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Old 03-08-2014, 10:24 AM   #1
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Found in Baja

Stopped to offer help but no one was around.










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Old 03-08-2014, 10:39 AM   #2
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Ouuuuuch... ouch, ouch, ouch
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Old 03-08-2014, 11:27 AM   #3
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Wow. What a day. That dude has no idea how unlucky he is that YOU of all people stopped to help and he wasn't there.
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Great. Now I have to carry a complete axle assembly around with me.

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Old 03-08-2014, 01:37 PM   #5
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Wow. What a day. That dude has no idea how unlucky he is that YOU of all people stopped to help and he wasn't there.
That's the first thing that occurred to me as well. Nice to have railroad ties lying around in the middle of nowhere.
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Old 03-08-2014, 01:49 PM   #6
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... any ideas I may have had for an ambo-conversion just went the way of that axle...
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Old 03-08-2014, 02:30 PM   #7
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Re: Found in Baja

I'm just waiting for someone to blame it a 6.0

I do hope they were able to find help and get home safely.
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Was it a bad bearing they kept driving until total failure?

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Pretty sure that's a Ujoint front bumper - maybe one of his conversions ?
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Old 03-08-2014, 05:24 PM   #10
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It is one of UJOR conversion, I remember following his build last year. I have to agree with Zeta though, seems like a bad bearing (or...) and they tried to limp it to a safe place instead of fixing the issue right away. That's quite the carnage though!

What puzzles me is that they left the generator, chairs & table, wheels all out. I know if it was me I would have locked everything inside, just too tempting for the opportunist...

Wish them well.

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