Sinking Creek 4WD Association

but really, ill know friday. his transfer case blew up and his tranny has a crack, 6,000 repair, he doesnt know if his dad will pay, may have to part out

i got dibs on axles

guess thats what he gets for not goin wheelin with us

Shit, if they are not going to pay to fix it I will buy the whole thing. Im dead serious. Let me know.

Uh yeah same here. Id swallow my pride and buy a TJ. Or tell him Ill fix it for way less. Itd be kind of a shame to tear it apart.

BadAssEddie wrote:Uh yeah same here. Id swallow my pride and buy a TJ. Or tell him Ill fix it for way less. Itd be kind of a shame to tear it apart.

Amen! I'd help out fixin for a cheaper price too. I've still got most of a NP231 sittin under my house...

Max do you know if the airbags deployed when the t-case went?.. I guy at home bought a Tj that has the exact same thing happen.. t-case blew at interstate speeds and the impact caused both airbags to deploy which is what causes the repair bill to be so high. I was just curious Im sure Jay will fix the jeep, or at least I hope he does. It would be silly to total that jeep when you could fix it for little money.

i dont think so, he said when he was lookin at the tcase that "exploded" on the highway his bellhousing had a crack. i think it was something with the front driveshaft. shall i inquire?

Jeeper52 wrote:i dont think so, he said when he was lookin at the tcase that "exploded" on the highway his bellhousing had a crack. i think it was something with the front driveshaft. shall i inquire?

I have a feeling the centering ball on the front driveshaft seized. The same thing happened to a guy in NOVA to his NP241 like a month ago, and the same thing happened to my friend in PA to his NP231 a couple of weeks ago. Pretty nasty damage from such a simple thing. It only destroyed his tcase though, his transmission is fine. So I imagine the transmission is what is driving up the price on the red jeep.

Here is what's left of my buddy's NP231...

wes, you know it is the guy from NOVA right? yeah i think the shop is overpriced but he doesnt know if its a lot of tranny problems or if theres just a crack in the bellhousing that can be welded

Jeeper52 wrote:wes, you know it is the guy from NOVA right? yeah i think the shop is overpriced but he doesnt know if its a lot of tranny problems or if theres just a crack in the bellhousing that can be welded

Yeah I know. Another guy from NOVA with a nearly stock rubi had it happen to him. It's really weird, within a month this has happened to three people I know. Now I'm paranoid lol.

false alarm, he will be keeping it!

Jeeper52 wrote:false alarm, he will be keeping it!

Good to hear. It he needs help fixing it let us know, Im sure plenty of us would be willing to lend a hand.

InvertChaos wrote:

Jeeper52 wrote:wes, you know it is the guy from NOVA right? yeah i think the shop is overpriced but he doesnt know if its a lot of tranny problems or if theres just a crack in the bellhousing that can be welded

Yeah I know. Another guy from NOVA with a nearly stock rubi had it happen to him. It's really weird, within a month this has happened to three people I know. Now I'm paranoid lol.

Pull your front drive shaft and grease it and you should be golden. I have never heard of the centering ball locking up thats pretty interested. I bought my Xj with a destroyed 231 that went bomb on the interstate, seems like a pretty common issue for the 231s and 241s

Matt612 wrote:

InvertChaos wrote:

Jeeper52 wrote:wes, you know it is the guy from NOVA right? yeah i think the shop is overpriced but he doesnt know if its a lot of tranny problems or if theres just a crack in the bellhousing that can be welded

Yeah I know. Another guy from NOVA with a nearly stock rubi had it happen to him. It's really weird, within a month this has happened to three people I know. Now I'm paranoid lol.

Pull your front drive shaft and grease it and you should be golden. I have never heard of the centering ball locking up thats pretty interested. I bought my Xj with a destroyed 231 that went bomb on the interstate, seems like a pretty common issue for the 231s and 241s

Had mine lock up.....twice