Sunday wheelin damage

[chuzie]

So I managed to sever the front driveshaft at the yoke on the transfer case.

The yoke looks fine. There is some fresh metal on the ears where the u-joint thrashed out but otherwise looks ok.

I will need new bolts to reconnect the shaft to the yoke and I will have to extract the two remaining broken bolts from the shaft side of the yoke.

Since there are only two broken bolts I am going to have to take the blame for this one. Four broken bolt or even three make more sense than two and on the same side at that. I guess I either failed to properly torque or failed to inspect in a timely manner. my bets are on the first of the two.

I also found a puddle of gear oil on the floor coming out of the front right side so I hope it is just a seal an nothing more.

Was deep enough to justify, at a minimum, fluid/oil inspections across the board.

We will see what happens with this on the weekend.