cracked front differantial

[themallcrawler]

Thursday on the way in from work in bad rain I was running fairly slow in 4h or part time 4wd I wiped out and slid maybe 30 feet into a ditch/field. Well normally this would be great time to try out those new Goodyear mt/z and 3 inch lift but as soon as i put into 4L and gave it a bit of fuel it sounded like a grenade went off. Sad times ahead cause im broke as shit.


See the 1400$ tires and the rustys offload lift above.
Couple things whats the chances of getting my full coverage insurance to pay for this, ( I really doubt )but if not what can I do as far as making my poor jeep a dirty 2wd jeep until I get the cash to fix it up.

and I really do love this damn liberty, I haven't even washed it off yet as I am sick about it and a poor boy that works for a school district.


I just built rock sliders and started working on front bumper 2 weeks ago.

 

[tjkj2002]

Thursday on the way in from work in bad rain I was running fairly slow in 4h or part time 4wd .

On pavement? If yes that is more likely why the front diff cracked,probally cracked before you hit the ditch if you were on pavement.Wet pavement is still a high traction surface.

 

[tommudd]

Just pull the front drive shaft and CVs out and run it! But then may as well pull the front diff out as well and you'll be good to go
None is hard to do

 

[yellocoyote]

^^^ What he said.

Pull the front driveshaft, minimum, to go 2wd... I would also pull the front CV joints as well.

 

[TwoBobsKJ]

Front diffs aren't hard to find - at least those with the 3.73 gears. Just swap in a replacement when you find one. They run about $175 on car-parts.com.

Bob

 

[ridenby]

Got one 3.73 ratio. NOS, ready to ship. http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/f194/front-diff-ring-pinion-gears-53065/

 

[tommudd]

Front diffs aren't hard to find - at least those with the 3.73 gears. Just swap in a replacement when you find one. They run about $175 on car-parts.com.

Bob

yep have 3 of them piled up now in the garage
Why?? who knows :hidesbehindsofa:

 

[flair1111]

never use part time on pavement even in the rain. you probably bound the drive train and hitting the ditch was the last bit of force it could stand, so it popped.

 

[TwoBobsKJ]

Got one 3.73 ratio. NOS, ready to ship. http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/f194/front-diff-ring-pinion-gears-53065/

Dang I wish I'd been quicker on the draw and purchased your 4.10 rear R&P. And if I wasn't putting in the 4.10 front diff I'd buy your NOS diff.

Bob