what happens when you're towing a TJ and the D35 blows up?
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Re: what happens when you're towing a TJ and the D35 blows up?
It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?
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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to warn
> you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas tank
> would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
>
> Yikes.
>
> "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
>> heres the dope.....
>>
>> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
>> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
>> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a
>> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the
>> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
>> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in
>> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
>> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
>> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
>> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
>> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
>> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've
>> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
>> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look on
>> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately checked
>> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
>> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit of
>> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering the
>> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
>> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
>>
>>
>> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
>>
>>
>> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean not
>> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
>> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had stopped
>> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the shoulder.
>> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
>> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can see
>> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the intersated
>> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I just
>> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
>> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
>> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
>> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
>> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
>> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I couldn't
>> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was shaved
>> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
>> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
>> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
>> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts tha
>> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise and
>> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
>> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
>> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit, hit
>> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
>> passenger side tire was never recovered.
>>
>> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned my
>> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
>> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
>> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
>> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an air
>> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
>> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
>>
>
>
the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?
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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to warn
> you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas tank
> would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
>
> Yikes.
>
> "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
>> heres the dope.....
>>
>> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
>> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
>> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a
>> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the
>> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
>> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in
>> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
>> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
>> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
>> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
>> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
>> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've
>> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
>> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look on
>> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately checked
>> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
>> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit of
>> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering the
>> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
>> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
>>
>>
>> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
>>
>>
>> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean not
>> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
>> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had stopped
>> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the shoulder.
>> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
>> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can see
>> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the intersated
>> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I just
>> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
>> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
>> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
>> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
>> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
>> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I couldn't
>> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was shaved
>> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
>> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
>> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
>> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts tha
>> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise and
>> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
>> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
>> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit, hit
>> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
>> passenger side tire was never recovered.
>>
>> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned my
>> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
>> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
>> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
>> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an air
>> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
>> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
>>
>
>
#42
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Re: what happens when you're towing a TJ and the D35 blows up?
It's the puny Dana 35c, and the only thing holding in their axles
in is a little "C" clip which apparently fell out:
http://----------.com/dana35c/dana35cclip.jpg He probably caught a wheel
on an island gassing his motorhome.
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Doug wrote:
>
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?
in is a little "C" clip which apparently fell out:
http://----------.com/dana35c/dana35cclip.jpg He probably caught a wheel
on an island gassing his motorhome.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Doug wrote:
>
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?
#43
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Re: what happens when you're towing a TJ and the D35 blows up?
It's the puny Dana 35c, and the only thing holding in their axles
in is a little "C" clip which apparently fell out:
http://----------.com/dana35c/dana35cclip.jpg He probably caught a wheel
on an island gassing his motorhome.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Doug wrote:
>
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?
in is a little "C" clip which apparently fell out:
http://----------.com/dana35c/dana35cclip.jpg He probably caught a wheel
on an island gassing his motorhome.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Doug wrote:
>
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?
#44
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Re: what happens when you're towing a TJ and the D35 blows up?
It's the puny Dana 35c, and the only thing holding in their axles
in is a little "C" clip which apparently fell out:
http://----------.com/dana35c/dana35cclip.jpg He probably caught a wheel
on an island gassing his motorhome.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Doug wrote:
>
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?
in is a little "C" clip which apparently fell out:
http://----------.com/dana35c/dana35cclip.jpg He probably caught a wheel
on an island gassing his motorhome.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Doug wrote:
>
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?
#45
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Re: what happens when you're towing a TJ and the D35 blows up?
It's the puny Dana 35c, and the only thing holding in their axles
in is a little "C" clip which apparently fell out:
http://----------.com/dana35c/dana35cclip.jpg He probably caught a wheel
on an island gassing his motorhome.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Doug wrote:
>
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?
in is a little "C" clip which apparently fell out:
http://----------.com/dana35c/dana35cclip.jpg He probably caught a wheel
on an island gassing his motorhome.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Doug wrote:
>
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?
#46
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Re: what happens when you're towing a TJ and the D35 blows up?
