If it's a YJ 35 with 4.10s I have one sitting in driveway needing a new
home.

"bjc" <brianc@mvis.com> wrote in message
news:932e5569.0408151658.7c6105f3@posting.google.c om...
> Some of you are most passionate about the weakness of the D35C. I
> offer you this story as proof that I'm now a believer...
>
> Although not a typical trail breakage story, I had an unfortunate
> episode with an EZ locker and a dumped clutch on sticky hot pavement
> last weekend which was quite spectacular. Normaly, I wheel in Stevens
> Pass just a few miles beyond Monroe, Wa. but on this day, I was with
> the wife and kids at Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. We had
> finished our shopping and I decided to "avoid traffic" (grin) by
> shortcutting anywhere there was an open lane. Anyone who knows the
> area will surely sympothize. Anyway, we're between 4th and 5th ave or
> maybe 3rd and 4th - I don't know - it was freaking hot and I was
> anxious to hit I5 north and get home. We sat on a steep incline
> waiting for a light. I was one car back from the light. As a guy who
> likes his tunes, I was messing with the stereo trying to get my mixed
> CD to play Hells Bells by AC/DC. The light changed while I was
> messing with the stereo. The car before me left across the
> intersection while my head was still focused on the scan button. Cars
> behind me honked so my head snapped up. My wife screams "go" like
> someone will die if I don't move - so I dump the clutch and floor
> it...
> Believe it or not, because of the incline, the front wheels left the
> ground for a brief instant. The snapping/grinding/thumping which
> accompanied my actions quickly filled me with feelings of
> stupidity/inadaquacy/and regretfull thoughts of throwing away the
> pamphlet from the Viagra vendors...
>
> I lost one axle shaft, spider gears, and ripped the driveline right
> out of the pinion yoke straps causing the driveline to beat/spin
> ferociously against the bottom of the tub and wack the ---- out of my
> FlowMaster muffler. (sigh) Looking back it was entirely my fault, but
> the extremes of the damage have changed my attitude entirely. I would
> never have expected that kind of damage. It could be that all the
> circumstances were right for extreme breakage. I'm thinking that if I
> didn't have the locker, one wheel may have spun instead of the carnage
> I experianced.
>
> My kids (two girls 8 and 6) think "wheelies are cool" My wife wants
> me to get
> an Explorer so I threatend her with divorce. By Wednesday of the next
> week she decided that my judgement was better than litigation - so for
> now I'm safe...
>
> So, would it be worth my money to buy the Super 35 upgrade, or spend a
> few dollars more for the D44 axle uprade. We play alot at Sand Lake
> Park in Oregon and totally dig the sand. I like the snow, but the
> deep mud and the hardcore rocks don't do much for the family...
>
> Question: ladder bars may have stopped this alltogether (flex, or
> axle wrap, is bad in this situation) - where could I get them (this is
> traditionally a poplular upgrade for the "sand crowd" - right?
>
> In closing, I'm left with a destroyed rear-end. Now is my time to
> reflect on the "wisdom" of others. Hopefully I've amused you in some
> fashion. The pain and strife of others is typically the amusement of
> everyone else. The dude who towed me home is still impressed that I
> got the front wheels off the ground...
>
> disclaimer: pardon my spelling, there is Jack Daniels envolved...

 

If it's a YJ 35 with 4.10s I have one sitting in driveway needing a new
home.

