Sorry to post so late we made it home yesterday afternoon, I will post some pics and video later when I have more time
Moab in 3WD is STILL alot of fun
I want to thank everyone for all the help (okay okay I got the strap 5 times on Golden Spike), patience and for the great spotting....what a great group to run with.
Rick we missed ya hope you are feeling better.
Josh your BII is a work of art, I am glad to see it made it through with no major issues on its "maiden voyage" You and your father are very nice and pick great lines next time Im jumping behind you instead of lettintg you watch me lift my rear tire 3-4 times hahaha
For everyone in Moab I didnt get to wheel with or see, sorry bout that I was having a few "truck issues" we will get into later...lets just say the BII is going to be down ffor a while, I am not putting another $ into my front diff (locker = possible kablooey) so its likely SAS time but shhhh its a secret
This year we got to run Hells Revenge on Friday, I even conquered Hells Gate with spotting from Jeff. I slipped off the wall and had to back down and get back on line...that was interesting for sure. Watching Msupertek divide his driveshaft was entertaining to say the least and the repair job he did oveer nigt was quite impressive.
Watching Jefe and Dave tackle the hot tub was a spectacle, the escalator I am not about to do in 3wd (mt front diff was POPPING or loading up and slipping), and as usual because I had to drive her home I found myself taking alot of bypasses.
On Saturday we ran Golden Spike, Julee drove for the first couple of obstacles which was quite awesome to see. She climbed right up Waterfall and had no issus attempting launch Pad. We lifted a tire or two on the top of Launch Pad and started to hop to the left. So She stood on the brakes for a good 5 minutes while Jeff and the gang got out the strap.
This is the second time my BII has had issues with Launch pad and because Julee was driving this time around I got to see what my face looked like on my first attempt three years ago.
On Golden Spike we baja'd the BII a bit and once again my slip yoke shaft let go, no big deal since I was already having locker/diff issues. So I think it took about 30 minutes for me to remove the entire pass side axle shaft and seal up the hole int he diff with a glove
Thanks for the help and patience guys!
We did the rest of Golden Spike in 3wd which was quite interesting....but still alot of fun, I think we were on the trail for 9 hours total
On Golden Crack I bent the Duff bumper just a bit, a chain should be able to straighten that sucker back out....
Sunday I didnt want to push my luck so Julee and I just loaded up the truck and headed home....I ended up nursing the 3wd beast home because my shift linkage was a bit out of whack and the trans was slipping into neautral...of course once I figured out it was a linkage issue and I could get back in gear with the shifter we were good to go...but of course we didnt find this out until just 1 hour from home....
so it was a longer then usual drive
I have 3 different camera's with video and pictures...once I get it all sorted out we'll post up. Julee filmed a nice in cab video of hells gate I could watch over and over...nothing like slipping your tires off the wall and lifting the fronts to get the juices flowing
The BII is going to be torn down and will likely miss a bunch of this summer.
out comes the sawzall and the check book.....I am going solid axle and some sort of chop top....if there is enough left over I'll get an Atlas t case under this sucker too.....this was the second time in Moab I had to run with 3wd and well I need more travel and wheelbase to keep up with the big dawgs
beams for sale!!
coming soon the tear down......