Who did not break anything on MCR7

[Pat]

I have read about so many people breaking their rigs on this trip..  just wondering the ratio of broke vs. not broke....  I have broken 2 times in all the years of driving the con..  Whats your guys secret or has the trail just got alot more knarly in the last couple years since I have gone..    

if you broke tell us what you broke and where

[sloyota]

my secert is mantaining my truck with tough Marlin parts and making sure all your nuts and bolts are tight.

[Blingn]

broke tie rod coming out and ran out of gas  so i was cloe to getting out with out old man rubicon taking my rig. 

[Pat]

I want to know what the secret is with all the guys breaking

[yota18]

im in a stock 84 pickup and didn't break a thing i just make sure i keep everything oiled tight and not pound on it to much.

[*FFC*]

Matt only threw some beads... I'm the one that broke the tie rod and ran the rig out of gas

[toyotanner]

i didn't break anything ... just my luck this time i guess

[gotrocks]

I'm willing to bet blackdiamond didn't break anything.

[42s on u]

I broke a front main spring... luckily it was on the shackle side so it really didn't matter.

[Blingn]

I want to know what the secret is with all the guys breaking

push pull steering and getting it like a mongoose fighting a cobra

[Rockcrawlintoy]

i didnt break anything and never got stuck in traffic. then again i was hiking. lol last year i broke my timing chain but that was a fluke.

[fordh8r]

Unless a gashing a tire counts as a break then I didn't break anything.       

[Reynolds]

Steering box was gushing ATF out of a blown seal hole, had to replace it on the trail or I wouldn't have had any power steering. Luckily a friend had a spare box

[snowshoebrue]

i blew a shock seal but that doesn't count.

[*FFC*]

Either ya broke/blew something or ya didn't. Of course it's a type of break

[snowshoebrue]

nope they still worked they just leaked.  so i don't count it so there

[LILGREENYOTA]

I broke a rear leaf right at the shackle on the wall at buck island damn. It just laid on the frame and flexed like hell all the way out it was like having buggy leafs again

[lilbuddy]

DIdnt break a single thing

[blackdiamond]

I'm willing to bet blackdiamond didn't break anything.

You are correct.  I'm scared to be there when I finally run out of luck and something breaks.  After having two rigs and taking them on 4 or 5 trips to Moab (1,100 miles each way) and now the Rubicon (800 miles each way) without breaking anything that I had to fix on the trail is simply amazing to me.

On the Moab trip in April, that was the bdrunner shakedown I ended up replacing the oil pump gasket and installing a new twin stick, but I was able to drive out with both problems and neither was a result of the trail.

The only damage this trip was a small scratch/dent on the tailgate just above the bumper.  I would imagine that not breaking on the Rubicon is more difficult that in Moab since the trail is so rugged and is full of opportunity to beat up the underside of a rig.

[lilbuddy]

The only damage this trip was a small scratch/dent on the tailgate just above the bumper.

And its definitely in an odd place!

[gotrocks]

bd I'm glad to hear this.  It makes me happy to hear that at least something I build doesn't break.  What boggles my mind is how I always break stuff no matter how easy I am on my stuff, I always seem to break something.  But on every vehicle I build for other people it all seems to stay together and not break.  I'd rather have it break on mine though than someone else's.

Luckily a friend had a spare box

Who brings a spare box with them.  I mean I'm glad someone had one for you but I can't say that its something I'd take along as a spare.

[Reynolds]

Who brings a spare box with them.  I mean I'm glad someone had one for you but I can't say that its something I'd take along as a spare.

Because I broke a mounting ear off my steering box 2 years ago on the Rubicon. Whats the big deal? It weighs 20lbs and doesn't take up that much space.

[46&2]

I didn't break anything per se, but the trail did do in my rear unjoint in my driveline. Not bad enough that I couldn't get home, but its got some slop and Im gonna replace it tomorrow. Otherwise I made it through no problem but I didn't really beat my truck.

Edit: today when going over everything I did find I lost a lot of misc bolts

[gotrocks]

Whats the big deal? It weighs 20lbs and doesn't take up that much space.

Its no big deal. I was just saying that I wouldn't take one along with me because I just haven't thought much about breaking my box on the trial.  But thats cool that you guys had one.  Nothing like using the parts you bring along as spares.  Sure beats not having what you need.

[cruzila]

i blew a shock seal but that doesn't count.

Nope, that was just ice cream........................

I did not break anything the last four times in to the Springs and back to Loon. In February however..........................

[booger weldz]

no mechanical probs, just the usual slow rockmassage/scrapage of fresh clean sheetmetal and tailight lenses...its nice to listen to the Ipod with the A/C running to and from the trail, and sometimes on it

[Ramrod]

I didnt break !

[blackdiamond]

And its definitely in an odd place!

Here's where I did the damage. 

[Jud]

I didn't break anyhting. Unless a blow bead counts...

[werty]

losend a tcase drain nut pulling a scout on 40s out of the box back to the springs. that was it.