I decided to head up to AF canyon on Wednesday since I have never been there during the week and I'm getting tired of going on the Weekends and getting covered in dust with all the motorcycles and ATVs that like to spray me as they fly by. The only people we saw were at the lower campgrounds and once we got past them we didn't see a single person all day until we headed back and got closer to Tibble Fork. It was only me and my brother with his family since it was Wednesday and didn't find anyone else with the day off. We decided to run Mineal Basin and not much changed except the Rock Garden and the boulder on top of the ledge that keeps getting washed out more and more. I didn't get many pictures on the way up but tried to take some on the way back. The only carnage was my front driveline getting beat up heading up through the Rock Garden because I picked a bad line and my hub not wanting to stay engaged and clicking and popping for the first half of the trail.
Here are the pics I did get.
My nieces playing in the snow
The river is actually running under the snow field.
Here is where we got stopped.
Heading back through the Rock Garden.
Here is the damage to the driveline. Mostly some chunks missing and it jacked up the boot.
I found a shock boot works perfect to replace it and I had 4 that I didn't put on the shocks. So if anyone runs the same type of driveline it might be useful. I figured they put the boot on for a reason and didn't want to run it without since it looks like dirt can get up into the driveshaft if left off. Here is the picture of it all fixed and not leaking anymore grease.
If anyone has a suggestion on the hub like if you can rebuild them that would be great. Otherwise I will have to check around for some extras.
Here are the pics I did get.
My nieces playing in the snow
The river is actually running under the snow field.
Here is where we got stopped.
Heading back through the Rock Garden.
Here is the damage to the driveline. Mostly some chunks missing and it jacked up the boot.
I found a shock boot works perfect to replace it and I had 4 that I didn't put on the shocks. So if anyone runs the same type of driveline it might be useful. I figured they put the boot on for a reason and didn't want to run it without since it looks like dirt can get up into the driveshaft if left off. Here is the picture of it all fixed and not leaking anymore grease.
If anyone has a suggestion on the hub like if you can rebuild them that would be great. Otherwise I will have to check around for some extras.
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musta melted and filled em in. i went on the left side and had some problems with that big bolder in the middle. had to get tugged a little. my buddy tried the right side and it took allot of patience to get him right where he needed to be, imo, both sides of the rock are pretty tough.
