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Offline inchaos10

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Something weird happened
« on: February 26, 2011, 03:22:00 PM »
So i went to that mudders mag offroad place this morning its not worth going to unles you have 4 wheelers or big tires. It was really just atv trails and big mud pits. maybe if it dried up some it would be better for us smaller vehicles.

So i took a trip to auburn alabama to a place called the great american park. It was soooooooo awesome. I did my first real rock crawl there  >:D. the place is well worth the money and the travel. its 10 bucks a person and 5 bucks for atv`s if you bring any. But they have a little bit of everything there. Trails, rockcrawling, and mud pits. They have easy too hard trails and rock courses. The mud pit is nice because they have 2 seperate ones. one is for 35" tires and under and the other is for 35" tires and over. so you dont have to worry about falling into super deep holes and it actually has a snice solid ground under it. The trails are also labeled atv or truck trails so you dont have to really worry about atv`s geting in the way. I forgot the cameras today so no pics  >:( but i will for sure get some next time i go.

Now for the weird ???
I was pulling on a guy who was high centered on some tires. I was on flat ground and in 4 low. As i was pulling him my passenger side cv axle poped out.  :o and now i cant get it to go back in. Im going to put it on the rack tomorrow and give it a whirl. Has anyone have this happen to them? what could it be? what should i watch for?

Re: Something weird happened
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2011, 04:22:27 PM »
 Other than the CV, it sounds like you had a good time.  Did the CV pop out of the inner cup, or did the shaft itself actually pull out of the diff?

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Re: Something weird happened
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2011, 06:06:15 PM »
The shaft came out of the diff. i cant tell if the shaft might be broke. But if i put the cv in as hard as i can and turn it the front drive shaft turns. same as if i turn the drive shaft the cv turns. so im thinking i just cant pop it in with the tire on. cant get enough leverage or something. could the splines be messed up?

Re: Something weird happened
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2011, 08:49:01 PM »
 Sounds like the splines are all right, but, I am wondering if there is a groove cut in the shaft that is going into the diff for a "retaining ring" and the ring is now missing. I had that happen on a Cavalier that I owned. I would also look at the CV boots for anything that doesn't look normal/ right, telling you that the cvs' are having something go on.