Broken down in the Simpson Desert - When things go wrong

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[@RoamingRooma]

“That’s the second biggest shaft you seen for the day” love it Have a great travel guys

[@furtherupthetrack7583]

Holly & Matt thanks for the video 👍👍

[@Andrew-hu1bx]

But I thought Landcruisers were just sooo amazing that they never broke down, EVER? They’re just so amazing

[@OverlandTravellers]

We got another one

[@harrywalker968]

oh,,you need 2, keep 1 going.. mates 80, riped the brkt off the diff, common prob, cos there design wrong.. thru bolt,,not pin,as it should be.. @@OverlandTravellers

[@snakeinthegrass7630]

Big tyres= Bearing problems

[@davidmilledge221]

👍👍wow 3 same vehicles and nobody carring a spare wheel bearing 😮😢oops ,finally you guys are saving Adrian and his missis 👍👌and diff locks are the go be bloody crazy with out them ay , looks like I'm definitely getting them 4 my 80series

[@OverlandTravellers]

Yeah lesson learnt! I reckon the 80 would crawl up most things without lockers the 70's would struggle up 😅

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Lovely Ep guys, Bugger oh well theses things happen.

[@ouradventerousdays]

One of the downside of travelling is broken down in a remote area. Lucky Adrian is around to save the day 😊. It set you guys back a bit but glad you found a solution. PS drone footages are magnificent as always ❤

[@heatherwallace1939]

Looking forward to next weeks video and finding out how everything went! I can't imagine break downs in the middle of the desert are easy compared to in town with a hoist, all the tools and parts places just round the corner. Adrian deserves an extra beer

[@Herbstfalke_Naturfotografie]

Wonderful. Yes I'm sorry for your problems but absolutely professional filmed and it was a pleasure to watch. The nature, the noises (this I enjoyed a lot) and your quiet way of explaining and doing the whole thing. Very nice.

[@OverlandTravellers]

Glad you liked it. We have invested in a pretty decent ambient mic I love using it for getting a sense of how it sounds out there

[@Herbstfalke_Naturfotografie]

@@OverlandTravellers Very nice to see the mixture out of adventure and nature, sounds and nature impressions. This makes overlanding to the epic thing what it is. Not just the car... the summary of all. And you have a nice feeling for mixing it together. Thanks for this.. I think it is a bit a advertising for the sensitiv overlanding, what we all should do.

[@philg2468]

Years ago in the Simpson where I replaced the rear wheel bearings for a tour company who were not carrying spares. The rear wheel bearings are often not serviced or badly serviced - regreasing them is a 20,000km item in the service book. Might need a new axle housing as the stub axle is integral unless he wants to chop them and fit the Multidrive extensions. And as far as spares go, the front and rear wheel bearings and seal on rigid axle Landcruisers are the same F&R and they actually haven't changed since the 1970's. I include a rear inner axle seal in the spares too.

[@doneB830]

I did 460 000 k in a 79 with a max load and never touched the wheel bearings in anyway and they were still good when I sold it. Probably bad maintenance here.

[@harrywalker968]

toyotas havnt advanced since the 40,s.. all the weight, strain, is on the diff, ford, dodge, chev, bearings are washed in diff oil, better.. last forever.. not 20ks.. bs.. detroit locker better choice than 'e' or air bs.. too much sht to get hung up, go wrong..ive seen sooooo many toyotas, with axles hanging out..... wander why... sht design..

[@offthetrack-k8y]

@@harrywalker968and a lot of other 4x4 are the same

[@robinpedler1239]

Brilliant show 🙂

[@OverlandTravellers]

Thank you!

[@michaelnugara1]

Loved this episode. Great team work

[@jackthornton3496]

That's a huge load on one rear axle..I`m not a big wrap for duel cab utes..thats why I have a single cab

[@RoseRosesPlace]

Awesome vid, so envious of the Experience you guys had. keep up the great work 👍👍😁😁

[@gazpixs]

Mates having mates backs, thats all that is needed to be said. Top job Matt + Holey and of course Adrian has done his quota. Cheers Gaz

[@OverlandTravellers]

Cheers mate thats what going in a convoy is all about!

[@BorderlandExplorers]

Yep. Everyone needs an Adrian! Great video guys…the Simpson looks awesome 👏

[@OverlandTravellers]

Yes you do

[@svenfokkema3440]

Awesome footage (again)! Thanks for (re) uploading 😉

[@OverlandTravellers]

Thanks again!

[@KidBiff]

It’s all about adventure and self reliance, right? But… that Starlink is da’ bomb! Following from Arizona…

[@daviddreves5924]

Hi guys you need to take those airbags off of Berther I bent my chassis on my 79 on the Simpson 2020

[@OverlandTravellers]

Yeah right, What kind weight were you?

[@harrywalker968]

if you bent the chassis,, GET A REAL TRUCK,,NOT A TOY..

[@Andre-yu3qs]

Fantastic, thanks for sharing.

[@OverlandTravellers]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@thehoofman8592]

Awesome!

