Rear Axel Failure!!
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36Fan
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Its not a common problem. Buy the 14 and enjoy.
When I get it is there anything I can look at to see if this is a problem before I lift n put bigger tires so then I can get it fixed before they blame it on that
OverlanderJK
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I'm still not convinced it's a jeep issue. It's do to wheeling and speed. When it's proven to be an issue from Chrysler I'll believe it.
Believe what you want, one was coming off of a difficult trail the other a jk can do in 2wd
The quality control on my 14 is crap too. Ugly welds on the axle, paint runs and missing paint, tape in the rear wheel wells that was painted over. I'm tearing it apart so none of that matters to me but it does to most people so it's amazing that they actually shipped it out that way.
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GeckoBCBen
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Hell_Fire
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Wow now that looks familiar lol, how did you get the dealer to replace under warranty, did you have a stock suspension?
This also happened to me too in Moab two years ago. I have a 2012 and it was on 37"s at the time. I wasn't getting after it too hard at the time. Mine was odd, because only the right axle tube spun. I was able to get towed off Hell's Revenge using front wheel drive, and I actually spun the tub back around using a ginormous pipe wrench with a cheater bar attached to it. I then put the hi lift jack on the end of the bar and was able to spin it back around. I then rewelded the plug welds and welded the axle tubes. I've since moved on to dynatracs...no sense throwing good money after bad imo.
I don't have a shot of the pumpkin, but it wasted the rear lower control arm.
I don't have a shot of the pumpkin, but it wasted the rear lower control arm.
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GeckoBCBen
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They felt the housing failed and was covered. Even with 37's and 3.5 Rock Krawler lift.
Hell_Fire
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Birth Of The Demon Hunter!!!
After a few weeks of investigation from my insurance and obviously Jeep, my insurance finally agreed to pay the damage (thank you Momentum you rock \m/ \m/, (no warranty claim apparently on 6” lift and 37s from Jeep SA ha ha ha ).
So from all the investigations and people looking into this particular axle failure some other issues came to light on the suspension, none that added to the damage caused by the incident but things that could pose serious problems later.
So now I was at a cross road, what do I do…………
After measuring up everything that needs to be fixed and getting some expert advice from a number of guys including our local JK Guru Shane from JKA. We decided on a game plan that would pretty much transform the old beast into a whole new creature.
The transformation has already started a week ago and will be done by a joint venture between JKA and Synergy South Africa.
Keep an eye out for progress reports, I will try my best to document the whole new rebuild and where possible post before and after pics.
THE HUNTER IS COMING!!!!!
After a few weeks of investigation from my insurance and obviously Jeep, my insurance finally agreed to pay the damage (thank you Momentum you rock \m/ \m/, (no warranty claim apparently on 6” lift and 37s from Jeep SA ha ha ha ).
So from all the investigations and people looking into this particular axle failure some other issues came to light on the suspension, none that added to the damage caused by the incident but things that could pose serious problems later.
So now I was at a cross road, what do I do…………
After measuring up everything that needs to be fixed and getting some expert advice from a number of guys including our local JK Guru Shane from JKA. We decided on a game plan that would pretty much transform the old beast into a whole new creature.
The transformation has already started a week ago and will be done by a joint venture between JKA and Synergy South Africa.
Keep an eye out for progress reports, I will try my best to document the whole new rebuild and where possible post before and after pics.
THE HUNTER IS COMING!!!!!
2013rubirick
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Hell_Fire
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No, sorry to hear that bud is a crap feeling I know, I feel your pain!!
what year model is your JK? are you running 37s?
2013rubirick
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Yup 37's its a 2013 jkur. Just ordered a prorock 60 though
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Hell_Fire
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Ok Cool, Kinda glad to see its not just the 2012 JKUR's that has the issue
Prorock is the way to go but for me here in good old South Africa not gonna happen, it will cost me a fortune to ship it here
so we just going to bullet proof the D44 as much as we can.