Front Drive Shaft Update

[ECrider]

When you turn the key on your Grenadier a message pops up on your infotainment screen. A simple life preserving quote from a famous Doors song.

mine doesn't. is yours "Yeah, I'm a back door man"?

 

[Tazzieman]

mine doesn't. is yours "Yeah, I'm a back door man"?

Younger generation know...but they just don't understand.
Where's the Howlin' emoji when I need it? Not trying to Muddy the Waters

 

[Tom109]

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When you turn the key on your Grenadier a message pops up on your infotainment screen. A simple life preserving quote from a famous Doors song.

I finally remembered to look

Definitely an Easter Egg

 

[Dokatd]

Well guys, I got around 7k miles on the Terra joint until the boot tore today.

 

[MattA]

Well guys, I got around 7k miles on the Terra joint until the boot tore today.

Epic design failure…

 

[Dokatd]

Epic design failure…

Good thing is I caught this one super early. It's full failed, but I could see the initial failure a bit better since it just tore open. I am very much thinking the boots outer shell is too close. I believe the boot itself might be able to handle the angle, but it's seems some unique position of the axle will allow the shaft to pinch the boot. This is probably exacerbated by running the max caster spec and beyond.

I am going to likely order two new joints and experiment with one of the boot housings.

 

[Tazzieman]

I am going to likely order two new joints and experiment with one of the boot housings.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. Hopefully you can make this point of failure great again.
If not, you'll probably just caster aside and buy a bulletproof Tacoma.

 

[Dokatd]

Thank you for your attention to this matter. Hopefully you can make this point of failure great again.
If not, you'll probably just caster aside and buy a bulletproof Tacoma.

I won't drive a Yota. At least not for long. I like rebuilding them and flipping them but that's about it.

 

[Shroomy]

Well guys, I got around 7k miles on the Terra joint until the boot tore today.

Sounds about right . I think my 1st Terra CV joint lasted about the same close to 7k miles. I am currently on my 2nd Terra joint that is on a little over 5k miles so far, and this is after my San Juan Mtns trip TX-CO and back. I kept my highways speeds around 65-70mph and pulled a small camper trailer. I tried not to drive longer than 5 hrs each day at these speeds. I checked the FDS each night during my trip just to see if she was holding up. I brought a spare FDS with me just-n-case I needed to swap it out quickly while traveling away from home.

 

[Commodore]

Good thing is I caught this one super early. It's full failed, but I could see the initial failure a bit better since it just tore open. I am very much thinking the boots outer shell is too close. I believe the boot itself might be able to handle the angle, but it's seems some unique position of the axle will allow the shaft to pinch the boot. This is probably exacerbated by running the max caster spec and beyond.

I am going to likely order two new joints and experiment with one of the boot housings.

Remind me… do you have a lift?

The front driveshaft angle is a complete fail. Ineos is going to have to engineer a solution. The CV can handle the angle but the $1 boot can’t. They need to address this.