[@robdotcom71]

Good thing Adrian is travelling with you...

[@OverlandTravellers]

I think on this occasion Adrian appreciated us 😅

[@yusufsayed1583]

Good Morning Mates 😊awesome video 👏🏼 Breakdown and problems are part of the adventures 😶 Greetings and Cheers 🍻 From South Africa 🇿🇦

[@grahameroberts8109]

So what cruisers are unreliable too. Hmmm Re the UHF, imho leave it on search; then you can hear all the traffic as many won’t be on channel 10. Cheers.

[@OverlandTravellers]

A bearing failure isn’t a reliability issue.

[@grahameroberts8109]

@@OverlandTravellers Hahaha. Any excuse when it’s a what cruiser.

[@OverlandTravellers]

@@grahameroberts8109 Do you have a Land Rover Disco?

[@grahameroberts8109]

@@OverlandTravellers Was that a guess?

[@OverlandTravellers]

@@grahameroberts8109 It was an educated guess and I’ll just leave it there.

[@stephencawrse9940]

Gee Adrian is a bloke to know he grows grapes 🍇 makes wine 🍷 and a bush mechanic aswell he spent a lot of time under the 40 cheers legends ☺️

[@OverlandTravellers]

Yes he's a jack of all trades!

[@FarqueKnowsWhere]

One doing a mercy dash, others sittin, waitin, drinkin, thinkin, til they return. You’ve got a good group there, helps make it fun.

[@OverlandTravellers]

Yes you see what they got up to in the next video

[@FarqueKnowsWhere]

Sorry, two doing a mercy dash@@OverlandTravellers

[@marktindall4753]

Ask the 4WD store to fly the parts out to you saves having to drive all that way,the pilot can throw them out the window

[@OverlandTravellers]

Honestly we threw that idea around it was an option

[@harrywalker968]

yes,,good,,but where,, they should have diff oil washed bearings,, last a life time..

[@KWofPerth]

This seems strangely familiar. 🤔

[@OverlandTravellers]

It comes full circle ⭕️

[@paulmeadow1764]

Matt Holey I was wondering how your new roof conversion has gone after a few trips and what you think pros and cons.

[@OverlandTravellers]

Update video coming out soon 👍

[@seanchristie7150]

Fantastic episode, gotta be happy for Starlink and the fact that Adrian is a decent mechanic and that you are keeping an eye on your vehicles, like you should when remote travelling. Awesome drone work too. Live how the desert reacts to the slightest bit of rain

[@OverlandTravellers]

Yeah it was pretty surreal doing click and collect on the Madigan line. What was great about it is that Adrian didn't need to rush his diagnosis, he could spend a few hours figuring it out while we got a few hours on the road.

[@harrywalker968]

why does it have leafs all the same length.. if the locker was a detroit.. it would matter..japs cant make suspension, it should be progressive. go look at an 80,s f350..might learn something..f350 is a 2t payload..rides just fine..@@OverlandTravellers

[@harrywalker968]

funny how ive seen that many toyotas, on the side of road,,with an axle hanging out, broken studs, ect.. @@OverlandTravellers

[@harrywalker968]

toyota rear hub, is greased,, seal before the diff. good idea, i dont know,, if it was open to the diff, it would have 3.5 lt oil washing it, less heat buld up..?..@@OverlandTravellers

[@neiljessop3510]

What is the Sat Nav system you use Holly and Matt ? It looks very detailed.

[@OverlandTravellers]

HEMA maps we are able to download via the google App Store on our head unit it’s pretty much an android tsblet. Very handy as it has our location on GPS so we can see where exactly we are. Head unit it from xplore aus

[@Andre_XX]

I have done jobs like that on my 75 series, but only at home! I always carry a spare set with seals, gaskets etc. just in case. What hub temperature do you reckon would indicate a problem?

[@AlecL]

Substantially hotter than all the others

[@Andre_XX]

@@AlecL OK!

[@OverlandTravellers]

I would say if its too hot to touch there is an issue but I am happy to be corrected on that

[@Andre_XX]

@@OverlandTravellers I had better keep monitoring mine...

[@MrNeroDiablo]

If you have a temp gun handy or FLIR handy and this applies to the pulley bearing on the front of the motor as well, much past 76 degrees C it needs constant monitoring anything past around 80 it's !@#$ed. If you do get a temp gun run around the vehicle and take some temperatures while it's running normally, it will give you a base line on when you have an issue. N.B. while a FLIR might seem over the top they are a very handy diagnostic tool, high resistance connections, is the fridge working, is my steak cooked? You'll wonder what you did before getting one.

[@snakeinthegrass7630]

Strange that no comments are made here regarding fat tyres an premature bearing faillure.

[@tconcrete6622]

Fantastic vid guys..What GPS system are you running the the Troopy?

[@OverlandTravellers]

HEMA maps :)

[@kromey111]

Did you have any rear differential correction? Bigger offset wheels ?

