Damn, I took my CJ7 for a cruise and came off the highway to a stop
light and the old smoke comes just a roaring out of the front hub.

It was as close to a bad fire as 'I' ever want to be to especially with
fiberglass inner and outer fenders!

We were into some organic muck on our end of summer run and my wheel hub
got packed with it. This crap can be dried into bricks and used as
firewood!

So here I am at the 'worst intersection in Toronto Canada for
accidents', Warden and Ellesemere, with a hub on fire and the bearings
seized up solid so she ain't moving!!!

I have visions of making the evening news..... LOL!

So the smoke finally got let out of the hub and I bumped the clutch hard
a few time to free up the bearing and got out of the intersection. Let
it cool down and I putted home slow and made it! :-)

I really wish my digital camera wasn't broken..... The guts of this hub
are wild. Little charcoal bullets falling out on the ground that used
to be roller bearings and a keyed thrust washer that looks like it was
made from silly putty it is melted so bad. It actually drooped away and
spun... LOL! I will get photos of that for sure!

So I yanked at and spun the other side and it is gritty and floppy too.

Then I see a leak out the pinion seal on the front diff. Hmmm... There
shouldn't be a leak out that new seal so I watch. Muddy water.....

Muddy water???!!!!!!! Crap that means the gear oil must be climbing up
the high water tube on top of the water....

We had to run through water over the top of my 33's to get to the
campsite on the last trip. I got flooded out it would seem.

I also got bogged down in some swamp mud....

Ahhhh.... but it 'was' sooo much fun..... :-)

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

 

Bummer! I feel for you.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Damn, I took my CJ7 for a cruise and came off the highway to a stop
> light and the old smoke comes just a roaring out of the front hub.
>
> It was as close to a bad fire as 'I' ever want to be to especially with
> fiberglass inner and outer fenders!
>
> We were into some organic muck on our end of summer run and my wheel hub
> got packed with it. This crap can be dried into bricks and used as
> firewood!
>
> So here I am at the 'worst intersection in Toronto Canada for
> accidents', Warden and Ellesemere, with a hub on fire and the bearings
> seized up solid so she ain't moving!!!
>
> I have visions of making the evening news..... LOL!
>
> So the smoke finally got let out of the hub and I bumped the clutch hard
> a few time to free up the bearing and got out of the intersection. Let
> it cool down and I putted home slow and made it! :-)
>
> I really wish my digital camera wasn't broken..... The guts of this hub
> are wild. Little charcoal bullets falling out on the ground that used
> to be roller bearings and a keyed thrust washer that looks like it was
> made from silly putty it is melted so bad. It actually drooped away and
> spun... LOL! I will get photos of that for sure!
>
> So I yanked at and spun the other side and it is gritty and floppy too.
>
> Then I see a leak out the pinion seal on the front diff. Hmmm... There
> shouldn't be a leak out that new seal so I watch. Muddy water.....
>
> Muddy water???!!!!!!! Crap that means the gear oil must be climbing up
> the high water tube on top of the water....
>
> We had to run through water over the top of my 33's to get to the
> campsite on the last trip. I got flooded out it would seem.
>
> I also got bogged down in some swamp mud....
>
> Ahhhh.... but it 'was' sooo much fun..... :-)
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

 

Bummer! I feel for you.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Damn, I took my CJ7 for a cruise and came off the highway to a stop
> light and the old smoke comes just a roaring out of the front hub.
>
> It was as close to a bad fire as 'I' ever want to be to especially with
> fiberglass inner and outer fenders!
>
> We were into some organic muck on our end of summer run and my wheel hub
> got packed with it. This crap can be dried into bricks and used as
> firewood!
>
> So here I am at the 'worst intersection in Toronto Canada for
> accidents', Warden and Ellesemere, with a hub on fire and the bearings
> seized up solid so she ain't moving!!!
>
> I have visions of making the evening news..... LOL!
>
> So the smoke finally got let out of the hub and I bumped the clutch hard
> a few time to free up the bearing and got out of the intersection. Let
> it cool down and I putted home slow and made it! :-)
>
> I really wish my digital camera wasn't broken..... The guts of this hub
> are wild. Little charcoal bullets falling out on the ground that used
> to be roller bearings and a keyed thrust washer that looks like it was
> made from silly putty it is melted so bad. It actually drooped away and
> spun... LOL! I will get photos of that for sure!
>
> So I yanked at and spun the other side and it is gritty and floppy too.
>
> Then I see a leak out the pinion seal on the front diff. Hmmm... There
> shouldn't be a leak out that new seal so I watch. Muddy water.....
>
> Muddy water???!!!!!!! Crap that means the gear oil must be climbing up
> the high water tube on top of the water....
>
> We had to run through water over the top of my 33's to get to the
> campsite on the last trip. I got flooded out it would seem.
>
> I also got bogged down in some swamp mud....
>
> Ahhhh.... but it 'was' sooo much fun..... :-)
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

