Hogmore 28th March

[Retroanaconda]

Finally got the truck ready with the power steering fixed and the axle swapped, so I'll definitely now be there tomorrow, save something blowing up on the way (quite likely...)

[MrKev]

I'm planning on being there too!

[Retroanaconda]

Good day!

Lake was a bit deep, a good five feet in places (saw a chap in a 'dry' suit go down to his neck). Some took the plunge:

Resulting in:

Needed the engine draining, but it ran again

Nige had an 'oops' moment:

Front axle locked solid and several hundred horsepower was more than the front prop could handle:

All-in-all, a jolly good day

[jcwcooper]

Wow that's the 2nd broken prop I've seen today! Doda456 prop snapped on the way home about 5 mins after leaving!

Had a good day out even though the other half stole the landy for 30mins and I had to walk

Dave.

[doda456]

It was a lovely day out, the sand was quite interesting in places.

and yes my prop did go ping shortly after leaving, they do make a hell of a bang when they strike the underside of the floor,

I will hopefully post some pics up in the next few days

[landroversforever]

@ Nige's prop

[milliejasper1111]

Just a few in the sand!

Good day all in all

[landroversforever]

Got your new bumper then Ian

[milliejasper1111]

Yeh! just need a decent winch to fill in the gaps

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

Nige had an 'oops' moment:

Front axle locked solid and several hundred horsepower was more than the front prop could handle:

All-in-all, a jolly good day

Thats one way of putting it - a huge explosion front the front end

saw the axle jammed absolutely solid, and the prop destroyed as I had power on

Removed KAM Fusable stubs, and KAM Aerospace shafts, all looked ok, removed remainder of the

propshaft(s) and that left an empty axle casing with just the diff

Diff still absolutely solid - shoved the outer bits of the casing abck on, wheels & drove home in 2 wd

So, today will see whats gone, place your bets on a KAM 4.75 Pegged CWP or the ARB ?

My money at the mo is on the ARB, which is a shame

cos if thats the case I can't scream "Warranty"

Ho Hum

Nige

[landroversforever]

I guess ARB would want to know about a breakage if it is that...

[Retroanaconda]

If the CWP is as strong as you said it is Nige, then my money is also on the ARB. Internal cage collapse or something of the like

[landroversforever]

Nige have you got the plastic cage or metal one?

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

ARB is a 10+ year old 24 spline plastic cage jobbie, been broken and fixed once already

Its all out - nothing looks good pics later maybe so you lot can snigger at my misery

Nige

[landroversforever]

So it really was an oops moment then Nige

[milliejasper1111]

Thats one way of putting it - a huge explosion front the front end

saw the axle jammed absolutely solid, and the prop destroyed as I had power on

Removed KAM Fusable stubs, and KAM Aerospace shafts, all looked ok, removed remainder of the

propshaft(s) and that left an empty axle casing with just the diff

Diff still absolutely solid - shoved the outer bits of the casing abck on, wheels & drove home in 2 wd

So, today will see whats gone, place your bets on a KAM 4.75 Pegged CWP or the ARB ?

My money at the mo is on the ARB, which is a shame

cos if thats the case I can't scream "Warranty"

Ho Hum

Nige

Was that you, with the other land rover winching your landy on to its side?

It did look like someone was having a bad day!

[bathtub]

Thats one way of putting it - a huge explosion front the front end

saw the axle jammed absolutely solid, and the prop destroyed as I had power on

Removed KAM Fusable stubs, and KAM Aerospace shafts, all looked ok, removed remainder of the

propshaft(s) and that left an empty axle casing with just the diff

Diff still absolutely solid - shoved the outer bits of the casing abck on, wheels & drove home in 2 wd

So, today will see whats gone, place your bets on a KAM 4.75 Pegged CWP or the ARB ?

My money at the mo is on the ARB, which is a shame

cos if thats the case I can't scream "Warranty"

Ho Hum

Nige

Was that you, with the other land rover winching your landy on to its side?

It did look like someone was having a bad day!

Cant see what the fuss was over that little hole

Thanks for all for a fun few hours managed to find a few more small issues with the truck hopefuly thats it now for Croatia

[landroversforever]

picture of said hole?

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

Nige

Was that you, with the other land rover winching your landy on to its side?

It did look like someone was having a bad day!

Yup

All I was doing was driving on a main route, was doin' nuffin guv when it went

Pete, sorry to have missed you, would have loved a look at the new truck, but was <cough> busy

Good luck in Croatia

Nige

[sj_4x4]

after a hurried replacement of a rear brake line that split this morning i'm also going to make it...the paint is still a bit soft here and there but my snorkel is finished.....now where's that big puddle????

Ahh Jon,

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

OK

For the Vultures amongst you

For some seriously werid reason I had developed a crack(s) 2 x at 10 to 2 looking at

the casing from the rear, possibly when the loud

pedal was pressed this cracked flexed and let in water and debris,

its odd as the diff etc was out less than 4 weeks ago and all was fine,

couldn't see the crack unless you look carefully

Crack let oil out and water in

Rear pinion bearing completely collapsed, this then spat out the needle roller cage,

which was chewed via the cwp, and then the rollers

fell into the CWP, fair do's to the KAM 4.75, it had actually crushed

and cracked some of these, but, eventually enough rollers locked up the

CWP and the "BANG" occurred my stamping the loud pedal to clear whatever wound the prop vs BHP and jammed

solid CWP to destroy the front prop, this then added to the nosies with a nice loud knocking as the broken prop flayald

about making enough noise for me to go Oooooer

This in turn sent shock waves into the rest of the axle, the brass collars on the CVs exploded,

as did the bushes on the half shafts, the drive flange bolts are bent, and the threads wrecked in some holes

The CWP had just a few chips on it but will be replaced, the ARB Steve reckons will be ok with a strip and clean

(the things I do for him ) and a rebuild, pics as found, inc debris dirt and oil and water

I have found a new casing, also I am replacing swivels and Housings as they show damage as well,

skip is full at mates house whjo has one as builders in The water must have got in a week(s) or so

ago, not "On the day" prob just more on the day and its final abuse

Damage

I x Front prop - needs welding back up :

Hey ho, now the front axle to Build up

Nige

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

Ahh Jon,

And a closer view - that reminds me I went in the water to get him

beagley its your fault

Nige

[milliejasper1111]

Does that dip in the water explain why it wasnt running too well?

I have a video clip of it charging (coughing) around

I will try and stick it on later

Ian

[Retroanaconda]

Impressive amount of destruction there Nige, all sounds horribly expensive though

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

Nope,

Jon unwound his Loom, and found it full of water where some joints were

But stick the video(s) up you have

Nige