R_Lefebvre
Expedition Leader
I'm starting see some talk on some of the Jeep boards that the new JK's seem to have either a design flaw or manufacturing defect where the axle tube, not the shaft, shears right off. A somewhat brittle fracture.
Are you guys aware of this? Could be pretty bad news if you're far from home.
I was an engineer at Dana a few years ago, doing underhood plumbing for a small division of the company. We had a number of cases of really MMMMty tube coming out of the mills causing weird failures. It seemed to us like part of the problem was that during the "steel crisis" (100% fabricated because of US protectionist measures) the steel mills felt they could ship anything they wanted because we were lucky to get steel at all. Also partly because DCX's steel specifications we were using were somewhat lacking.
Anyway, I wonder if this is related, or a design issue. I've never before heard of an axle tube breaking, ever.
Making it worse is the fact that the Jeep dealer is denying the warranty claim.
Are you guys aware of this? Could be pretty bad news if you're far from home.
I was an engineer at Dana a few years ago, doing underhood plumbing for a small division of the company. We had a number of cases of really MMMMty tube coming out of the mills causing weird failures. It seemed to us like part of the problem was that during the "steel crisis" (100% fabricated because of US protectionist measures) the steel mills felt they could ship anything they wanted because we were lucky to get steel at all. Also partly because DCX's steel specifications we were using were somewhat lacking.
Anyway, I wonder if this is related, or a design issue. I've never before heard of an axle tube breaking, ever.
Making it worse is the fact that the Jeep dealer is denying the warranty claim.