4 wheel driving and "off roading"

[91xjLimited]

Hi everyone!!!
im new to the whole "4 wheel driving" scene if you want to call it that.
i have a jeep cherokee and i think its a 90 or 91 im not really sure but it has leather and power seats if that helps. anyways...my friend has a toyota and it has big tires and stuff.  i was "4 wheeling a couple of days ogo and i broke something. people told me it was a driveshaft, whatever that is, and they said that wouldnt ever happen again if i welded my "u-joints". so tomorrow im going to get some help from my friends and weld my u-joints.  they said that if i just held the welder gun on the u-joints for a while it would make them stronger and my "driveshaft" wouldnt ever brake again. what do all of you think?

thanks a lot for your help. i cant wait to get this fixed and go four wheeling again
-Ryan

[wa4x4]

Uhhh, troll?

[91xjLimited]

im sorry but i dont think i understand what you mean when you say "troll?"

[RockSlayer]

I believe you need new friends.

[IronClad]

i lol'ed

[Rocksurfer]

You have some awesome friends, they are so smart. Welded u-joints why didn't I think of that? That made me think about welding other stuff too. I'm gonna try welding my pinion to my ring gear to keep from breaking the teeth, and so I don't have to go through the expense of high steer I'm going to weld the ball joints up.

:bull crap: :bull crap: :bull crap: :bull crap: :bull crap:

[RockSlayer]

OK, for the record, you can't weld u-joints.   The joint is there so that the driveshaft can articulate when your suspension moves.  So I am not sure what your friends are talking about.   If your driveshaft failed, you would have had to remove it before you drove any farther, or at the very least put your rig in 2 wheel drive. So maybe, we can help if you can describe what exactly happened. Any really bad sounds?   Did your rig quit moving?   Did your friends point and laugh?   Let us know! We are here to help.  

[DTB]

[Rocksurfer]

    

[wa4x4]

This can not be real...


Reminds me of the "I can't get my truck in 4wd!" thread.

[91xjLimited]

hahahahahhahhah
for those of you who took it seriously....... i feel bad for you....
im was kidding about all of it.  except for the fact that my reardrive shaft pinion yoke has broken twice and the ujoint broken 3 times.
im not asking for any opinions on how to fix it im just letting you know thats what some friends and i joke about, welding u-joints.
im new to the marlin board but somewhat experienced when it comes to wheelin and working on my xj.
im 16 and from NOR*CAL. i have an xj 6" lift 33's hacked fenders,welded dana 44, and lots of other stuff.
i know and have wheeled with FFC if anyof you know her. she did the SAS on the amigo
ok well then..... i thought that was a good way to start off a first post.
-Ryan

[*FFC*]

Ryan what am I gonna to do with you

Guys, he's really not as much an idiot as he tried to make himself sound







.... At least, not that I've seen..... .... yet

[Rocksurfer]

Wow glad you stopped me, I was just about to weld my birfields so that they wouldn't break. 




So now how do you unweld a ring and pinion?

[*FFC*]

Wow glad you stopped me, I was just about to weld my birfields so that they wouldn't break. 




So now how do you unweld a ring and pinion?

You had to have been there to appreciate the jokes.  They were funny at the time...



Swap em out

[RockSlayer]

That's just funny right there. I don't care who you are. 




But it was kinda of 

[CTENG in KS]

Of course he his friends with FFC, like two little nutty peas in a pod...like sisters.

[*FFC*]

Of course he his friends with FFC, like two little nutty peas in a pod...like sisters.

Butthead!

[Rocksurfer]

Butthead!