I am sitting here thinking that the guy is also quite lucky that the
dragging gas tank did not wear all the way through, spilling gas all over
and lighting it all up. That tank went for a slide there.
"Doug" <pigdos@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:cBWwe.1348$j04.1100@newssvr21.news.prodigy.co m...
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the
axle?
>
> --
> there is no .sig
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> > Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to
warn
> > you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas
tank
> > would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
> >
> > Yikes.
> >
> > "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> > news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> >> heres the dope.....
> >>
> >> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> >> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
> >> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After
a
> >> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to
the
> >> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> >> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing
in
> >> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> >> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> >> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
> >> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> >> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
> >> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So
I've
> >> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
> >> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look
on
> >> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately
checked
> >> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
> >> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit
of
> >> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering
the
> >> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
> >> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
> >>
> >>
> >> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
> >>
> >>
> >> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean
not
> >> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
> >> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had
stopped
> >> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the
shoulder.
> >> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> >> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can
see
> >> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the
intersated
> >> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I
just
> >> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> >> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
> >> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
> >> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
> >> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
> >> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I
couldn't
> >> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was
shaved
> >> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
> >> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
> >> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
> >> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts
tha
> >> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise
and
> >> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
> >> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
> >> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit,
hit
> >> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
> >> passenger side tire was never recovered.
> >>
> >> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned
my
> >> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> >> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> >> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> >> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an
air
> >> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> >> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
dragging gas tank did not wear all the way through, spilling gas all over
and lighting it all up. That tank went for a slide there.
"Doug" <pigdos@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:cBWwe.1348$j04.1100@newssvr21.news.prodigy.co m...
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the
axle?
>
> --
> there is no .sig
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> > Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to
warn
> > you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas
tank
> > would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
> >
> > Yikes.
> >
> > "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> > news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> >> heres the dope.....
> >>
> >> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> >> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
> >> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After
a
> >> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to
the
> >> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> >> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing
in
> >> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> >> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> >> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
> >> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> >> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
> >> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So
I've
> >> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
> >> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look
on
> >> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately
checked
> >> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
> >> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit
of
> >> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering
the
> >> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
> >> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
> >>
> >>
> >> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
> >>
> >>
> >> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean
not
> >> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
> >> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had
stopped
> >> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the
shoulder.
> >> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> >> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can
see
> >> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the
intersated
> >> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I
just
> >> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> >> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
> >> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
> >> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
> >> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
> >> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I
couldn't
> >> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was
shaved
> >> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
> >> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
> >> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
> >> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts
tha
> >> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise
and
> >> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
> >> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
> >> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit,
hit
> >> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
> >> passenger side tire was never recovered.
> >>
> >> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned
my
> >> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> >> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> >> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> >> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an
air
> >> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> >> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
#47
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Re: what happens when you're towing a TJ and the D35 blows up?
I am sitting here thinking that the guy is also quite lucky that the
dragging gas tank did not wear all the way through, spilling gas all over
and lighting it all up. That tank went for a slide there.
"Doug" <pigdos@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:cBWwe.1348$j04.1100@newssvr21.news.prodigy.co m...
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the
axle?
>
> --
> there is no .sig
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> > Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to
warn
> > you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas
tank
> > would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
> >
> > Yikes.
> >
> > "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> > news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> >> heres the dope.....
> >>
> >> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> >> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
> >> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After
a
> >> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to
the
> >> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> >> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing
in
> >> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> >> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> >> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
> >> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> >> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
> >> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So
I've
> >> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
> >> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look
on
> >> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately
checked
> >> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
> >> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit
of
> >> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering
the
> >> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
> >> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
> >>
> >>
> >> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
> >>
> >>
> >> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean
not
> >> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
> >> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had
stopped
> >> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the
shoulder.
> >> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> >> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can
see
> >> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the
intersated
> >> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I
just
> >> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> >> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
> >> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
> >> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
> >> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
> >> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I
couldn't
> >> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was
shaved
> >> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
> >> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
> >> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
> >> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts
tha
> >> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise
and
> >> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
> >> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
> >> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit,
hit
> >> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
> >> passenger side tire was never recovered.
