comanche13 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 anything that you thought was a good idea and turned out to be horribly wrong (flip, sunken, tipped etc...) lets see what type of messes people got themselves into.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 anything that you thought was a good idea and turned out to be horribly wrong (flip, sunken, tipped etc...) lets see what type of messes people got themselves into.... best friend. 95 xj with 231 t-case. engaged 4wd at 70mph on dry pavement the night before he shipped out from iraq, 7 hours from the airport he was to ship from. had to go tow him back and get him shipped out...he gave me the truck as payment. it was completely caput lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Nothing in my Jeep yet. Hopefully keeping it that way this weekend as I have to drive it home afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Just about every trip I went on... 2 big ones. Drove Pong to Tellico when it was still street legal :eek: tried an insane line on guard rail. ended up breaking a front short side shaft, breaking my lock right, and bending my rear axle all in 2 minutes. :oops: Took pong to Paragon after it became a truggy. Had a blast.. took a stupid new trail broke a moly inner shaft.. then the next day I let the same person pick the next trail... well another shaft later as well as a set of winch solenoids, and a radiator got off the trail. Got mad at the d30 breaking so I sold my axles... now my rig is waitng for me to finish (money) my truggy again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 my brother has a good one... pulled his girlfriend up a hill in the 90 cherokee on 35s, put it in park, got out, and it slipped out and flipped down the hill.. whoopsa! oh yeah, check out the bottom corner of the pictures, this happened on none other than APRIL FOOLS DAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche89 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 two weeks ago i did some urban wheeling and i thought it would be a good idea to try to get on top of a car had it in 4 wheel drive, tires started to spin then they hooked up to the pavement and my rear end blow up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 That's not a "woops". That's an opportunity to upgrade to a 44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche89 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 that is true i have been looking since i did it but i can't find any 44s in phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Explorer 8.8 :brows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperWade2 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 My TJ this past summer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche89 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 is the 8.8 almost the same as a 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 is the 8.8 almost the same as a 44 arguably they are VERY comparable. i will give facts no opinions 8.8 has a larger ring gear and stronger shafts in explorer applications. (don't get the ranger one.) larger tube diameter too IIRC. but is also a c-clip axle. can be found in a newer explorer with disk brakes. 44 is a 8.5" ring gear, with 30 spline axles and possible bolt-in. offered in a 87-88 cherokee's are the most common place i've seen them but no cheap disk brake kits. both good for probly 37" max and not TOO wild with it. 35's you can abuse them. larger than that get somethin bigger. automatic transmissions also seem to lessen the abuse on the axles so you can often get away with running larger tires on axles most people whine about. ;) you'll find most people who run 33's-35s on D35 axles and don't break them are also running autos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 And don't neutral drop the auto... Or install a trans brake. That sounds like a good idea, but it breaks things... Okay, maybe most people wouldn't think that sounds like a good idea, but I think it does. Umm, I wanna see if I can find the video... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 0538&hl=en He's a good friend of mine... And totally crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 is the 8.8 almost the same as a 44 44 is a 8.5" ring gear, with 30 spline axles and possible bolt-in. offered in a 87-88 cherokee's are the most common place i've seen them but no cheap disk brake kits. I wouldn't call it cheap, but you can convert Grand Cherokee disc brake setup to a XJ d44. I did it... was it cheap.. parts were not bad, the machine work kinda was pricey, but that might have just been a local thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ'87 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 California City Thanksgiving 2007: i made it through the first time, but the second was a different story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdesigns Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 are you Trackers son? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ'87 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 yup. thats his truck pulling me out :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdesigns Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 He hasnt been on in a while hope everything is well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche13 Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 just thought i'd revive this topic see if theres any new stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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