Topic: Message #538882

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I pulled the axle apart tonight and fortunately the only thing broken was the ring and pinion. The Longfields didn't have a scratch on them. I thought the welded diff exploded and took out the ring gear but the welded diff held up just fine. The ring gear is probably missing 25 teeth and there is a big chunk out of the pinion as well.  The high pinion was a dealer take out item that only had 33K on it when I got it which kinda surprises me that it broke before anything in the t-case or even my welded 4.10 4cylinder diff in the back. The more I think about it I think it was just the conditions of the hill rather than accumulated abuse.

South of Des Moines in Knoxville Iowa.

of course we wanna see carnage pics