Black Dog
Makin' Beer.
his original D35 failed spectacularly. We removed the cover and the spiders fell out.
We had that happen in a friends YJ once.....5 hours after he bought it! We were just driving along a paved road on the way out to go wheeling in it for the first time, went over a bump and came to a screeching stop. We jacked it up and checked the wheels to make sure they wouldn't fall off (broken axle shafts) and it looked good. Putting it in 4 wheel drive, we could still move so thats what we did. But every once in a while it would come to a screeching stop again, we'd rock it back and forth and start it up and drive a little more. Later on we took the rear diff cover off and cleaned out the chunks of spider gear. Unfortunately, even though he had just bought it the lemon law didn't apply because it was a consignment and all sales were final, but the dealer did offer to pay for repairs. It was a stock YJ but had high mileage, so it was just wear and tear that busted it in the end. I was just glad it only broke down about a mile or two outside of town instead of way out in the boonies.