Bill, you were right
 

Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I
think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock
anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh*

Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and
will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and be
done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9".

Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't
being too hard on the throttle.

I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it --
involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were
going for the darwin award -- but are still alive.

Eric
99 TJ SE

Re: Bill, you were right
 

Thanks, can't wait for the pictures.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Eric wrote:
>
> Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I
> think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock
> anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh*
>
> Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and
> will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and be
> done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9".
>
> Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't
> being too hard on the throttle.
>
> I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it --
> involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were
> going for the darwin award -- but are still alive.
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE

Re: Bill, you were right
 

Thanks, can't wait for the pictures.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Eric wrote:
>
> Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I
> think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock
> anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh*
>
> Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and
> will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and be
> done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9".
>
> Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't
> being too hard on the throttle.
>
> I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it --
> involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were
> going for the darwin award -- but are still alive.
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE

Re: Bill, you were right
 

Thanks, can't wait for the pictures.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Eric wrote:
>
> Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I
> think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock
> anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh*
>
> Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and
> will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and be
> done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9".
>
> Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't
> being too hard on the throttle.
>
> I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it --
> involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were
> going for the darwin award -- but are still alive.
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE

Re: Bill, you were right
 

Thanks, can't wait for the pictures.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Eric wrote:
>
> Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I
> think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock
> anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh*
>
> Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and
> will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and be
> done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9".
>
> Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't
> being too hard on the throttle.
>
> I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it --
> involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were
> going for the darwin award -- but are still alive.
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE

Re: Bill, you were right
 

Eric -
What size tires are you running? What kind of locker? What were you
doing? I'm concerned because I've got a D35 on 33's.

Carl


"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:SSJve.91566$PR6.89179@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I
> think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock
> anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh*
>
> Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and
> will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and
be
> done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9".
>
> Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't
> being too hard on the throttle.
>
> I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it --
> involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were
> going for the darwin award -- but are still alive.
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE
>
>

Re: Bill, you were right
 

Eric -
What size tires are you running? What kind of locker? What were you
doing? I'm concerned because I've got a D35 on 33's.

Carl


"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:SSJve.91566$PR6.89179@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I
> think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock
> anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh*
>
> Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and
> will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and
be
> done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9".
>
> Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't
> being too hard on the throttle.
>
> I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it --
> involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were
> going for the darwin award -- but are still alive.
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE
>
>

Re: Bill, you were right
 

Eric -
What size tires are you running? What kind of locker? What were you
doing? I'm concerned because I've got a D35 on 33's.

Carl


"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:SSJve.91566$PR6.89179@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I
> think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock
> anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh*
>
> Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and
> will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and
be
> done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9".
>
> Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't
> being too hard on the throttle.
>
> I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it --
> involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were
> going for the darwin award -- but are still alive.
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE
>
>

Re: Bill, you were right
 

Eric -
What size tires are you running? What kind of locker? What were you
doing? I'm concerned because I've got a D35 on 33's.

Carl


"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:SSJve.91566$PR6.89179@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I
> think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock
> anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh*
>
> Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and
> will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and
be
> done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9".
>
> Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't
> being too hard on the throttle.
>
> I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it --
> involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were
> going for the darwin award -- but are still alive.
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE
>
>

Re: Bill, you were right
 

I'm running 33's and a D35. The locker was a lock-right from powertrax (or
so I think...).

Be careful if you're wheeling any rocks. If I'd have been locked in the
front I'd have been ok. But the rear was doing all of the work. I was
turning and going up a ledge when it broke. Ugly stuff.

Eric
"Carl Saiyed" <carlsaiyed@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:42bf6e37$1_3@newsfeed.slurp.net...
> Eric -
> What size tires are you running? What kind of locker? What were you
> doing? I'm concerned because I've got a D35 on 33's.
>
> Carl
>
>
> "Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
> news:SSJve.91566$PR6.89179@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I
>> think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock
>> anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh*
>>
>> Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and
>> will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and
> be
>> done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9".
>>
>> Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't
>> being too hard on the throttle.
>>
>> I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love
>> it --
>> involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were
>> going for the darwin award -- but are still alive.
>>
>> Eric
>> 99 TJ SE
>>
>>
>
>