I just got my 60's under the jeep 2 weeks ago, did one light run up Poison SPider in Moab, and besides the axle hop from the soft waggy springs, everything seem to run fine. I took it up 21 road this weekend in Grand Junction CO and had a blast, made it up and over the top no problem even with trying most of the harder lines. Then up top, i'm dicking around in a rock garden trying to climb a series of steep ledges.

On my third attempt, i had the driver front about 3 feet in the air, the pass rear is climbing out of a 2' hole and the pass front is pushed against a rock trying to climb, i turn the wheel all the way driver side and start to SLOWLY creep up and BOOM! The ujoint let go. I realize i had the wheel totaly cocked and it was pushing against a rock somewhat. But aslo i'm only running 37" tires with a stock 6cyl....of course i've got 115:1 crawl ratio in 1rst.

Also i did buy these axles used, and one suspect thing was the hub on teh pass front was blow when i got it. That is the same side that the ujoint failed, so i'm guessing the failure was some what related to some undue stress that ujoint had already had. I'm going to put a new spicer one in tonight, but just wondering if this is something i need to keep an eye on. I've run 33's on my old dana 30 with a detroit for over a year and never snapped a ujoint, and figured with a 60 and 37" BFG Mud Terrains, i'd be MORE than safe? Oh well, first time breaking aujoint so chalk it up to experience.


Wally

Got any pics?

Hopefully its easy to change for you. When I killed the originals on mine, I had to use heat and a 20 ton press to get the stupid things out. :shaking:

sounds like the probelem was mostly due to past use and abuse, also might want to check your to make sure your steering stops are adjusted right.

I'dd check to see if the stops are too far in so it is letting you over steer the joint. More than likely they are 20 year old u-joints though.