Front Drive Shaft Update

[HeavyFoot]

I'd want some of my stuff like side panels, the grenadier USA parts, my strobes/aux lights, etc all back. If I can harvest spare parts that are still good then those too.
I don't have anywhere to put a husk though. If I did making an electric grenny for short distance stuff would be a project that kicks butt

Or a Grenadier WITHOUT the electric stuff.

 

[Tazzieman]

Or a Grenadier WITHOUT the electric stuff.

Found one, sort of, locally

 

[Dokatd]

I'd want some of my stuff like side panels, the grenadier USA parts, my strobes/aux lights, etc all back. If I can harvest spare parts that are still good then those too.
I don't have anywhere to put a husk though. If I did making an electric grenny for short distance stuff would be a project that kicks butt

I'd love to get the front axle housing assuming it's a locker variant. I'd like something I can use as a core to cut and turn to see if it's possible.

 

[Commodore]

Seen nothing on insta, bluesky, Reddit, nor my mastodon. If you're referring to twitter I haven't used that since it became a racist hellhole. Social media isn't a good way to learn about stuff like that; algorithms tune feeds to people differently.

This really isn't talked about much outside niche forums. And like I mentioned in my opening post, I passed over this site initially due to the intrusive adverts and it not being very disability friendly. I'm only here because someone commented on my Reddit post and once I had the specific search terms found this forum thread.

There's not a recall for the driveshaft in general; it's not a common enough vehicle to make the news when something happens; lift kits are an extremely common thing for off road vehicles; the owl kit isn't some fly by night six random letter Amazon name; it was sold to me by a dealer, which in my state has a certain level of requirement that a vehicle be generally safe to drive.

Without having seen something specific I wouldn't have an indicator to go looking at the lift kit with extra scrutiny.


Frankly, the accusation is insulting. You're posting on a niche forum with obvious knowledge already of the issue.

For example searching "grenadier driveshaft" on most platforms returns Zilch or doesn't stand out
For example
Bluesky: no results
Insta: in the top 50 results one thing actually seems to be related, but the video only slows an upgraded driveshaft spinning to music and in the fine print description does it mention supporting lifts over a certain size. This wouldn't have shown in my feed, and wouldn't have been an obvious indicator as the primary post content makes no mention.
Reddit: Reddit threads aren't very active on the subject unless something happens, and in the few months I've owned this vehicle it hasnt happened. There has been one other post I can find in search results (again, algorithm wanting "relevance") that mentions the driveshaft besides mine and the mention is buried in the comments and the explanation is "Google it."
Mastodon: fediverse, so it doesn't have content related to things like this unless I federated specifically with a car instance or follow someone who talks about it.

Don’t worry none of us racist twitter users are offended by your arrogance. And you wonder why there is such a divide in our country….

 

[hon1nbo]

I'd love to get the front axle housing assuming it's a locker variant. I'd like something I can use as a core to cut and turn to see if it's possible.

Insurance says they'll have an adjuster there tomorrow so it's up in the air. If they total it and it's available for parting we might be able to work something out. I've never had to total a car before and this insurance is the first time I've made a claim with them, so I'm not sure what to expect especially with the holiday.

In other news, some of the photos from today; some are new some are just better quality than the earlier ones since we had the shop lights.

And instant mute to rage baiter.