What does Marlin Break in this video

[Doc Holiday]

Here is  a video of marlincrawler, what does he break in this video , here you can hear a souns like a hammer hitting hard against metal relly fast, whats up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS3_N65xAjk

[Willy Mammoth]

It is the ring gear in the front.

That just goes to show it happens to al of us.

I have heard that sound quite a few times myself.

[BigMike]

If you read the description for the video on youtube.com, it says the following:

Marlin shows up at the trailhead of John Bull in Big Bear, Ca with his CRAWLER truggy with a busted front ring gear and still wheeled the hardest trail in 2wd.

Marlin broke his front ring gear while positioning the Crawler Truck for a photo shoot before the event began. He was backing up a hill over some rocks and he got hung up on the front axle. The camera guy from 4X4 Builder really wanted the shot so Marlin tried getting the front axle over the rock three times, and on the third time, it went POW!!

That front end has been in there since around 2000 and when we were prototyping the rear disco, we did numerous front burn outs and drove the truck around town and on the freeway for a week off just the front end. I'm not sure how much that stressed the ring gear, but combined with the fact that Marlins rig typically weighs a good 5000 pounds (a whole ton more than mine) I know those axles have gone through hell and back.

Here is the picture of where Marlin had his rig positioned.

It is pathetic that I have to say this, but here is the disclaimer for this photo: This is on the shoulder of a road that is located on private land for a mining claim.

I have all of the Photos from the Big Bear run that I still need to upload

[cruzila]

What kind of bonehead would leave it in 4wd when he knows it is broken??


BONEHEAD

[854RUN]

My front square d-shaft sounded like that until i shimmed it 

What kind of bonehead would leave it in 4wd when he knows it is broken??

The kind that wonts to see how much he can brake it before it just dose not work at all    

[Doc Holiday]

thaat truck is awesome, love the low range, makes me wana get duals 

[79coyotefrg]

thaat truck is awesome, love the low range, makes me wana get duals 

Marlins truck has triple cases

[Ramrod]

alright im putting the flowmaster back on

[Willy Mammoth]

The same bonehead that would drive x# of miles with a hole in a piston just so he could say he made it back.

That's our lovable Marlin for you. Just wont say I give up.

You better have it fixed by the time we get there.

[brainlessfool]

What kind of bonehead would leave it in 4wd when he knows it is broken??


BONEHEAD

I think the quote Mikey put up said he wheeled in 2wd, not 4wd with a busted ring gear. 

Mikey what the bosses opinon on a MOD slaming him on HIS web shite? 

Let me know if you what a new mod! 

[DTB]

Mikey what the bosses opinon on a MOD slaming him on HIS web shite? 

Let me know if you what a new mod! 

I believe he is actually the site administrator 

[brainlessfool]

I believe he is actually the site administrator 

more reason to change.

[Marc P]

He did a pretty hard trail...John Bull like that. The video was of the first obstacle.

He is a very cool guy, and my buddy Mikey sure liked being able to spot him You can hear him in the background at the end of the video.

[Doc Holiday]

holy crap, triple cases,  imagine the crawl ratio if you had 3 transfter cases all with crawler gears, 5.71 gears and 35 inch tires

[RustyToy]

someone post a link to that 4x4 video...

[Marc P]

video link is on the first post

[BigMike]

In that video he is more than likely to be in Dual Ultimate, which is 223:1. He still has another shifter that he could use to engage his 2nd 4.70:1 gear set, so 223:1 x 4.70:1 = 1,047:1 8)

[Doc Holiday]

As Dr.Evil would say ....... Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

[BigMike]

As Dr.Evil would say ....... Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

Oh yee of little faith. Why do you think that truck is known World Wide as the "Crawler Truck"?

Here is the Famous Marlin Czajkowski "Wood Trick" that he started doing wwaay back in the mid 90s. If you watch carefully, as the tire goes up and over the piece of wood, the drivetrain is shifted to the coast-side of each gear as the engine compression is used to slow the truck back down the wood without brakes. Then as the tire touches back down, you can see the tire just come to a complete 100% stand-still as the 1,047:1 gearing takes its time to go from the coast-side back to the drive-side of each gear.