"bjc" <brianc@mvis.com> wrote in message
news:932e5569.0408151658.7c6105f3@posting.google.c om...
> Some of you are most passionate about the weakness of the D35C. I
> offer you this story as proof that I'm now a believer...
>
> Although not a typical trail breakage story, I had an unfortunate
> episode with an EZ locker and a dumped clutch on sticky hot pavement
> last weekend which was quite spectacular. Normaly, I wheel in Stevens
> Pass just a few miles beyond Monroe, Wa. but on this day, I was with
> the wife and kids at Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. We had
> finished our shopping and I decided to "avoid traffic" (grin) by
> shortcutting anywhere there was an open lane. Anyone who knows the
> area will surely sympothize. Anyway, we're between 4th and 5th ave or
> maybe 3rd and 4th - I don't know - it was freaking hot and I was
> anxious to hit I5 north and get home. We sat on a steep incline
> waiting for a light. I was one car back from the light. As a guy who
> likes his tunes, I was messing with the stereo trying to get my mixed
> CD to play Hells Bells by AC/DC. The light changed while I was
> messing with the stereo. The car before me left across the
> intersection while my head was still focused on the scan button. Cars
> behind me honked so my head snapped up. My wife screams "go" like
> someone will die if I don't move - so I dump the clutch and floor
> it...
> Believe it or not, because of the incline, the front wheels left the
> ground for a brief instant. The snapping/grinding/thumping which
> accompanied my actions quickly filled me with feelings of
> stupidity/inadaquacy/and regretfull thoughts of throwing away the
> pamphlet from the Viagra vendors...
>
> I lost one axle shaft, spider gears, and ripped the driveline right
> out of the pinion yoke straps causing the driveline to beat/spin
> ferociously against the bottom of the tub and wack the ---- out of my
> FlowMaster muffler. (sigh) Looking back it was entirely my fault, but
> the extremes of the damage have changed my attitude entirely. I would
> never have expected that kind of damage. It could be that all the
> circumstances were right for extreme breakage. I'm thinking that if I
> didn't have the locker, one wheel may have spun instead of the carnage
> I experianced.
>
> My kids (two girls 8 and 6) think "wheelies are cool" My wife wants
> me to get
> an Explorer so I threatend her with divorce. By Wednesday of the next
> week she decided that my judgement was better than litigation - so for
> now I'm safe...
>
> So, would it be worth my money to buy the Super 35 upgrade, or spend a
> few dollars more for the D44 axle uprade. We play alot at Sand Lake
> Park in Oregon and totally dig the sand. I like the snow, but the
> deep mud and the hardcore rocks don't do much for the family...
>
> Question: ladder bars may have stopped this alltogether (flex, or
> axle wrap, is bad in this situation) - where could I get them (this is
> traditionally a poplular upgrade for the "sand crowd" - right?
>
> In closing, I'm left with a destroyed rear-end. Now is my time to
> reflect on the "wisdom" of others. Hopefully I've amused you in some
> fashion. The pain and strife of others is typically the amusement of
> everyone else. The dude who towed me home is still impressed that I
> got the front wheels off the ground...
>
> disclaimer: pardon my spelling, there is Jack Daniels envolved...

 

If it's a YJ 35 with 4.10s I have one sitting in driveway needing a new
home.

"bjc" <brianc@mvis.com> wrote in message
news:932e5569.0408151658.7c6105f3@posting.google.c om...
> Some of you are most passionate about the weakness of the D35C. I
> offer you this story as proof that I'm now a believer...
>
> Although not a typical trail breakage story, I had an unfortunate
> episode with an EZ locker and a dumped clutch on sticky hot pavement
> last weekend which was quite spectacular. Normaly, I wheel in Stevens
> Pass just a few miles beyond Monroe, Wa. but on this day, I was with
> the wife and kids at Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. We had
> finished our shopping and I decided to "avoid traffic" (grin) by
> shortcutting anywhere there was an open lane. Anyone who knows the
> area will surely sympothize. Anyway, we're between 4th and 5th ave or
> maybe 3rd and 4th - I don't know - it was freaking hot and I was
> anxious to hit I5 north and get home. We sat on a steep incline
> waiting for a light. I was one car back from the light. As a guy who
> likes his tunes, I was messing with the stereo trying to get my mixed
> CD to play Hells Bells by AC/DC. The light changed while I was
> messing with the stereo. The car before me left across the
> intersection while my head was still focused on the scan button. Cars
> behind me honked so my head snapped up. My wife screams "go" like
> someone will die if I don't move - so I dump the clutch and floor
> it...
> Believe it or not, because of the incline, the front wheels left the
> ground for a brief instant. The snapping/grinding/thumping which
> accompanied my actions quickly filled me with feelings of
> stupidity/inadaquacy/and regretfull thoughts of throwing away the
> pamphlet from the Viagra vendors...
>
> I lost one axle shaft, spider gears, and ripped the driveline right
> out of the pinion yoke straps causing the driveline to beat/spin
> ferociously against the bottom of the tub and wack the ---- out of my
> FlowMaster muffler. (sigh) Looking back it was entirely my fault, but
> the extremes of the damage have changed my attitude entirely. I would
> never have expected that kind of damage. It could be that all the
> circumstances were right for extreme breakage. I'm thinking that if I
> didn't have the locker, one wheel may have spun instead of the carnage
> I experianced.
>
> My kids (two girls 8 and 6) think "wheelies are cool" My wife wants
> me to get
> an Explorer so I threatend her with divorce. By Wednesday of the next
> week she decided that my judgement was better than litigation - so for
> now I'm safe...
>
> So, would it be worth my money to buy the Super 35 upgrade, or spend a
> few dollars more for the D44 axle uprade. We play alot at Sand Lake
> Park in Oregon and totally dig the sand. I like the snow, but the
> deep mud and the hardcore rocks don't do much for the family...
>
> Question: ladder bars may have stopped this alltogether (flex, or
> axle wrap, is bad in this situation) - where could I get them (this is
> traditionally a poplular upgrade for the "sand crowd" - right?
>
> In closing, I'm left with a destroyed rear-end. Now is my time to
> reflect on the "wisdom" of others. Hopefully I've amused you in some
> fashion. The pain and strife of others is typically the amusement of
> everyone else. The dude who towed me home is still impressed that I
> got the front wheels off the ground...
>
> disclaimer: pardon my spelling, there is Jack Daniels envolved...

