A week before the 50th Annual Moab Easter Jeep Safari, Cindy and I got a chance to go wheeling and help Dynatrac with a variety of photoshoots out on a host of different trails. On one of the days, we ran Gold Bar Rim and Golden Spike and spent a good amount of time getting their rig twisted up in the Golden Crack. Of course, for the purpose of just highlighting their all new XD60 and nothing else, they decided to run all factory steering components and without a ram assist. As you can imagine, doing this with a set of aired down and sticky 39" BFG Krawlers proved to be a bit of a challenge and unfortunately, it was one that would ultimately lead to a failure at the drag link.
Lucky for them, Cindy and I had our trusty welder with us as well as a grinder to help with the prep work.
After straightening out the drag link the best we could, it was time to start burning it back together.
It's a good thing we also had a tool bag full of good bar stock. I think this one in a 7mm size should do well to help hold things together and won't be missed.
It may not be the prettiest thing but it worked and got him off the trail. And that, my friends, is our MOAB Mend of the day. For those of you out in Moab now or have been there before and had a bit of trail carnage of your own, we'd love to see and hear all about it and would especially love to know how you mended things up to get you off the trail.
Lucky for them, Cindy and I had our trusty welder with us as well as a grinder to help with the prep work.
After straightening out the drag link the best we could, it was time to start burning it back together.
It's a good thing we also had a tool bag full of good bar stock. I think this one in a 7mm size should do well to help hold things together and won't be missed.
It may not be the prettiest thing but it worked and got him off the trail. And that, my friends, is our MOAB Mend of the day. For those of you out in Moab now or have been there before and had a bit of trail carnage of your own, we'd love to see and hear all about it and would especially love to know how you mended things up to get you off the trail.