> >>
> >> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned
my
> >> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> >> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> >> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> >> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an
air
> >> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> >> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
dragging gas tank did not wear all the way through, spilling gas all over
and lighting it all up. That tank went for a slide there.
"Doug" <pigdos@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:cBWwe.1348$j04.1100@newssvr21.news.prodigy.co m...
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the
axle?
>
> --
> there is no .sig
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> > Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to
warn
> > you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas
tank
> > would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
> >
> > Yikes.
> >
> > "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> > news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> >> heres the dope.....
> >>
> >> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> >> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
> >> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After
a
> >> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to
the
> >> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> >> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing
in
> >> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> >> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> >> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
> >> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> >> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
> >> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So
I've
> >> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
> >> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look
on
> >> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately
checked
> >> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
> >> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit
of
> >> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering
the
> >> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
> >> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
> >>
> >>
> >> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
> >>
> >>
> >> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean
not
> >> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
> >> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had
stopped
> >> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the
shoulder.
> >> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> >> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can
see
> >> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the
intersated
> >> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I
just
> >> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> >> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
> >> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
> >> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
> >> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
> >> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I
couldn't
> >> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was
shaved
> >> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
> >> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
> >> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
> >> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts
tha
> >> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise
and
> >> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
> >> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
> >> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit,
hit
> >> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
> >> passenger side tire was never recovered.
> >>
> >> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned
my
> >> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> >> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> >> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> >> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an
air
> >> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> >> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
#48
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: what happens when you're towing a TJ and the D35 blows up?
I am sitting here thinking that the guy is also quite lucky that the
dragging gas tank did not wear all the way through, spilling gas all over
and lighting it all up. That tank went for a slide there.
"Doug" <pigdos@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:cBWwe.1348$j04.1100@newssvr21.news.prodigy.co m...
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the
axle?
>
> --
> there is no .sig
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> > Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to
warn
> > you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas
tank
> > would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
> >
> > Yikes.
> >
> > "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> > news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> >> heres the dope.....
> >>
> >> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> >> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
> >> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After
a
> >> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to
the
> >> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> >> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing
in
> >> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> >> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> >> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
> >> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> >> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
> >> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So
I've
> >> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
> >> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look
on
> >> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately
checked
> >> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
> >> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit
of
> >> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering
the
> >> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
> >> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
> >>
> >>
> >> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
> >>
> >>
> >> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean
not
> >> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
> >> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had
stopped
> >> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the
shoulder.
> >> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> >> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can
see
> >> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the
intersated
> >> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I
just
> >> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> >> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
> >> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
> >> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
> >> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
> >> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I
couldn't
> >> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was
shaved
> >> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
> >> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
> >> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
> >> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts
tha
> >> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise
and
> >> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
> >> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
> >> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit,
hit
> >> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
> >> passenger side tire was never recovered.
> >>
> >> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned
my
> >> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> >> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> >> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> >> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an
air
> >> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> >> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
dragging gas tank did not wear all the way through, spilling gas all over
and lighting it all up. That tank went for a slide there.
"Doug" <pigdos@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:cBWwe.1348$j04.1100@newssvr21.news.prodigy.co m...
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the
axle?
>
> --
> there is no .sig
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> > Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to
warn
> > you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas
tank
> > would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
> >
> > Yikes.
> >
> > "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> > news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> >> heres the dope.....
> >>
> >> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> >> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
> >> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After
a
> >> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to
the
> >> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> >> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing
in
> >> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> >> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> >> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
> >> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> >> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
> >> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So
I've
> >> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
> >> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look
on
> >> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately
checked
> >> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
> >> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit
of
> >> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering
the
> >> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
> >> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
> >>
> >>
> >> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
> >>
> >>
> >> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean
not
> >> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
> >> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had
stopped
> >> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the
shoulder.