(click here to download / 759 Kb)


Here is another angle on the "Wood Trick"

(click here to download / 771 Kb)


And here I am with Marlin's truck in Triple Low Range running through all five gears while in motion.
The gear ratios break down to the following (in Triple Low Range):
5th: 226:1
4th: 266:1
3rd: 386:1
2nd: 621:1
1st: 1,047:1

(click here to download / 719Kb)

These videos and a couple more can be found on the very old (and un-linked) Marlin Crawler Online Video webpage. Granted these videos were made on my prehistoric digital camera (Sony Mavica) back in ~ 2000, so they are pretty crappy quality but you can get the idea of what 1,047:1 looks like.

Regards,
BigMike

[BigMike]

BTW, When Marlin first went Triples back in 1995/96, and then the following year in 1997 when he came out with his 4.70:1 Low Range t/case gears, of course he ran 4.70:1 in ALL THREE CASES for a couple of months.

So he used to be:
3.93:1 (L52 trany) x 4.7 (1st Crawl Box) x 4.7 (2nd Crawl Box) x 4.7 (t/case) x 5.29 (diff) = 2,158:1.

But he pulled out one of the 4.70:1 gear set because it was just to ridiculous. Even at 1,047:1 it is ridiculously slow, BUT, it is a most excellent method of demonstrating what his Crawlers can do for your truck. And since he has a stock gear ratio of 2.28:1, he can now demonstrate the following ratios to new customers:
47:1 (Stock Low Range w5.29s / Single 2.28:1)
98:1 (Single 4.70:1 Case which is also roughly equivalent to Stock Dual Cases (180:1))
223:1 (Ultimate Ratio, Dual Cases with 1 4.70:1 gear set)
1,047:1 (Triple Ridiculous Overkill Low Range)

So he can show people what a single 4.70:1 case would look like, what dual cases would look like, and what an Ultimate looks like. Its a great way to showcase the Marlin Crawler and how the "Crawling" world came to existence as it is nearly a house hold term today. (I firmly believe that the term "Rock Crawling" was started by Marlin Czajkowski of Marlin Crawler in 1995.)

Regards,
BigMike

[Rocksurfer]

Mr. W needs to post that video I have of Marlin demonstrating the power of the Crawler Truck. Naaaw, we don't need to prove that to anyone Doc, just go to the videos and watch Marlin's truck inch over that block of wood.

[Doc Holiday]

That truck is  AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that are some cool videos, man, that Marlin dude sounds like a
genious to me.......
btw is he Polish

[Doc Holiday]

i have another queston, does 221.1 ratio mean the the drive shaft turns 221 times while the axle only turns one time

[DTB]

i have another queston, does 221.1 ratio mean the the drive shaft turns 221 times while the axle only turns one time

yes

[Doc Holiday]

HOLY CRAP THAT IS CRAZY, and you guys were saying that he has like 2000.1 ratio,  man thats awesome,
what ratio do i have, i have a 80 toy pickup with a 20r engine with 4 speed tranny and stock transfer case with 5.29 gears!!

[Rocksurfer]

HOLY CRAP THAT IS CRAZY, and you guys were saying that he has like 2000.1 ratio,  man thats awesome,
what ratio do i have, i have a 80 toy pickup with a 20r engine with 4 speed tranny and stock transfer case with 5.29 gears!!

Not much.


Don't be exaggerating, he is only 1047.1 not 2000.1 

[DTB]

HOLY CRAP THAT IS CRAZY, and you guys were saying that he has like 2000.1 ratio,  man thats awesome,
what ratio do i have, i have a 80 toy pickup with a 20r engine with 4 speed tranny and stock transfer case with 5.29 gears!!

here ya go have fun    http://4lo.com/calc/gearratio.htm dont forget to carry the three

[Doc Holiday]

linky no worky, oh well, man crawling looks extremly fun compared to bouncing over rocks going 15 freaking mph!!!!! IF I HAVE TO EDIT YOUR POSTS AGAIN DOC IM GOING TO START DELETEING THEM big guy 6 foot 8 so it kinda sucks!!

[brainlessfool]

i have another queston, does 221.1 ratio mean the the drive shaft turns 221 times while the axle only turns one time

NO!  it means the ENG. turns 221 times to turn the wheel once.

[lilbuddy]

Did anyone else laugh when the guy says "Is that a 22re in that thing, it sounds like a racecar!?!"