Author Topic: The Mojave Road April 2016... (Read 25033 times)

knightrider · « **Reply #15 on:** April 26, 2016, 02:22:16 PM »

Great pictures Rick, I never take many pictures because all of you other guys are so much better at it than I am.

RikRong · « **Reply #16 on:** April 26, 2016, 02:49:16 PM »

Quote from: knightrider on April 26, 2016, 02:22:16 PM

Great pictures Rick, I never take many pictures because all of you other guys are so much better at it than I am.

I love to take pictures. This fact got me into trouble at the Winter Fest because the guys behind me in Jeeps kept getting mad when I would stop and take pictures.

Toro · « **Reply #17 on:** April 26, 2016, 10:02:56 PM »

Check out the time laps Nemo put out

He also took some pictures of us in the Lava Tubes

npgtech · « **Reply #18 on:** April 27, 2016, 03:15:27 AM »

Great pics all! Miss wheeling there in SoCal.

RBduffer · « **Reply #19 on:** April 27, 2016, 09:30:33 AM »

Great pics and fancy time line Toro. I'm am always amazed at how you make time to run the biggest event of the year, personally repair broken rigs (at your home), raise a great family and still find time for photo art.
I tip my hat to you Danny, I love you man.

Jayrat · « **Reply #20 on:** April 27, 2016, 11:17:34 AM »

^^^^^^

How True.

JFanaselle · « **Reply #21 on:** April 27, 2016, 12:39:44 PM »

Great shots everyone. Toro - can you post a link to Jeep Garrett's instagram page so we can check out his other photos (does he have any up yet?) Those time lapse shots are so freaking awesome.

I have quite a few photos from the trip I need to get posted up. Unfortunately I had to leave town for a business trip as soon as we got home, so I haven't had the time to work on them. I'm headed back home late this evening so hopefully I can get them posted by the end of this week.

Riz98 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 27, 2016, 08:25:46 PM »

Looks like a great trip!!! Did the upper mount snap on the coilover or did the shaft inside of the coil spring break? Anyways, good looking fix to get off the trail. Awesome pictures and time lapse video.

RikRong · « **Reply #23 on:** April 27, 2016, 09:34:22 PM »

Finally got to watch the time lapse, it was awesome. I hope there's more where that came from.

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knightrider · « **Reply #24 on:** April 27, 2016, 11:03:26 PM »

Quote from: Riz98 on April 27, 2016, 08:25:46 PM

Looks like a great trip!!! Did the upper mount snap on the coilover or did the shaft inside of the coil spring break? Anyways, good looking fix to get off the trail. Awesome pictures and time lapse video.

Danny would be the one to confirm, I'm sure he got a better look when removing it but it looked like the shaft snapped at the top of the shock body.

Toro · « **Reply #25 on:** April 28, 2016, 07:31:27 AM »

Mounts were all good.
The shock shaft snapped right in the middle causing the whole thing to bow.
Made taking it out "interesting"
After taking a closer look at it, I think all the gunk on the outer boot was caused by the shock oil hitting it and combining with all the dirt.
We'll need Christiaans driving feed back to see if the axle actually broke. It was getting dark and we were pretty tired at that point.

xxSVxx · « **Reply #26 on:** April 28, 2016, 09:22:41 AM »

Quote from: Toro on April 28, 2016, 07:31:27 AM

Mounts were all good.
The shock shaft snapped right in the middle causing the whole thing to bow.
Made taking it out "interesting"
After taking a closer look at it, I think all the gunk on the outer boot was caused by the shock oil hitting it and combining with all the dirt.
We'll need Christiaans driving feed back to see if the axle actually broke. It was getting dark and we were pretty tired at that point.

She drives ok for now; I'm not pushing her all that much, but she's drivable. What should I be looking/listening for?

Celt · « **Reply #27 on:** April 28, 2016, 10:00:30 AM »

You can either remove the half shaft and inspect it or grab ahold of it to see if it's loose by pulling on it. If it's just a leaking boot, that's easy enough to fix but will require you taking the hub off to replace it and re-grease everything.

RBduffer · « **Reply #28 on:** April 28, 2016, 10:14:51 AM »

It's probably just shock oil on the boot. Clean the boot really well and check it after a day, week, month. While you're under there just grab the axle and try to move it in all directions, it should not move.
Then drive it hard near your house to see how it holds up.
As the old sailors say, "When my boat breaks, let it be near the dock and not at sea".