Rubicat's New BooBoo

wayoflife

wayoflife

Administrator
Staff member
Over the weekend, we were out at Johnson Valley helping out with the EVO crew and somewhere along the line, we noticed Rubicat was running and handling a bit odd. On the way home on Saturday night, we really started to notice it especially when taking off the line. Well, today, I finally had some time to give her a once over and, this is what I found....

main.php


main.php


main.php


In a way, we had a feeling this would happen sooner or later due to the weak mounts on the factory rear axle. They simply cannot handle the BIG flex we have and stresses of driving hard and fast in the desert. I sure hope we can get this fixed by tomorrow as without Rubicat, we'll be dead in the water for KoH. :grayno:
 
MTG

MTG

Caught the Bug
Ouch!

Hopefully you'll get it fixed ASAP! If not, catch a ride up with ChrisB and we'll find you a rig to use Wed-Sat. :thumb:
 
Skid_Kid

Skid_Kid

New member
That sucks! No damage to the coilover on that side I hope? Can it be welded back on you think?


Sent from my iPhone using WAYALIFE mobile app
 
TrailBear

TrailBear

New member
Ahhh nothing some duct tape bailing wire and zip ties can't fix lol. But seriously ouch!


Don't let fear and common sense hold you back:)
Sent from my iPhone using WAYALIFE mobile app
 
wayoflife

wayoflife

Administrator
Staff member
WillMooseJaw said:
Ouch! That would seem to cause some handling issues.
Click to expand...

Yeah, on Saturday night, I started to notice a lifting of the driver side front corner on take off and knew something was off on the passenger side rear. Based on what I've seen on other peoples rigs in the past, I had an idea I would be seeing something like this.

MTG said:
Ouch!

Hopefully you'll get it fixed ASAP! If not, catch a ride up with ChrisB and we'll find you a rig to use Wed-Sat. :thumb:
Click to expand...

Thanks. Spent the afternoon pulling things apart and griding all the welds off the axle. I also spent some time bending the remnants of the factory mount and reshaping into something useable just in case I couldn't get a new one in time. Fortunately, we were able to order up a new one from Currie.

Skid_Kid said:
That sucks! No damage to the coilover on that side I hope? Can it be welded back on you think?


Sent from my iPhone using WAYALIFE mobile app
Click to expand...

No, no damage to the coil over and I'm hoping to weld on a new Currie mount tomorrow.
 
wayoflife

wayoflife

Administrator
Staff member
Moochie said:
Yikes, I hope you can get it fixed.
Click to expand...

catahoula said:
Hate to see breakage happen. Hope for a quick fix!
Click to expand...

Crush Rubicon said:
Hope it gets fixed quickly.
Click to expand...

Well, we're working on it and hope to have her up and running again tomorrow.

Rusty said:
Get well soon Rubicat, No breakage is fun... hope you got home safe!
Click to expand...

Yeah, we got home safe but it I wouldn't trust to head back out to the Hammers until we can get her fixed up.

matt1171 said:
What's wrong with Moby?
Click to expand...

Moby is at the dealer getting his new transmission looked at. Don't know how long he'll be out of commission. :grayno:
 
JAGS

JAGS

Hooked
wayoflife said:
Thanks. Spent the afternoon pulling things apart and griding all the welds off the axle. I also spent some time bending the remnants of the factory mount and reshaping into something useable just in case I couldn't get a new one in time. Fortunately, we were able to order up a new one from Currie.

No, no damage to the coil over and I'm hoping to weld on a new Currie mount tomorrow.
Click to expand...

Just saw this on FB. Good to hear you've got currie and a back up solution in the works. Also cool you'll be able to do a home weld on that.
 
N

N2jeeps

New member
It's definitely the weak link. Same thing happened to me and I'm getting a 3 link installed tomorrow in the rear. It started as a popping noise in that area. Never saw the cracked weld until it broke completely off just like this. Luckily I was also able to make it back home on it.
 
Sharkey

Sharkey

Word Ninja
Damn! That sucks big time. I hope you get Rubi up and running soon. I take it you aren't going to just make the jump to 60's?
 
wayoflife

wayoflife

Administrator
Staff member
Sharkey said:
Damn! That sucks big time. I hope you get Rubi up and running soon. I take it you aren't going to just make the jump to 60's?
Click to expand...

I wish. We're hoping to maybe upgrade the rear on Moby to a PR80 and then use the old 60 on Rubicat but, that's something for down the road.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom