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Andy wrote:
Nasser, Im sorry to hear about you troubles as well, I hope its not too long until its fixed. Do you have any idea, how or why its broke?

TINTIN wrote:

Andy wrote:Maddog/Joy your right the the "Plastig Pig" really threw its toys out yesterday! Not only has the driveshaft gone but as I unloaded all my gear the tailgate rams failed and the gate came down on me........

This morning i got a call from the garage and they cant get the car open as either battery has failed or the key fob has failed (there is no key)....... 8O

Maddog, I normally recover the same way as you letting the weight and momentun of the car do the work, but the Bulldog recovery was a little different we pulling his, rather heavy truck, uphill out of a bowl. We had two snatch straps joined together and I was reversing almost up to his car and then accelerating hard in Low and then keeping the power on once it snatched, we did this maybe 15-20 times until we got him out of the bowl..... Im pretty sure this is where the inital damaged occured, I did hear a crack from the front left, but couldnt see anything when I looked, but i think this is when the CV joint began to fail.

Oh well, hopefully a few days and I will have her back and then I need to sweetalk her again.......maybe i might go wild and buy her a new air freshener.... :chick:

Nasser, Im sorry to hear about you troubles as well, I hope its not too long until its fixed. Do you have any idea, how or why its broke?

That makers me feel really guilty you know. I hope it gets fixed soon and doesn't cost you too much mate.

Nasser wrote:

Andy wrote:
Nasser, Im sorry to hear about you troubles as well, I hope its not too long until its fixed. Do you have any idea, how or why its broke?

Yes Andy, I suspect it is due to a difficult recovery I did last week

There was this Pathfinder similar to yours (or should I say another plastic pig ) which was literally hanging nose down in a small bowl and there was no way to pull it out except from the rear with 4 brutal snatches and I strongly suspect this was the reason for the front axle problem. The other problem is a normal one that recurs due to 5 months of continuous abuse offroad rear differential noise.

LESSONS LEARNT: (strange that although I am aware of this, I did not implement it)

Avoid brutal snatches as much as u can. Brutal snatches directly impact the axles, gear box and chasis 8O

Use expanding tow ropes....the expansion process minimizes the strain on your rig and produces kinetic energy that kicks into action to help pull out a stuck.

Whenever possible, reverse to the stuck vehicle and use your rear towing points (as opposed to your front towing points) as this minimizes any adverse effects to your vehicle.

I am sure others will have more input on this issue.

Andy wrote:

TINTIN wrote:

Andy wrote:Maddog/Joy your right the the "Plastig Pig" really threw its toys out yesterday! Not only has the driveshaft gone but as I unloaded all my gear the tailgate rams failed and the gate came down on me........

This morning i got a call from the garage and they cant get the car open as either battery has failed or the key fob has failed (there is no key)....... 8O

Maddog, I normally recover the same way as you letting the weight and momentun of the car do the work, but the Bulldog recovery was a little different we pulling his, rather heavy truck, uphill out of a bowl. We had two snatch straps joined together and I was reversing almost up to his car and then accelerating hard in Low and then keeping the power on once it snatched, we did this maybe 15-20 times until we got him out of the bowl..... Im pretty sure this is where the inital damaged occured, I did hear a crack from the front left, but couldnt see anything when I looked, but i think this is when the CV joint began to fail.

Oh well, hopefully a few days and I will have her back and then I need to sweetalk her again.......maybe i might go wild and buy her a new air freshener.... :chick:

Nasser, Im sorry to hear about you troubles as well, I hope its not too long until its fixed. Do you have any idea, how or why its broke?

That makers me feel really guilty you know. I hope it gets fixed soon and doesn't cost you too much mate.

Easy cowboy my truck is on lease and it wont cost me a penny, I have an Xterra whlie the pig gets its leg fixed....