What did you break on your 100 this week? (2 Viewers)

[Hendrik]

What did you break on your 100 this week?

Thought I'd start a new thread with a similar (but kinda reverse) theme to the "What did you do to your 100 this week?"

We all break or have broken something at some point, why not share some pics, experiences, and lessons learnt?

I'll start, we did a rear main last week in the dunes about 600km's from home. Lesson here is "don't let monkey's work on your car!" That seal only went in 3K ago and looks like it wasn't properly aligned when fitted / you can see gaps between it and the drive flange. Yeah, we went through about 7 or 8L oil getting home and everything underneath now is a bit shiny and sticky

 

[Mauser]

Not this week, but a couple weeks ago. Upper ball joint let loose and this happened. Luckily it happened on my road. Had to replace both ball joints, axle, brake line, speed sensor, and tie rod end.

 

[MongooseGA]

Not this week, but this breakage led to a 2-month down time that just got wrapped this week.

I popped U-joints in both drive shafts and blew my front diff. Also cracked the passenger tail light.

 

[ClassyJalopy]

I had one of those too - last winter. Had a local chump work on my truck's front wheel bearings. He torqued the bearings with an impact gun. About 50 miles later destroyed the hub and spindle, brand OEM CV and almost lost the right front wheel!
Needless to stay my 3 young kids and wife were badly shaken!

 

[planomateo]

Deer. Wife's hundy.

 

[Ayune]

Dumbass in parking lot ruined my Asfir hidden winch mount. Light hit, but it’s toast. Time for a real bumper.

 

[MongooseGA]

Dumbass in parking lot ruined my Asfir hidden winch mount. Light hit, but it’s toast. Time for a real bumper.

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Holy crap. What a moron!

 

[Beau]

That upper ball joint failure could have been a lot worse. Is that common and were there any warning signs prior to it failing?

 

[JunkCrzr89]

Dumbass in parking lot ruined my Asfir hidden winch mount. Light hit, but it’s toast. Time for a real bumper.

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Wtf!?

 

[gatormark91]

Tried to pull our travel trailer out of our muddy back yard. Framed the truck, then got some wheel bounce. Two days later...buh-bye front diff!

 

[Mauser]

That upper ball joint failure could have been a lot worse. Is that common and were there any warning signs prior to it failing?

It could have been a lot worse. I had just got back from Ouray two days before it happened. Glad it didn't happen up in the mountains or on the way home.

Not really any warning signs. Heard a pop a couple of times from the front going over some rocks on Poughkeepsie. I had replaced all the ball joints about a year earlier.

 

[Beau]

Not really any warning signs. Heard a pop a couple of times from the front going over some rocks on Poughkeepsie. I had replaced all the ball joints about a year earlier.

Did you replace with OEM ball joints?

 

[Mauser]

Did you replace with OEM ball joints?

No. They were 555.

 

[jLB]

Dumbass in parking lot ruined my Asfir hidden winch mount. Light hit, but it’s toast. Time for a real bumper.

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Why bother to look behind yourself before you reverse, when you can just backup until you hear falling glass?

 

[LCReunion]

Not this week, but this breakage led to a 2-month down time that just got wrapped this week.

I popped U-joints in both drive shafts and blew my front diff. Also cracked the passenger tail light.

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We blew our front diff at Overland Expo a couple years ago...wife was driving in a class and I was spotting. I heard the awful sound and knew exactly what it was. Told my wife the front diff was dead, and she said "does that mean we get a front locker?" I said "YES, and that's why I married you!"

 

[ramangain]

My ego

 

[MongooseGA]

We blew our front diff at Overland Expo a couple years ago...wife was driving in a class and I was spotting. I heard the awful sound and knew exactly what it was. Told my wife the front diff was dead, and she said "does that mean we get a front locker?" I said "YES, and that's why I married you!"

You got a keeper, man!

I let my (at the time) GF drive my LX up to the top of a waterfall (pictured), where I then proposed. Then she helped me pressure wash the chassis after we came off the trail. When I ordered my belly skids last week she said "You did good, baby". Land Cruiser women rock.

For thread relevance, I tweaked my UCA BJs on this trail, and we were pressure washing the truck immediately after the trail to assess the damage.

 

[Dagtwo]

Does this count? Finally gave way yesterday. Luckily I have a yotamd case in my mailbox when I get home.

 

[BamaCruzer]

Everything broke, pretty much. Hit by a semi.

 

[MountaineerLC]

First of all, this thread is awesome!

Several weeks ago, I managed to break the neck of the starter off in the engine block while trying to remove it. It appeared to be original and was beginning to fail. A relatively simple starter contact rebuilt turning into a full replacement.