The Creative Trail Repair Thread

[javelinadave]

Post up your trail repairs (with pictures or it didn't happen). Lets see your inner MacGyver

RR Classic
A buddy calls me up and says his front pinion bearing let loose and they are 4 hours from home (Window Rock/Monument Valley AZ)
I tell him to remove the front drive shaft, pull the yoke and bearing out of the diff and seal up the hole to keep debris out and the gear oil in. The cleaned it up with Simple Green and Gorilla taped a section on a Pringles can over the opening. They drove home that day with zero issues.



Two weeks ago we were meeting up as a club for a 3 day BBQ. Yes you read that right, a 3 day BBQ and yes alcohol might have been involved. Anyways I get a call from a friend that his 300Tdi motor threw a fan belt and he is 40 miles from our campsite.







They had pulled the alternator due to the pulley coming off and that is what shredded the belt. We split the belt down the middle and double nutted the pulley back on after wrapping the alternator shaft with electrical tape to keep it centered.





The truck was driven 40 miles back to camp where the next morning we installed a new alternator and a new belt.

 

[chris snell]

Nice. I often wonder if it's worth lugging an alternator along as a trail spare.

 

[javelinadave]

I had one for the trip and as it turned out we needed it and a serp belt. A shorter serp belt to bypass the alternator and/or the power steering pump would be just as good and a lot smaller/lighter.

 

[Roverman2010]

I had a bolt pull out of a thermostat housing. Sorry Mr Farmer or was it Mr Rancher, but My need of your fence was greater than yours at the time.

 

[chris snell]

Brian Hall has this sweet safety wire twister tool that I want to find. That tool, plus a spool of safety wire, is amazing for trail repairs. Maybe he can post a photo.

 

[Dan kemper]

Great thread. Keep em coming

 

[Roverman2010]

IR gun, for checking that overheat issue is real

 

[stu454]

Less of a repair and more of a solution. My resonator was crunched on a rock. So we removed the exhaust from forward of the rear axle back. It rode out the trail on my buddy's Wilderness Rack and then was unceremoniously left in the campground dumpster.

 

[Baldewin]

This

http://www.clamptitetools.net/

or this

http://www.garrettwade.com/special-wire-twisting-pliers-gp.html

Brian Hall has this sweet safety wire twister tool that I want to find. That tool, plus a spool of safety wire, is amazing for trail repairs. Maybe he can post a photo.

 

[Roverman2010]

Can not beat a pair of wire man's pliers, works on fencing wire.

 

[DefendersNW]

This

http://www.clamptitetools.net/

or this

http://www.garrettwade.com/special-wire-twisting-pliers-gp.html

Yes - and yes...

We are a dealer for clamptite, and use safety wire pliers as well (would suggest a quality tool brand if you intent to use them more than a handful of times) I like the SK 7726 or the good Italian tools we sell....

 

[javelinadave]

I have twisted miles of safety wire in my lifetime. The cheap pliers pinch your hands. Pay once for quality and cry once over the price.

 

[chris snell]

Yes - and yes...

We are a dealer for clamptite, and use safety wire pliers as well (would suggest a quality tool brand if you intent to use them more than a handful of times) I like the SK 7726 or the good Italian tools we sell....

Are you a Beta dealer now?

 

[Roverman2010]

Yes - and yes...

We are a dealer for clamptite, and use safety wire pliers as well (would suggest a quality tool brand if you intent to use them more than a handful of times) I like the SK 7726 or the good Italian tools we sell....

But not really a trail repair tool, That gets thrown in a tool box.

 

[RBBailey]

Brian Hall has this sweet safety wire twister tool that I want to find. That tool, plus a spool of safety wire, is amazing for trail repairs. Maybe he can post a photo.

I have one that I use a lot more than I should because it's fun.

Get them from Sporty's Pilot Shop. But the second link above is the type I have.

 

[DefendersNW]

Are you a Beta dealer now?

Yep

SEMA was a very productive (and expensive) week...

Could put together a NASROW group buy on the clamptite stuff if there is interest

 

[pmatusov]

Nice. I often wonder if it's worth lugging an alternator along as a trail spare.

I do

 

[pmatusov]

British Ford Transit: broken Lucas alternator (100 miles from St.Petersburg, Russia, mid-January) replaced with a Russian clone of a Bosch alternator meant for Moskvich car, voltage regulator out of a Lada, bracket welded together by a village mechanic, and belt found on the side of the road months earlier. This repair lasted over a year.

SJ Cherokee: retaining ring slipped off the axleshaft on an AMC-20 rear axle. Tack-welded to the shaft in four places using battery, jumper cables, and piece of steel wire found in the dirt. Lasted until replacement was found.

D1: All engine and transmission mounts broken on Pritchett. No pictures... Engine kept from completely twisting out of place by a one-foot shot of chain wrapped around the driver side engine mount. That shot of chain was purchased in Moab hardware store the morning before the run (due to a nagging suspicion about an aftermarket mount), and kept in the spares box ever since.

XJ - broken front axle

 

[Dan kemper]

Get this guy a Nas-Row sticker. ha. Nice Peter

British Ford Transit: broken Lucas alternator (100 miles from St.Petersburg, Russia, mid-January) replaced with a Russian clone of a Bosch alternator meant for Moskvich car, voltage regulator out of a Lada, bracket welded together by a village mechanic, and belt found on the side of the road months earlier. This repair lasted over a year.

SJ Cherokee: retaining ring slipped off the axleshaft on an AMC-20 rear axle. Tack-welded to the shaft in four places using battery, jumper cables, and piece of steel wire found in the dirt. Lasted until replacement was found.

D1: All engine and transmission mounts broken on Pritchett. No pictures... Engine kept from completely twisting out of place by a one-foot shot of chain wrapped around the driver side engine mount. That shot of chain was purchased in Moab hardware store the morning before the run (due to a nagging suspicion about an aftermarket mount), and kept in the spares box ever since.

XJ - broken front axle