ewong

Nice thread... - informative Glad to hear everyone is OK. BTW - Drew303 pointed out in the pic... at least it looks to me... that the "C" clip or cir clip or snap ring... is still in the axle tube... And IMHO the loss of the wheel didnt bend that axle tube - something else did. Also - the bent axle tube would tend to break axles... ask NASCAR (they bend the axle tubes to get "camber" at the rear). BTW - I did the same thing on a VW Golf http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1877243 IMHO - yer lucky as the detroit locker would tend to "spin" the car around on the one driven wheel... good driving saved ya there (as well as the axle dragging) One more reason for me to finish the FF project (I have the hubs and spindles)

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Lysmachia

I wasn't the awesome driver that saved us on this one. All that credit goes to Troy!

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Lysmachia

Well I picked Tippy up Friday and took her out today to test the new leaf springs.... I am not sure they are as flexy as the coils were - but the jury is still out till I can compare it in Carnage and Moab. It did feel more stable. I think we got her more tippy (past 37 degrees) than I would have on the Coils without flopping!







Yup Tippy meter is almost maxed out at 37 degrees!


I start working on the Moab Camo tomorrow... All I do is slave away for this Tippy Brat

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mt_goat

Looks great Molly, where did you get that nice little inclinometer/tilt gauge thingy?

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tc

They sell them at 4WP and most other offroad shops.

For comparison, here it is with the coils on a similar obstacle:

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drew303

Trailer axle comes off and kills someone:

http://www.komotv.com/news/7478932.html

Thought I'd post it up here. Not everyone who loses an axle gets as lucky =(

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