The lugs were not loose , I believe they exeeded their service life of 100 tire changes, Seriously they appear to have simply wore out as the the threads pulled out/off.I"ll be replacing all 20 lugs after this little event

Here a few pics and videosfrom day 1.. Last video was our secrate wheeler of the day :D http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa244/nhdcoye/Gretchins%20Aug%202010/Axle.jpg http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa244/nhdcoye/Gretchins%20Aug%202010/DaveSqueeze.jpg http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa244/nh...

A few more pics. from my camera phone as I have not yet found my missing Camera....... :( Who says you need bead locks ...... :D http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa244/nhdcoye/Rausch%20July%202010/IMG00082-20100731-1416.jpg I small obsatacle in the play area.... Rear view http://i196.photobucket.c...

A few quick pics from this wekends trip. A Great time was had by all, Well maybe not so much by our president :( More on the the stories of Courage :P , Congratulations :mrgreen: and Carnage :oops: later Fresh from the Dunkins parking lot in CT while waiting for fellow jeeper to repair his broken je...

Looks like Wes hit the Lotto

We dealt with the rain and kept moving forward. It was a good day on trails with the rain making some of the ledges interesting... We did great till the encountered the MUD pit. :D Both John Curtis decided they would audition for a job as a Boston Duck boat Captian :idea: ...... :arrow: I believe Cu...

I must have "Flexed" after those photo's were taken :D . I did notice it was not turining to the right to well on the way out of the woods... I went with the Rugged Ridge kit . Kit looks beefy enough and came with new ends , castle nuts and cotter pins. http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...

nostaw wrote:Looks like your drag link is bent near the diff... Is that normal or ....

JW

It is normal after last weekend
There where lots of hidden rocks and I manged to back off one just right....

Mary and I had a great time despite the weather which was complete with Tornado warnings and alerts :o While I was out Mary was unware and catching up on her reading :shock: http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa244/nhdcoye/Western%20Maine%20Invitational/MaineCamp6-4-2010.jpg The trails were a bit on...

Captian Carnage wrote:Hey dave thanks for the only photo of me not my best LMAO I didnt think you got that LOL

No problem Buddy
Not sure if I took it or my passenger Joey snapped ....

1 official run 3 official slashed sidewalls :roll: :roll: :roll: A few shots from the hard group with more pics @ http://s196.photobucket.com/albums/aa244/nhdcoye/Carnage%205-22-09/ http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa244/nhdcoye/Carnage%205-22-09/DSCN2243.jpg We measured progrees in inches on lowe...

Kurt wrote:

Marky wrote:....I don't know what's in front of Dave, but it must be pretty freakin scary!

Probaby his THIRD trashed tire

Actually it is me sitting gingerly on me backside from the beating I took to my wallet for the new tires I now need to purchase

Is antifreeze good for your hair ??

My yj is a bit different however found a good picture with directions for removal of TJ..
http://www.parksoffroad.com/johnsjeep/f ... xalite.htm