SmokingRocks
hopelessly addicted to Cruisers
1993 part time converted fzj, locked and modded (see signature for full deets)
So in June 2022 I completed the part time conversion, Aisin Gold Hubs, spool etc. I believed I had/have the shorter earlier birfields so I thought everything was fine. Anyway this last Sunday we wheeled Spring Creek outside of Idaho Springs which has some particularly challenging lines, and me being me I was trying all of them.
Well in addition to bending an LCA and landing on my rear driveshaft yoke hard enough to subsequently grenade my rear diff I also broke a front hub. I think it happened when I was trying to turn around and forgot to unlock, but I can't be sure. Anyway, I pulled it apart tonight and was surprised to see that the cams on the control dial had broken off. I degreased everything and glued the pieces back together to try and understand what happened.
It looks like the C clip had been driven into the cams, you can see the gouging. Is this the failure that would happen if you ran these hubs with the later longer birfs? does this mean I've got the longer birfs in my rig and I had no idea? Also what do I need to do to stop this from happening again?
So in June 2022 I completed the part time conversion, Aisin Gold Hubs, spool etc. I believed I had/have the shorter earlier birfields so I thought everything was fine. Anyway this last Sunday we wheeled Spring Creek outside of Idaho Springs which has some particularly challenging lines, and me being me I was trying all of them.
Well in addition to bending an LCA and landing on my rear driveshaft yoke hard enough to subsequently grenade my rear diff I also broke a front hub. I think it happened when I was trying to turn around and forgot to unlock, but I can't be sure. Anyway, I pulled it apart tonight and was surprised to see that the cams on the control dial had broken off. I degreased everything and glued the pieces back together to try and understand what happened.
It looks like the C clip had been driven into the cams, you can see the gouging. Is this the failure that would happen if you ran these hubs with the later longer birfs? does this mean I've got the longer birfs in my rig and I had no idea? Also what do I need to do to stop this from happening again?