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Well...
I left pretty late on the night of the 16th. We were waiting for my cousin to get ready and make it down. He had to change the diff fluid and ran short. By the time we got on the road it was midnight. It is a four hour drive and we pulled into our campsite at about 4 am.
The sun woke us up at about 10 (luckily we had some nice trees to block the sun) and we headed out for Cliffhanger. As we started to go down the first obstacle a man and his wife and kids took pictures of us, he had a '69 FJ-40, but was on vacation passing through, he hated driving his Buick in Moab rather than the Yota.
We headed to the creek crossing (A flash flood occured a few years back and flipped a Land Rover D90) it was completely dry. We crossed the dry creek bed and went up the very first "Main" obstacle on Cliffhanger. My Cousin Brandon was leading the pack in his 1993 Jeep YJ Wrangler with Dana 60's F&R with Eaton E-Lockers and 4.88 gears, sprung over with 37" Krawlers. He went right up it no problems...
I was up next. I had turned on my ARB and I was waiting for the stupid compressor as I was rolling up to the obstacle. My diff hit a rock and my jeep stalled. When I turned it back on my ARB wasn't working. We found it was the fuse for the compressor under the hood, changed it for a new one, and it worked fine. Engaged my locker, and I started going up the obstacle, one of my 35's slipped and it slid me into a rock on the driver side. All I have to say is good thing I have rock sliders!!! I scratched my rock slider from front to back!
Then my brother Steve went up it in his 1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ with an 8" Coil Conversion and Long Arms up front. He made it look like it was a speed bump.
We then continued on the trail. It just kept going along with small minor obstacles everywhere. Finally we found a spot to play at. There was a crack that led down into a huge hole, almost like a crater. My cousin guided me into it. It was such a tight fit that Once the front tires started to climb out of it the back tires were barely getting into it.
As I started to climb out, I blew another fuse for my locker. My CB stopped working and my stereo, and my ARB. This time it was one under the dash. The accessories which is a 20 amp fuse. I then changed it and tried to pull out of it again. I started to crab over sideways inside of this mini crater and again blew that same fuse. I then put in a 25 (ran out of 20's) and that seemed to solve the problem (temporarily of course until I can find the source of the short in the ARB Compressor) I then started to climb and got hung up on my U-Bolts... As I cranked the tire to gain more traction the tire folded so much that the tread was on top off the leaf spring and the sidewall was rubbing into my sway bar disconnects.
I just kept on the gas and it finally popped the u-bolts loose from the rock and I got out of there. We then played in that area for a bit trying to go up and down different parts and lines.
We then headed on up the trail. There was a huge rock that I hit my diff on and it made me crab walk again as I tried getting over it. When I got over it, I then came up to another pretty tough obstacle. My cousin put me on the hard line and as I started climbing, I got really tippy. I just kept on the gas and it leveled out and we kept on going.
After that obstacle I heard a weird clanking sound coming from my jeep. I thought that a bolt holding a shock had come loose and the shock was wobbling a bit. Checked my shocks and they were fine, then I noticed this:
Don't do This! Especially with MonoLeafs! I seriously thought I was going to snap that leaf. It had bent the leaf and the shackle was flush up against the frame. I had to flex out my Jeep and we used a crowbar to level it down as I backed down slowly... Crazy! I then parked my jeep because I didn't want to put wear and tear on that leaf.
As we rode on we came up near the end where the biggest main obstacle is. My cousin first started to climb up and made it up the first part just fine. When he started to climb the second part he took it too wide.
Of course the rock tagged his fender!
Can you see his paint??
So after he made it up, my brother went up, no problems.
It was about 110 degrees and we were all dying of heat, so we headed back down. Picked up my Jeep, and started to get out of there. We were about halfway down when my brother called on the CB to stop. He could feel a lot of movement in the front axle. We found out both his upper and lower control arm mounts on the pass. side wear tearing from the axle.
So, we took it extremely slow all the way back. We had made it to the 3rd to last obstacle until the lower control arm had finally broken free from the axle.
So, we tied it up to the frame and hooked up my tow rope to him. He put it in 2wd and I assisted him up the remaining 3 obstacles. Now that was tough. I had my locker locked, and I would hold the brake while maintaining enough gas not to stall, but just enough clutch to keep some forward momentum... Sometimes I would get too much and start bouncing in place... We finally got him out of there, and when my cousin started to come up the last obstacle bounced really really hard, and broke the leaf spring mount on the front end (shackle reversal)
We took Brandon's Jeep to a shop and they fixed it in 30 min. We borrowed some ratchet straps from the shop. Tied the axle to the front bumper and drove it very very slowly to the shop. It is still down there getting fixed.
It was an awesome trip.
You all missed out!
