msavides Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) Well I did not think i could break them But I did. The selector flew off well after the hub quit locking. I had a great time breaking them though Edited July 19, 2011 by msavides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackspawn Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Wow, same here I didn't know they could break like that either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Nguyen Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Contact Warn for a free replacement. They are pretty good with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Looking at thae picture it looks like most of your snap ring isn't sitting in the groove, maybe that was part of the cause, or part of the effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msavides Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Looking at thae picture it looks like most of your snap ring isn't sitting in the groove, maybe that was part of the cause, or part of the effect? I did not notice that. But I have not tore it apart yet. Warn says to send them in. They said that I have to send them both in cause they only replace them as a pair. Seems strange. But I don't want to leave my truck hubs torn apart during the exchange. So I think i will buy a new set and put them on and then when they are swapped I will have a spare set. However I will not need 2 hubs as a trail spare only one. Perhaps I can find someone who wants a trail spare and will buy 1 off of me. Anyone?? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 you "think" you won't need 2 but I'd honestly throw them both in the back, not like they take up a bunch of room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Grenaded: The 2 bolts missing I backed out before snapping the pic...had wheel spin on that tire in the air and it came down and grenaded....had pieces 50' away luckily my spotter ducked and missed most of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msavides Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Grenaded: The 2 bolts missing I backed out before snapping the pic...had wheel spin on that tire in the air and it came down and grenaded....had pieces 50' away luckily my spotter ducked and missed most of it Same thing happened to me. Although I think your tire was spinning a lot faster than mine. I had my front Air locker engaged as well. I Should have took it a bit slower. But Breaking things makes you learn patience. DID you get yours covered under warranty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Warn is pretty good with warranty/replacement parts. I got mine from the junkyard and needed some parts and they sent them to me for free and not even being the original purchaser ! Think that's pretty good of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I didn't even try to get warranty replacement...I bought a set off of here for cheap and swapped out the center gear...i was being patient just trying to bump it over and well i finally bumped over and snap...much better than a CV of front axle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msavides Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 I didn't even try to get warranty replacement...I bought a set off of here for cheap and swapped out the center gear...i was being patient just trying to bump it over and well i finally bumped over and snap...much better than a CV of front axle Yea I think yours broke more because of the missing bolts then impatience. Mine broke from 100% impatience. Live and learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 i still had all the bolts in mine...i just had to remove those 2 that were missing to get the big chunk of the hub off...I havent had anymore issues other than front end stuff...need a SAS or 1 ton components Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msavides Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) Just got my replacement hubs I just purchased from amazon. Now to just make some time to swap them and ship them back to Warn. I must have misread I thought you were missing the bolts. That is some major release of force to bust that hub apart like that. Guess there was some weak spots in the casting of that hub. HMMM. Perhaps I should carry 2 as spares. Edited July 27, 2011 by msavides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Yea...I had spares but I didn't have bolts lol...the casting on the "new" bubs seemed to be a lot @!*%tier than the old hubs I refit with the 29 spline parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Yea I think yours broke more because of the missing bolts then impatience. Mine broke from 100% impatience. Live and learn. haha, why doesn't THAT surprise me? lols. good to see you're still out there wheelin and havin fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msavides Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 haha, why doesn't THAT surprise me? lols. good to see you're still out there wheelin and havin fun! I went wheeling for the first time in over a year. I did not really want to go, I was forced. But once I went over a few obstacles and having a car full of people encouraging me I actually started to have fun and remembered what it was like to wheel. then I got too confident and too impatient and well there you have it brought back down to reality. It was well worth the $150 for the new hubs. I would do it again in a heartbeat. The problem now is, there is nobody here to go wheeling with anymore. sniff sniff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I went wheeling for the first time in over a year. I did not really want to go, I was forced. But once I went over a few obstacles and having a car full of people encouraging me I actually started to have fun and remembered what it was like to wheel. then I got too confident and too impatient and well there you have it brought back down to reality. It was well worth the $150 for the new hubs. I would do it again in a heartbeat. The problem now is, there is nobody here to go wheeling with anymore. sniff sniff I loved wheelin with you. You'd LOVE it out here. I'm goin again Sunday you should harass B to go with you, hell, he needs to get that thing off road lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msavides Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 (edited) Ok Here's what really happened. Pictures worth a thousand words http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/828/1001103w.jpg/ Edited July 30, 2011 by msavides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewebster Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 So they both broke at the same time? Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msavides Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 So they both broke at the same time? Congratulations! what actually happened it the half shaft broke at an angle. when I continued to drive it pushed the broken piece outward and busted the Hub. There is no way Warn is going to honor a warranty on this. the inside of the hub is all gouged out by the broken pieces as it turned. I will just keep the one I have as a spare. This Probably would not have broken if I had not had my locker engaged. I ended up putting my nissan factory half shaft back in (replaced the boots on them 2 years ago). I still had fun breaking them, But the verdict is still out weather is was worth a broken half shaft and a broken hub. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Ok Here's what really happened. Pictures worth a thousand words http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/828/1001103w.jpg/ what actually happened it the half shaft broke at an angle. when I continued to drive it pushed the broken piece outward and busted the Hub. There is no way Warn is going to honor a warranty on this. the inside of the hub is all gouged out by the broken pieces as it turned. I will just keep the one I have as a spare. This Probably would not have broken if I had not had my locker engaged. I ended up putting my nissan factory half shaft back in (replaced the boots on them 2 years ago). I still had fun breaking them, But the verdict is still out weather is was worth a broken half shaft and a broken hub. Mark OUCH! that looks painful! but all ing ood fun i guess. i managed to get attacked by a tree, break a tail light and pretzel my quarter panle saturday night lol. i just smiled n laughed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msavides Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 And just as I thought, the warn Fuse did absolutely nothing to save My Half Shaft. Although I was looking at posts of other people who have busted Half Shafts and Nobody's broke in the same spot as mine. Theirs all broke at the inner or the outer CV. Has anyone else seen a half shaft break at the splines? I am thinking that buying those cheap half shafts at rock auto may be the reason it broke there. Perhaps a defect. hmm. Well one of my rebuilt factory ones are back in now. Lets see if I can brake the other cheap china one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewebster Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 probably just some flaw in the material... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 just a thought...many folks rnt running a front locker and are still open so you're possibly seeing additional loads that others dont that sucks...glad i didnt do that...although i have cv's in my spare box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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