. :lol:

Jon, post up the shooting range pics. I got to fire a full auto yesterday, and today Dales friends were banging 50 Cal's after you left. Totally awesome, you could feel the muzzle blast 20 ft. away. :!:

I droped my 2 rolls of film off to get put on disks and will get them Monday.

Oh, and that's a class A stuck there Dave. :lol:

Don't feel bad, Kelly had to winch me out today when I lost my front wheel drive in a mud hole.

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:05 pm

KJ04 wrote:

I blew something today after you left Jon. I've got no front wheel drive what so ever. The passengerside axle is loose and clicking. Not sure if I sheared splines in the carrier or what at this point.

There goes my trip to Wellsville next Saturday with Terry's Yota's shot to he11 :!:

jerbacher · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:14 pm

KJ04 wrote:

Jon, post up the shooting range pics.

Only have 3, but here they are. I kept the camera away from the full auto for obvious reasons.

the range

is this kelly shooting? i cant remember...

nick getting ready to kick some target stupid!

thanks for the info on the liquid tape by the way!

cant wait to see the rest of the pics that nick and dave have, and maybe we can find some of kelly's after he posts on JO.

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:34 pm

Gee Jon, did you have to get such a close up on me. Now everyone can see how old and ugly I am. :lol:

Yeah, Kelly made sure he got a pic of winching me out today. :lol:

I had a good excuse though, 2 wd. drive. :lol:

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:53 pm

[quote="KJ04"]Gee Jon, did you have to get such a close up on me. Now everyone can see how old and ugly I am. :lol:

Tom

InCommando · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:34 pm

I can't see the pics right now, but please tell me that I really am not the only old fart here....

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:05 am

Nope you are not the only OLD fart but sometimes .......... :wink:

03kjsport · **Posted:** Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:00 am

nice looking country there. id be tempted to throw a line in the water or go looking for morel's..

KJ04 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:41 pm

OK, got some pics uploaded on my Car Domain link in my sig. on pg. 6.
Out of 54 pics I took they all look pretty much the same, so I only posted a few.

Jon

Hatu - Dave

Me!

jerbacher · **Posted:** Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:45 pm

any luck figuring out what happened to your jeep, nick?

KJ04 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:28 pm

jerbacher wrote:

any luck figuring out what happened to your jeep, nick?

Got it up on 4 jackstands today, started it up, put it in 4wd, the front driverside tire spins until I put my foot against it and stops it. The passenger side axle turns and clicks, but the tire doesn't spin, CV gone. The drive shaft has power from the T-case and is spinning, so the problem has to be with the axles, and or, the True Trac carrier I would think.

Want to come over and tear it all apart for extra practice. :lol:

$72.00 ea. at Napa for rebuilt axles or $315.00 ea. for Jeepin Al's shaved axles. May as well do new bearings, seals, and I still have my stock carrier if needed.

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