Carnage share thread

Levigarrett76 said:
I dont think I will ever figure out the logic behind the front 60's that came with 35 spline inners and 30 outers?
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They had 200 hp engines and 235/70/16’s for tires. How many stock Ford pickup owners do you know that have broken a 30 spline outer with an open diff?

Ive had a bunch of those trucks and while I’ve had hub issues I’ve never had a stub shaft issue.
 
JR4X said:
They had 200 hp engines and 235/70/16’s for tires. How many stock Ford pickup owners do you know that have broken a 30 spline outer with an open diff?

Ive had a bunch of those trucks and while I’ve had hub issues I’ve never had a stub shaft issue.
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I broke one with a n/a 6.9 and 235/85's :homer: being an absolute ******
 
JR4X said:
That’s the first one I’ve heard of being broken not in a rock crawler or mud truck. 🍺
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I bought a 79 f250 for the axles way back. The truck had been fixed up I'd guess back in the 90s, but had slid into plow truck status for a company. Not shocking one of the goons managed to break an outer. I sense it was part lack of maintenance and part "not my truck".

We always joke that any company vehicle is like a rental, and comparable mileage to a personal rig is 10x shown on odometer.
 
One from some Brit U4 friends

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aczlan said:
That's what I found. A new cross, shaft and 6 spline yoke were going to be $180.
For $220 I got a whole new shaft with a cover on it (this one didn't have a cover).

Aaron Z
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Recently broke the yoke on the tractor end of my $350 bushhog. Was able to repair it for $100 at the local TSC vs $350 for a new shaft. Felt like lipstick on a pig if I bought a shaft that cost as much as the actual equipment.
 
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JR4X said:
They had 200 hp engines and 235/70/16’s for tires. How many stock Ford pickup owners do you know that have broken a 30 spline outer with an open diff?

Ive had a bunch of those trucks and while I’ve had hub issues I’ve never had a stub shaft issue.
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I think the point was why 35 spline inners then?
 
ridered3 said:
Recently broke the yoke on the tractor end of my $350 bushhog. Was able to repair it for $100 at the local TSC vs $350 for a new shaft. Felt like lipstick on a pig if I bought a shaft that cost as much as the actual equipment.
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This one was $50 with a rusted out deck, put new sides on the deck and it's been good mower.
Thought about fixing the shaft, found someplace who had the shaft that was bent for $60, but the hole in the tractor end yoke/coupler was bent just enough that the new cross wouldn't fit in easily and there were some decent chunks out of it.
Plus my time, to still have a assembly that is technically "not safe" (if you are off of the tractor seat and near the bush hog with the engine on, you shouldn't be surprised at whatever you get).


Aaron Z
 
aczlan said:
This one was $50 with a rusted out deck, put new sides on the deck and it's been good mower.
Thought about fixing the shaft, found someplace who had the shaft that was bent for $60, but the hole in the tractor end yoke/coupler was bent just enough that the new cross wouldn't fit in easily and there were some decent chunks out of it.
Plus my time, to still have a assembly that is technically "not safe" (if you are off of the tractor seat and near the bush hog with the engine on, you shouldn't be surprised at whatever you get).


Aaron Z
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Sounds quite similar to my current cutter and repairs as well.
 
aczlan said:
but the hole in the tractor end yoke/coupler was bent just enough that the new cross wouldn't fit in easily and there were some decent chunks out of it.
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On some of the older unobtanium pto yokes. I have had decent luck welding up and straightening the yokes. Just takes time
 
Steve300xcw said:
On some of the older unobtanium pto yokes. I have had decent luck welding up and straightening the yokes. Just takes time
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Yep. It was close, but didn't quite fit, it was a Weasler 12 series yoke, so it parts were available.
Would have had to grind out the weld, weld in a new shaft, clean up the yokes, etc, but it still would have needed a shaft guard to be "kosher"
This way it was back up and running and the old parts are on the parts healing shelf :lmao:.

Aaron Z
 
Squeaky Clean said:
Jeep JK. Customer states at interstate speeds something happened, vehicle jumped a bit, loud noises ensued but never stopped until I got home. Seemed like either the pinion bearing locked up from natural causes or perhaps got a bit of gear lodged in there. Who knows..

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Damn, that is ground smooth, must have sounded like hell the whole way. Did you give him a duck?:rainbow:
 


2020 King of the Hammers. This was the sweet spot where golf carts really became racecars. Before this 55 mph in the chop seemed like a lot. One of the dustiest, hard to see situations I have ever been in. There was so little wind going this day that it was very difficult the first 30 miles. We finally found a spot where we though we could open the racecar up. This is classified as a "kicker", not too far from Cougar Buttes. We had a bit too much confidence, and I missed a mark/call. I don't think we hit anything but bumpers the whole way. Ended up breaking a tie rod in half which eventually stabbed through the wheel causing the wheel to separate completely from the mounting surface. If I remember correctly, the wheelbase was 6" shorter on the driver side.

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Squeaky Clean said:


2020 King of the Hammers. This was the sweet spot where golf carts really became racecars. Before this 55 mph in the chop seemed like a lot. One of the dustiest, hard to see situations I have ever been in. There was so little wind going this day that it was very difficult the first 30 miles. We finally found a spot where we though we could open the racecar up. This is classified as a "kicker", not too far from Cougar Buttes. We had a bit too much confidence, and I missed a mark/call. I don't think we hit anything but bumpers the whole way. Ended up breaking a tie rod in half which eventually stabbed through the wheel causing the wheel to separate completely from the mounting surface. If I remember correctly, the wheelbase was 6" shorter on the driver side.

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Bet it turned left real good!
 
YotaAtieToo said:
Crazy that they wouldn't catch it before total failure. I'd think an operation that size would be anal about walk around inspections at every shift change.
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Step daughters ex works at a coal mine in SE BC and most of their 797 rock trucks are running automated. They all follow the the exact same track every time, pick up sized hole in the haul road don't matter straight through as fast as they will go, dispatch gets a bonus based on tonnage and maintenance bubble gums the carnage back together enough to make it move again. Dispatch probably didn't let them shut that machine down till it was really broken.
 
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