kinda like when I put a twisted axle back in the rubicon d44 axle and went wheeling...
my bro's and sis' kids were all here today, they all love riding in the jeep I couldn't bear to tell em it was broke so we went for a ride anyhow, I was doing good about takin it easy to all except for one hill I just had to try to climb one last time...

heres the pic ya all already saw when it was apart on sunday....uhhuh I knew it was twisted to start with.


the carnage




 

so, not only did the axle break, it also took out the carrier.... I feel really bright for this one.  

Yeah stuff happens, it just means it's time to upgrade.  

hey thats kinda cool......... the axle was toast anyway so your just out a carrier and lots of time but that still sucks aside from the fact that you have some cool wall art now!  

got any idea what your going to go back in with??? aftermarket stuff? new gears? new shaft? cost break down of it all? let us know.  

I knew I was in trouble when the 12hp shop vacuum wouldn't suckk the busted end of the shaft out of the carrier....

I'm thinkin a 150-200$ rubicon carrier off of ebay, some new alloy shafts unless I can find some used ones cheap, and the 5.13's I already have, just never got stuck in.
I'm gonna check into having my carrier welded up, its just the bearing surface that's broke.

i do have a d60 full floater laying out back from a  70 chevy I could shorten and have some shafts made, it has about the same size tubes as a fullsize d44 so it wouldnt be overly heavy.

anyhow the ultimate goal will be to keep the rubi a rubicon with stock rubicon lockers, If I stray from that path I coulda just got me a 10,000$ wrangler instead of the brand new rubicon. we'll just see how the cost come out, today's my last day at home for upto 2 weeks so I'll have some time to find parts.
any help locating goodies/suggestions is welcomed! money will be an issue for me right now.

my new paper weights are pretty cool lookin....  

Yup, I get that feeling a lot.. and it usually ends up the same way yours did, with drivetrain parts scattered on the ground... lol  

oh man, i learned to trust that gut feeling when something doesn't feel right. i had one too many of those type of situations.  

Sorry to here that your axle took a _____ but knowing you it will be fixed soon as you get home.  

thats pride playin with ya =)  

lol, never thought of that way!