URE 11-12-2005

awa0728 · Nov 12, 2005

On Rocky Mount Loop after Kodak Rock heading toward Saw Mill, on the nice level stuff that anyone can drive on...my front wheel kicks up a flat rock and wedges it into my stock transfer case skid plate and shears the drive shaft apart like its warm butter. Pictures are attached. So, with a some help from the group I was with, I crawled underneath unbolted the drive shaft at the U joint, threw it in the back seat and off I went in 2wd...

So now does anyone have a stock front drive shaft for a TJ laying around???

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wyndzer · Nov 12, 2005

I was wondering who was holding up the trail for soooooo long. :driver:

purpleTJchick · Nov 12, 2005

I missed that

I was thier today... but I did not see anyone I knew...

I was with the yellow jeep and the red jeep (I was the stubby purple jeep)

ProjekTJ · Nov 12, 2005

Somebody post some pics from today! I know you've got'em...everyone out there had a camera I think.

I'll post mine just as soon as I find my puter' cable. :mad:

Joel · Nov 13, 2005

purpleTJchick said:
I missed that

I was thier today... but I did not see anyone I knew...

I was with the yellow jeep and the red jeep (I was the stubby purple jeep)

I swear it was Solar Yellow day out there or something. I don't believe I have ever seen so many yellow Jeeps in all of my life as I saw out there today (mine included).

purpleTJchick · Nov 13, 2005

alright... well then I guess the red jeep and yellow jeep did not help ya figure out who I was.. how about if I said there was two dogs with us. a lab and a golden?

Joel · Nov 13, 2005

I think we saw you out there. Purple jeep with a half top or bikini/windjammer/tonneau cover right?

got4-lo · Nov 13, 2005

i saw u out there. and guess what. i have a yellow tj. flat fendered though

purpleTJchick · Nov 13, 2005

Joel said:
I think we saw you out there. Purple jeep with a half top or bikini/windjammer/tonneau cover right?

yea.. that was me/ it was the combowindjammer/bikini/tonneau. I wanted something differnt besides a normal top, it got you to notice me

purpleTJchick · Nov 13, 2005

got4-lo said:
i saw u out there. and guess what. i have a yellow tj. flat fendered though

a yellow jeep? never would have guessed

im not sure I saw a yellow flat fender though.....where did you see me at?

BUCKETOBOLTS · Nov 13, 2005

When I stopped at the Outpost yesterday morning it looked like a Jeep fest with about 25-30 in the parking lot. I did get to meet ProjekTJ and rode with them to Kodak. On our second trip to Kodak we watched the fellas from Aggressive Offroad, I think, take on the rocks. I had a great time just came home dusty as hell. I had to take the leaf blower to the inside of my rig to get majority of the silt out.

Trailduster79 · Nov 13, 2005

BUCKETOBOLTS said:
When I stopped at the Outpost yesterday morning it looked like a Jeep fest with about 25-30 in the parking lot. I did get to meet ProjekTJ and rode with them to Kodak. On our second trip to Kodak we watched the fellas from Aggressive Offroad, I think, take on the rocks. I had a great time just came home dusty as hell. I had to take the leaf blower to the inside of my rig to get majority of the silt out.

I saw you at Kodak yesterday. You were with another EB right? We were the group ahead of you.

For as many jeeps as I saw in the parking lot at the Outpost, I didn't see many on the trails at all. Guess they must have been running some other trails.

BUCKETOBOLTS · Nov 13, 2005

Trailduster79 said:
I saw you at Kodak yesterday. You were with another EB right? We were the group ahead of you.

For as many jeeps as I saw in the parking lot at the Outpost, I didn't see many on the trails at all. Guess they must have been running some other trails.

Yep, that was us. Your rig is the black Trailduster? If so I think my buddy got a few PICs of you and I believe the K5 also. He said he got a few of the white Sami that teetered and almost rolled. I'll post up when he Emails them to me.

Trailduster79 · Nov 13, 2005

yeah, that was me in the black Trailduster. We got some pics of you too

http://photobucket.com/albums/c59/daleearnhardt01/Uwharrie/

got4-lo · Nov 13, 2005

purpleTJchick said:
a yellow jeep? never would have guessed im not sure I saw a yellow flat fender though.....where did you see me at?

might have been by kodak, can really remeber though. i saw tons of yellow tjs. my jeep was parked at the top of kodak. out of the way and kinda hard to see the front.

CJ4PLAY · Nov 14, 2005

There were several of us there with Aggressive 4x4 Concepts....HAD A GREAT TIME! I'm the guy with the big blue CJ....First up Kodak Rock when the big group arrived before the Sami (with our group)decided to scare us all.....Man that was close! :smokin:

Anyone have pics of that "almost roll?"

Gorillajeep · Nov 14, 2005

I can't get my pic's to load at work I will try and get them up soon.
JG

Rich · Nov 14, 2005

Mikey said:
First rule of wheeling - never replace with the same part. This is the time to realize a weakness and UPGRADE!

I usually give it a one-time "fluke" thing.. #2 it gets upgraded, and on #3, a re-design is worked on...

Unfortunately, I've got 2 strikes on everything below the sliders these days.. (Except my driveshafts so far)