It can’t all be dirtbikes and sunshine. I was camped up in Toquerville Utah riding over the weekend. Pulling out of camp Sunday morning and the van seemed to be hung up on something like a rock or a rut. Gave it a little gas and heard a pop. Got out to investigate and found a hole in the diff cover and gear oil all over....
Come to find out a ring gear bolt backed all the way out, sheared the heads off four adjacent bolts, tore up the ABS exciter ring and blew a hole in the diff cover.
I limped it back into town and got it to a mechanic the next day. Had to overnight parts from SLC, got the repairs done Tuesday and headed home in the afternoon. Miraculously all the shrapnel stayed on the drivers side of the pumpkin. Ring and pinion were untouched.