 

>>We play alot at Sand Lake
> > Park in Oregon and totally dig the sand. I like the snow, but the
> > deep mud and the hardcore rocks don't do much for the family...

At the risk of being branded a traitor, I suggest that if you ONLY off-road
in sand, a VW buggy would prove to be cheap and fast. Tow it with a stock
Jeep.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

 

>>We play alot at Sand Lake
> > Park in Oregon and totally dig the sand. I like the snow, but the
> > deep mud and the hardcore rocks don't do much for the family...

At the risk of being branded a traitor, I suggest that if you ONLY off-road
in sand, a VW buggy would prove to be cheap and fast. Tow it with a stock
Jeep.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

 

>>We play alot at Sand Lake
> > Park in Oregon and totally dig the sand. I like the snow, but the
> > deep mud and the hardcore rocks don't do much for the family...

At the risk of being branded a traitor, I suggest that if you ONLY off-road
in sand, a VW buggy would prove to be cheap and fast. Tow it with a stock
Jeep.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

 

>>We play alot at Sand Lake
> > Park in Oregon and totally dig the sand. I like the snow, but the
> > deep mud and the hardcore rocks don't do much for the family...

At the risk of being branded a traitor, I suggest that if you ONLY off-road
in sand, a VW buggy would prove to be cheap and fast. Tow it with a stock
Jeep.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

 

4cyl or 6? What size tires?
Nick

"bjc" <brianc@mvis.com> wrote in message
news:932e5569.0408151658.7c6105f3@posting.google.c om...
> Some of you are most passionate about the weakness of the D35C. I
> offer you this story as proof that I'm now a believer...
>
> Although not a typical trail breakage story, I had an unfortunate
> episode with an EZ locker and a dumped clutch on sticky hot pavement
> last weekend which was quite spectacular. Normaly, I wheel in Stevens

 

4cyl or 6? What size tires?
Nick

"bjc" <brianc@mvis.com> wrote in message
news:932e5569.0408151658.7c6105f3@posting.google.c om...
> Some of you are most passionate about the weakness of the D35C. I
> offer you this story as proof that I'm now a believer...
>
> Although not a typical trail breakage story, I had an unfortunate
> episode with an EZ locker and a dumped clutch on sticky hot pavement
> last weekend which was quite spectacular. Normaly, I wheel in Stevens

 

4cyl or 6? What size tires?
Nick

"bjc" <brianc@mvis.com> wrote in message
news:932e5569.0408151658.7c6105f3@posting.google.c om...
> Some of you are most passionate about the weakness of the D35C. I
> offer you this story as proof that I'm now a believer...
>
> Although not a typical trail breakage story, I had an unfortunate
> episode with an EZ locker and a dumped clutch on sticky hot pavement
> last weekend which was quite spectacular. Normaly, I wheel in Stevens