Gladiator Ball Joint Replacement On The Rocks (and Rory killed Trailm8er)

[Lunentucker]

The stuff most of us fear doing in our own garage.
Note how easily the factory ball joint pops out.

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[TheRealStreetcommander]

Interesting. That doesn’t look like a factory BJ to me. Note ~4:50ish. They look shiny and appear like an aftermarket design. That said, no matter their origin, they did seem to pull back in to the aluminum knuckle very easily upon reassembly. That’s nice.

I wish they had posted some background info to give context for how and why it broke. The guy is running clown-rounds, spacers, and has heavy accessories. —he may have been pretending it was a Raptor.

Also a bit disappointed he called a broken u-joint a broken axle.

 

[bleda2002]

When the axle shaft u joint goes it's common for it to pop the ball joints since they both press in from the same side. This is why a lot of the aftermarket have the retaining rings to help prevent it.

 

[HooliganActual]

Also a bit disappointed he called a broken u-joint a broken axle.

Not only was the U joint broken, but the yoke on the end of the shaft was broken and he had to replace the shaft with a new shaft that had a non broken yoke...

 

[TheRealStreetcommander]

Your right. I saw the yoke was indeed eaten up, but that was no doubt the result of continued travel after the broken u-joint.

My greater hope was to point out that with all the garbage on the internet today it’d be nice if when you say you broke an axle, it meant that you actually had an axle failure cause the stoppage.

 

[Lunentucker]

Your right. I saw the yoke was indeed eaten up, but that was no doubt the result of continued travel after the broken u-joint.

My greater hope was to point out that with all the garbage on the internet today it’d be nice if when you say you broke an axle, it meant that you actually had an axle failure cause the stoppage.

He said, "broke front axle shaft"
The axle shaft is broke.
Rory is the least hyperbolic person you're gonna see on Youtube, and he knows what parts are called.

https://eastcoastgearsupply.com/c-61637-axle-shafts-front-axle-shaft-dana-44.html

 

[HooliganActual]

Your right. I saw the yoke was indeed eaten up, but that was no doubt the result of continued travel after the broken u-joint.

My greater hope was to point out that with all the garbage on the internet today it’d be nice if when you say you broke an axle, it meant that you actually had an axle failure cause the stoppage.

I totally agree with the sentiment that people today need to say what they mean a lot more than what they do; that's for sure.

I agree that that rig looked like an overgrown mall crawler that probably had no business being on that trail (I have actually been on Rose Garden Hill and that climb is a beast). Those wheel spacers in that environment were a disaster waiting to happen.

I also agree with you that he drove on that a bit longer than he should have...HOWEVER...

When you look at that yoke, it wasn't just eaten up, the side was blown out. That failure happened before the leg of the U-joint broke; that break was secondary damage from him trying to keep going. I get what you are saying in that "broken shaft" conjurs up an image of a snapped/twisted off shaft, but that doesn't change the fact that the yoke, which is part of the shaft, is broken. Hence, broken shaft.

It may be semantics but Rory isn't wrong. If all they had showed up with is a replacement U-joint, they would not have been able to affect a repair...

 

[BearDog]

Watched this last night. On their trip out, I was thinking "y'all better quit with the water splashing. No inner liners on her."

Oh well. She'll get more cubes I bet ?

 

[Jeep~N~Jay]

Those wheel spacers in that environment were a disaster waiting to happen.

Those wheel spacers had nothing to do with the failure, 1000's of people have run spacers here in Utah and Moab for decades, the majority never have an issue with them. Those were Synergy spacers, one of the top 3 spacers made in my opinion.

 

[HooliganActual]

Those wheel spacers had nothing to do with the failure, 1000's of people have run spacers here in Utah and Moab for decades, the majority never have an issue with them. Those were Synergy spacers, one of the top 3 spacers made in my opinion.

Okay thanks.

 

[bleda2002]

So many people love to act like the spacers going to cause issues, reality is spacers are being run on everything from race trucks and buggies to daily drivers with no issues. A good quality hub centric spacer (which they had as it was a synergy) is no practical difference than running a rim with the same offset the spacer provides.

Edit: and before I get jumped on, yes I know that more offset can cause issues including more wear, leverage, scrub radius etc, but that's offset regardless if it's a spacer or rim providing it.

 

[Jeep~N~Jay]

Okay thanks.

Your welcome!

 

[BearDog]

Oh hell....

Here come the wheel spacer debates...again

??????

 

[TheRealStreetcommander]

Correct again. That screen grab does a good job of showing the yoke is indeed sheared too.

Spacers are not used by serious people in serious situations. They do apply excessive forces to areas not originally designed for them. That said, I’m poor too, so I may use spacers on a show-piece if I did not have the money to do it right.

 

[bleda2002]

Correct again. That screen grab does a good job of showing the yoke is indeed sheared too.

Spacers are not used by serious people in serious situations. They do apply excessive forces to areas not originally designed for them. That said, I’m poor too, so I may use spacers on a show-piece if I did not have the money to do it right.

Guess king of the hammers, ultra 4, and ultimate adventure must not be serious people in serious situations. ?

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