 

Bummer! I feel for you.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Damn, I took my CJ7 for a cruise and came off the highway to a stop
> light and the old smoke comes just a roaring out of the front hub.
>
> It was as close to a bad fire as 'I' ever want to be to especially with
> fiberglass inner and outer fenders!
>
> We were into some organic muck on our end of summer run and my wheel hub
> got packed with it. This crap can be dried into bricks and used as
> firewood!
>
> So here I am at the 'worst intersection in Toronto Canada for
> accidents', Warden and Ellesemere, with a hub on fire and the bearings
> seized up solid so she ain't moving!!!
>
> I have visions of making the evening news..... LOL!
>
> So the smoke finally got let out of the hub and I bumped the clutch hard
> a few time to free up the bearing and got out of the intersection. Let
> it cool down and I putted home slow and made it! :-)
>
> I really wish my digital camera wasn't broken..... The guts of this hub
> are wild. Little charcoal bullets falling out on the ground that used
> to be roller bearings and a keyed thrust washer that looks like it was
> made from silly putty it is melted so bad. It actually drooped away and
> spun... LOL! I will get photos of that for sure!
>
> So I yanked at and spun the other side and it is gritty and floppy too.
>
> Then I see a leak out the pinion seal on the front diff. Hmmm... There
> shouldn't be a leak out that new seal so I watch. Muddy water.....
>
> Muddy water???!!!!!!! Crap that means the gear oil must be climbing up
> the high water tube on top of the water....
>
> We had to run through water over the top of my 33's to get to the
> campsite on the last trip. I got flooded out it would seem.
>
> I also got bogged down in some swamp mud....
>
> Ahhhh.... but it 'was' sooo much fun..... :-)
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

 

Sounds like fun! The weirdest thing to have happened to me out trailing was
sliding backwards down a pretty steep gradient and digging my exhaust into a
mud puddle. As I was pulling all the mud out, a small fish fell out of my
exhaust ...still perfectly alive.

 

Sounds like fun! The weirdest thing to have happened to me out trailing was
sliding backwards down a pretty steep gradient and digging my exhaust into a
mud puddle. As I was pulling all the mud out, a small fish fell out of my
exhaust ...still perfectly alive.

 

Sounds like fun! The weirdest thing to have happened to me out trailing was
sliding backwards down a pretty steep gradient and digging my exhaust into a
mud puddle. As I was pulling all the mud out, a small fish fell out of my
exhaust ...still perfectly alive.

 

I could definately see how that would happen Mike...
I was kinda hoping to catch ya on the news though :)
LOL
I went through a deep water hole with my drain plugs out and we had those
water skitters swiming around the back seat LOL
Jeff

"griffin" <gryffy@DELTHISshaw.ca> wrote in message
news:8r87d.576507$gE.37396@pd7tw3no...
> Sounds like fun! The weirdest thing to have happened to me out trailing
was
> sliding backwards down a pretty steep gradient and digging my exhaust into
a
> mud puddle. As I was pulling all the mud out, a small fish fell out of my
> exhaust ...still perfectly alive.
>
>

 

I could definately see how that would happen Mike...
I was kinda hoping to catch ya on the news though :)
LOL
I went through a deep water hole with my drain plugs out and we had those
water skitters swiming around the back seat LOL
Jeff

"griffin" <gryffy@DELTHISshaw.ca> wrote in message
news:8r87d.576507$gE.37396@pd7tw3no...
> Sounds like fun! The weirdest thing to have happened to me out trailing
was
> sliding backwards down a pretty steep gradient and digging my exhaust into
a
> mud puddle. As I was pulling all the mud out, a small fish fell out of my
> exhaust ...still perfectly alive.
>
>

 

I could definately see how that would happen Mike...
I was kinda hoping to catch ya on the news though :)
LOL
I went through a deep water hole with my drain plugs out and we had those
water skitters swiming around the back seat LOL
Jeff

"griffin" <gryffy@DELTHISshaw.ca> wrote in message
news:8r87d.576507$gE.37396@pd7tw3no...
> Sounds like fun! The weirdest thing to have happened to me out trailing
was
> sliding backwards down a pretty steep gradient and digging my exhaust into
a
> mud puddle. As I was pulling all the mud out, a small fish fell out of my
> exhaust ...still perfectly alive.
>
>