> >> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> >> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can
see
> >> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the
intersated
> >> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I
just
> >> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> >> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
> >> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
> >> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
> >> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
> >> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I
couldn't
> >> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was
shaved
> >> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
> >> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
> >> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
> >> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts
tha
> >> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise
and
> >> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
> >> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
> >> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit,
hit
> >> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
> >> passenger side tire was never recovered.
> >>
> >> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned
my
> >> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> >> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> >> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> >> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an
air
> >> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> >> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
#49
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: what happens when you're towing a TJ and the D35 blows up?
I am sitting here thinking that the guy is also quite lucky that the
dragging gas tank did not wear all the way through, spilling gas all over
and lighting it all up. That tank went for a slide there.
"Doug" <pigdos@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:cBWwe.1348$j04.1100@newssvr21.news.prodigy.co m...
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the
axle?
>
> --
> there is no .sig
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> > Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to
warn
> > you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas
tank
> > would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
> >
> > Yikes.
> >
> > "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> > news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> >> heres the dope.....
> >>
> >> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> >> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
> >> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After
a
> >> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to
the
> >> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> >> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing
in
> >> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> >> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> >> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
> >> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> >> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
> >> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So
I've
> >> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
> >> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look
on
> >> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately
checked
> >> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
> >> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit
of
> >> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering
the
> >> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
> >> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
> >>
> >>
> >> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
> >>
> >>
> >> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean
not
> >> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
> >> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had
stopped
> >> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the
shoulder.
> >> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> >> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can
see
> >> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the
intersated
> >> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I
just
> >> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> >> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
> >> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
> >> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
> >> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
> >> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I
couldn't
> >> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was
shaved
> >> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
> >> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
> >> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
> >> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts
tha
> >> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise
and
> >> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
> >> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
> >> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit,
hit
> >> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
> >> passenger side tire was never recovered.
> >>
> >> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned
my
> >> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> >> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> >> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> >> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an
air
> >> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> >> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
dragging gas tank did not wear all the way through, spilling gas all over
and lighting it all up. That tank went for a slide there.
"Doug" <pigdos@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:cBWwe.1348$j04.1100@newssvr21.news.prodigy.co m...
> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the
axle?
>
> --
> there is no .sig
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> > Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to
warn
> > you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas
tank
> > would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
> >
> > Yikes.
> >
> > "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> > news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> >> heres the dope.....
> >>
> >> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> >> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
> >> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After
a
> >> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to
the
> >> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> >> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing
in
> >> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> >> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> >> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
> >> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> >> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
> >> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So
I've
> >> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
> >> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look
on
> >> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately
checked
> >> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
> >> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit
of
> >> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering
the
> >> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
> >> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
> >>
> >>
> >> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
> >>
> >>
> >> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean
not
> >> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
> >> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had
stopped
> >> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the
shoulder.
> >> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> >> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can
see
> >> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the
intersated
> >> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I
just
> >> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> >> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
> >> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
> >> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
> >> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
> >> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I
couldn't
> >> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was
shaved
> >> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
> >> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
> >> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
> >> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts
tha
> >> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise
and
> >> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
> >> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
> >> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit,
hit
> >> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
> >> passenger side tire was never recovered.
> >>
> >> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned
my
> >> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> >> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> >> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> >> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an
air
> >> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> >> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
#50
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: what happens when you're towing a TJ and the D35 blows up?
Would this be called a design flaw w/Dana 35's? What are better rear axles
the Dana 44's?
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"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> It's the puny Dana 35c, and the only thing holding in their axles
> in is a little "C" clip which apparently fell out:
> http://----------.com/dana35c/dana35cclip.jpg He probably caught a wheel
> on an island gassing his motorhome.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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> Doug wrote:
>>
>> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
>> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the
>> axle?
the Dana 44's?
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"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> It's the puny Dana 35c, and the only thing holding in their axles
> in is a little "C" clip which apparently fell out:
> http://----------.com/dana35c/dana35cclip.jpg He probably caught a wheel
> on an island gassing his motorhome.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Doug wrote:
>>
>> It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
>> the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the
>> axle?