Eskimo
SILVER Star
Was wheeling at a semi-nearby rock garden / ledge fest yesterday.. After breaking my second pinion earlier this year, I got a fine-spline pinion third member from a friend, and figured my troubles were over..
I crawled through a crevice, and decided to have a little fun on the way up, so I layed into the stupid pedal to build up some heat in the tires.. It started to climb, and then slide back, so I let off the throttle as it slid back.. BANG!
I was surprised, bummed (left my spare 3rd at home), but was thinking "Damn, I snapped a fine spline, that's some decent breakage - the guys on 'mud will want to see this"
Only to go back and retrieve the pinion, to find that it was a COARSE spline.. grrrrrr... Damn, nothing special to report.
Winched it up to the top (rear locked, as usual), disco'd the D/S, and drove it out backwards in FWD.
But, at least I found this BEFORE the round-up.. I want to make sure my feces are as co-aligned as I can get them before that!
I crawled through a crevice, and decided to have a little fun on the way up, so I layed into the stupid pedal to build up some heat in the tires.. It started to climb, and then slide back, so I let off the throttle as it slid back.. BANG!
I was surprised, bummed (left my spare 3rd at home), but was thinking "Damn, I snapped a fine spline, that's some decent breakage - the guys on 'mud will want to see this"
Only to go back and retrieve the pinion, to find that it was a COARSE spline.. grrrrrr... Damn, nothing special to report.
Winched it up to the top (rear locked, as usual), disco'd the D/S, and drove it out backwards in FWD.
But, at least I found this BEFORE the round-up.. I want to make sure my feces are as co-aligned as I can get them before that!