I left pretty late on the night of the 16th. We were waiting for my cousin to get ready and make it down. He had to change the diff fluid and ran short. By the time we got on the road it was midnight. It is a four hour drive and we pulled into our campsite at about 4 am.
The sun woke us up at about 10 (luckily we had some nice trees to block the sun) and we headed out for Cliffhanger. As we started to go down the first obstacle a man and his wife and kids took pictures of us, he had a '69 FJ-40, but was on vacation passing through, he hated driving his Buick in Moab rather than the Yota.
We headed to the creek crossing (A flash flood occured a few years back and flipped a Land Rover D90) it was completely dry. We crossed the dry creek bed and went up the very first "Main" obstacle on Cliffhanger. My Cousin Brandon was leading the pack in his 1993 Jeep YJ Wrangler with Dana 60's F&R with Eaton E-Lockers and 4.88 gears, sprung over with 37" Krawlers. He went right up it no problems...
I was up next. I had turned on my ARB and I was waiting for the stupid compressor as I was rolling up to the obstacle. My diff hit a rock and my jeep stalled. When I turned it back on my ARB wasn't working. We found it was the fuse for the compressor under the hood, changed it for a new one, and it worked fine. Engaged my locker, and I started going up the obstacle, one of my 35's slipped and it slid me into a rock on the driver side. All I have to say is good thing I have rock sliders!!! I scratched my rock slider from front to back!
Then my brother Steve went up it in his 1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ with an 8" Coil Conversion and Long Arms up front. He made it look like it was a speed bump.
We then continued on the trail. It just kept going along with small minor obstacles everywhere. Finally we found a spot to play at. There was a crack that led down into a huge hole, almost like a crater. My cousin guided me into it. It was such a tight fit that Once the front tires started to climb out of it the back tires were barely getting into it.
As I started to climb out, I blew another fuse for my locker. My CB stopped working and my stereo, and my ARB. This time it was one under the dash. The accessories which is a 20 amp fuse. I then changed it and tried to pull out of it again. I started to crab over sideways inside of this mini crater and again blew that same fuse. I then put in a 25 (ran out of 20's) and that seemed to solve the problem (temporarily of course until I can find the source of the short in the ARB Compressor) I then started to climb and got hung up on my U-Bolts... As I cranked the tire to gain more traction the tire folded so much that the tread was on top off the leaf spring and the sidewall was rubbing into my sway bar disconnects.
I just kept on the gas and it finally popped the u-bolts loose from the rock and I got out of there. We then played in that area for a bit trying to go up and down different parts and lines.
We then headed on up the trail. There was a huge rock that I hit my diff on and it made me crab walk again as I tried getting over it. When I got over it, I then came up to another pretty tough obstacle. My cousin put me on the hard line and as I started climbing, I got really tippy. I just kept on the gas and it leveled out and we kept on going.
After that obstacle I heard a weird clanking sound coming from my jeep. I thought that a bolt holding a shock had come loose and the shock was wobbling a bit. Checked my shocks and they were fine, then I noticed this:
Don't do This! Especially with MonoLeafs! I seriously thought I was going to snap that leaf. It had bent the leaf and the shackle was flush up against the frame. I had to flex out my Jeep and we used a crowbar to level it down as I backed down slowly... Crazy! I then parked my jeep because I didn't want to put wear and tear on that leaf.
As we rode on we came up near the end where the biggest main obstacle is. My cousin first started to climb up and made it up the first part just fine. When he started to climb the second part he took it too wide.
Of course the rock tagged his fender!
Can you see his paint??
So after he made it up, my brother went up, no problems.
It was about 110 degrees and we were all dying of heat, so we headed back down. Picked up my Jeep, and started to get out of there. We were about halfway down when my brother called on the CB to stop. He could feel a lot of movement in the front axle. We found out both his upper and lower control arm mounts on the pass. side wear tearing from the axle.
So, we took it extremely slow all the way back. We had made it to the 3rd to last obstacle until the lower control arm had finally broken free from the axle.
So, we tied it up to the frame and hooked up my tow rope to him. He put it in 2wd and I assisted him up the remaining 3 obstacles. Now that was tough. I had my locker locked, and I would hold the brake while maintaining enough gas not to stall, but just enough clutch to keep some forward momentum... Sometimes I would get too much and start bouncing in place... We finally got him out of there, and when my cousin started to come up the last obstacle bounced really really hard, and broke the leaf spring mount on the front end (shackle reversal)
We took Brandon's Jeep to a shop and they fixed it in 30 min. We borrowed some ratchet straps from the shop. Tied the axle to the front bumper and drove it very very slowly to the shop. It is still down there getting fixed.
It was an awesome trip.
You all missed out!
what's with that pic of you in front of your Jeep????
