rears rears rears!!!

[powersmoke18]

hahaha kinda sounds like a sir mixalot song. anyways i have once again broke a rear!!! lol the bolts under the diff are a big pain in the rear! i kinda was thinking maybe i should change over to a hemtt rear or an fmtv style axle. i just need lots of pictures to figure out if they would work. anywho heres my awesome pictures!!!

 

[wehring]

wow

Man... what are you doing to shatter the teeth on a bobbed 5 ton?

Justin Wehring
979 997 3112

 

[powersmoke18]

have no idea this is the secound one. i would like to say its my drving habits. but i really don't think its all me. it might have to do with my locker on pavement.

 

[RANDYDIRT]

I see you have no traction control (eg. ladder bars, 4 link etc.) I have a feeling you may be getting axle wrap, which leads to wheel hop, which leads to broken parts. I built a bobber with 105 springs (with overloads) and the wrap was terrible. I don't have a bed on mine yet and before I put a ladder bar setup on it I could watch the rear end through the back window.... the pinion would roll up and down about 2.5 inches... with the speed and torque the driveline sees on these trucks that can't be good.

Dirt

 

[wehring]

gotta be more to it...

There must be something else going on. Yes, the 53s with a locker are more stress on the axle but you are bobbed. That extra stress is mitigated if you do not have the ground pressure to back it up.

My money is on the set up of the gears...

Justin Wehring
979 997 3112

 

[doghead]

Are both of these bad rear axles off the same truck originally?

Were they internally inspected prior to the damage?

 

[powersmoke18]

both axles came off the same truck. the first one went about 60 miles and melted. the secound one lasted a year and then the teeth came off the gear. none of them were inspected. they came off a military truck that had an 05 rebuild.

 

[wreckerman893]

I have three FMTV axles in my back yard that I am holding for a fellow SS member.....if anyone is interested PM me for details.

 

[nk14zp]

There must be something else going on. Yes, the 53s with a locker are more stress on the axle but you are bobbed. That extra stress is mitigated if you do not have the ground pressure to back it up.

My money is on the set up of the gears...

Justin Wehring
979 997 3112

Looks like improper set up.

 

[powersmoke18]

thats what i was thinking because there are no gear chunks. just a very fine metal soup. my gf was yelling at me saying that i didnt put oil in it. till i pulled the drain plug. then she shutup. just caint belive someone would set it up wrong. who the heck trained them!! maybe i should call obama and ask for a refund??