Thats what you get for knowing this smartass. My guess is you put him up to it knowing what has occured in the past.

like a turkey

[94runner]

i knew somthin was up...... i was like, isnt this the kid that broke in tank trap trying to get out.

btw, how did you almost roll at the end of whiterock, there is nothing there to roll on. i've never been up there but, from the pictures i've seen there is nothing to roll on.

o ya, post some pics on here and TTORA. i wanna see the all of the carnage

[*FFC*]

i knew somthin was up...... i was like, isnt this the kid that broke in tank trap trying to get out.

btw, how did you almost roll at the end of whiterock, there is nothing there to roll on. i've never been up there but, from the pictures i've seen there is nothing to roll on.

o ya, post some pics on here and TTORA. i wanna see the all of the carnage

I don't think he did tank trap, and the "almost roll" on White Rock was crazy.  He got to the top and had his front tires bout a foot down from the road ledge... for some reason the ground just started sliding out from under him and pulled him down the hill OFF the road onto the side of the hill.  Pullin him out he was on 2 tires for a lil bit, but he pulled through

Thats what you get for knowing this smartass. My guess is you put him up to it knowing what has occured in the past.

like a turkey

I didn't know he did that.. I'm not on the TTORA board

[BLACKDOG]

Of course he his friends with FFC, like two little nutty peas in a pod...like sisters.

Kinda what I was thinkin

I don't think he did tank trap, and the "almost roll" on White Rock was crazy.  He got to the top and had his front tires bout a foot down from the road ledge... for some reason the ground just started sliding out from under him and pulled him down the hill OFF the road onto the side of the hill.  Pullin him out he was on 2 tires for a lil bit, but he pulled through

Yeah, you gotta watch out for that ground, man; it'll run away with you on it if you're not careful!! 

[Wermz84]

Welded U-Joints   

That'll never get unfunny...

Is this who I think it is??   We were talking about welding everything that weekend. 

I'm gonna go and have marlin weld my new gear set..



Glad you joined up 

[*FFC*]

Welded U-Joints   

That'll never get unfunny...

Is this who I think it is??   We were talking about welding everything that weekend. 

I'm gonna go and have marlin weld my new gear set..



Glad you joined up 

Yes Wermy it's Ryan

[Wermz84]

Yes Wermy it's Ryan

Wish I'd found this thread earlier.   I can talk about my welded u-joints all night long.   

[*FFC*]

Wish I'd found this thread earlier.   I can talk about my welded u-joints all night long.   

Oh boy, then YOU'da heard it from Rocksurfer

[thebeast8888]

i knew somthin was up...... i was like, isnt this the kid that broke in tank trap trying to get out.

btw, how did you almost roll at the end of whiterock, there is nothing there to roll on. i've never been up there but, from the pictures i've seen there is nothing to roll on.

o ya, post some pics on here and TTORA. i wanna see the all of the carnage

because hees a lop

[thebeast8888]

if i welded my coils together is that bad? y does it ride so ruff? uhhhh ohhh

[91xjLimited]

hahaha I <3 FFC!!!
ohh and btw we camped at carnegie, my gears are super sick, steve got kicked out cause he did a donut near some guys truck, i broke a u joint, fixed it in like 2 seconds cause im a pro at it now, tested my new campin gear for the rubicon, got death wobble about 20 times coming back from canrnegie, took hella pics with Pun, dented my tranny pan. check out these pics:






and i will be getting a 3-link long arm system and new ball joints very soon. (the cure to death wobble!!)
-Shomsky

[Wermz84]

Dude,

what's up?   I thought you welded those U-joints solid!!    You must carry a hand full of those straps now right?


I still have some pics I need to send you from our first trip to hollister..  O and your door is back on!     here it is the last time I saw it!! 

[*FFC*]

hahaha I <3 FFC!!!
ohh and btw we camped at carnegie, my gears are super sick, steve got kicked out cause he did a donut near some guys truck, i broke a u joint, fixed it in like 2 seconds cause im a pro at it now, tested my new campin gear for the rubicon, got death wobble about 20 times coming back from canrnegie, took hella pics with Pun, dented my tranny pan. check out these pics:






and i will be getting a 3-link long arm system and new ball joints very soon. (the cure to death wobble!!)
-Shomsky

Whassup Ryan! Steve got kicked out??

I wanted to come out but the Migo's down something's wrong with the rear end and I busted a u-bolt When I get it done you and you jeep and weak u-joints are toast pal