[@OverlandTravellers]

Yep offsets

[@kromey111]

@@OverlandTravellers ah that caused the damage hey

[@harrywalker968]

so you need 2 spares.. nice.. toyota.. yeeeeh,, another fk up..@@OverlandTravellers

[@spudboy1328]

@@OverlandTravellers Do you know what offset? Neg25? Neg50? Neg59? How many KMs on those bearings?

[@pammotorsport9743]

You could have got the parts air dropped. Probably a lot cheaper and quicker.

[@OverlandTravellers]

There is a saying about flying that "if you want to fly anywhere fast, drive." Maybe quicker, definitely not cheaper. The idea was floated though

[@stuartkcalvin]

Land side, lee-wood is correct, but the natical pronunciation is loo-wood. Nice piece, once again.

[@FirstLightAdv]

11:38 what went wrong

[@OverlandTravellers]

Keep watching

[@townsville69]

Did you see what bird was making that pee-o-pip call @6:48 ?

[@OverlandTravellers]

No thats the thing its very hard to see any birds at all despite hearing hundreds of them.

[@ianweal3081]

18:38, love diff locks. Well a 79, 78, 76 without diff locks is a pointless piece of kit. I know cause I owned one, totally useless offroad without them engaged. Two travelling companions skimped on the diff locks, spent all their time stuck or hideously bouncing over challenges with momentum. My previous Jackaroo went almost anywere without them, but once I installed a front auto locker it left the 76 wondering where it went. Totally sold the 76 and continued in the Jackaroo. Have a Y61 Patrol now, just so so superior to the 76 and whilst it has a rear factory locker I only engage it to lubricate it, Patrol goes everywhere without it also. Yes a bearing can fail on any vehicle, true, but a failure is a failure, ✔️ to Toyota as being as unreliable as all others. Christ I had one beginning to fail at Alice Springs in previous Jackaroo, mechanics testing vehicle could not identify noise, so we set off to East Coast. Got to Rockhampton noise apparent but no issues. Then onroute to Mackay it finally colapsed. Drove back to Rocky, had Holden inspect, it's a diff. We don't repair diffs. Goes to diff specialist, whilst they've never had a Jackaroo diff in before they're addament it's a diff issue, so I gives them the go ahead on the provisor the bearings are replaced, oh that's automatic. Two days later, picks it up noise still apparent. They put it on a hoist and I watch the rear right wheel droop as it lifts off, put it back down wheel rises, they didn't replace the wheel bearings ha! Excuse, didn't need them, well that obviously B/S. Another 3 days for bearings to come from Melbourne. Installed and off we go on our merry way. Ah, Jackaroo diffs are apparently strong, not known to fail, nothing failed in it, just hideously misdiagnosed. Gets to Innersvale, goes in to Holden for a service, manager asks how I like Jackaroo. Love it. Only had one real issue, begins to explain, apprentice chirps in, would have been a wheel bearing ha! They make a hideous noise ha! Rodeo has same bearing, when the cane farmers overload them the bearings grumble, sure sounds like a diff centre going out. Where the f*#k was this kid when we needed him? 🤔 😂🤣. All I can say, bloody expensive wheel bearing repair.

[@harrywalker968]

ford f100, f250, f350, never a prob.. built right.. unlike toyota.. with decent rear leafs, not 15 all the same fkn length.. japs,,no fkn idea.. i have a 4.2tdi s/duty,, follows my mates 80 anywhere,,std.. 3'' lift, 35,s. cos i can.. zf box, ultra low first.. 700nm,, no computer,,winner.. [ bit bigger turbo. 14 lt 100. pulls 4.5t easy. ]. mates 80, ripped the brkts off the diff, too much twist on a pin, not designed to twist,,funny, eh.. maybe fit f100 front end,,they work..

[@Accolades70]

Noice....

[@nicholaswirth1011]

I thought 79s didn’t break?

[@pammotorsport9743]

I’m only here for the breakdown.

[@Chris-just-Chris]

If serviced with a view to the severe use.

[@iainhetherington4608]

King off the road ?

[@harrywalker968]

cant tune them, or need a g/box, cluth.. starter under inlet, alt on floor, 2 different diffs.??.fkn deeesasster.. 4.5lt, is not,,,big enough for a v8 diesel.. there a bs machine..6 cyl, is all you need.. proven..@@Chris-just-Chris

[@OverlandTravellers]

Adrian has done nearly 60 thousand in this 79 just in our videos, not including the actual kms its done. This is the first thing to go wrong with it in all our videos. This was the last 250km of a 22 thousand km trip through the most remote parts of Aus. I would say a bearing is a maintenance issue, I think its done pretty well. Also you aren't the first disco owner with this comment.

[@tennesseethompson5287]

Why did you plan on doing the wheel bearings After the trip,? Poor trip prep that makes no sense at all, especially then to not carry spares. Great desert video footage, thanks for sharing! 👍

[@OverlandTravellers]

There is more to it than that. They were supposed to be done, the mechanic advised it was unnecessary for the kms they had done. We all meant to pack one and forgot which is very stupid we know. Also this was the last 250km of a 22 thousand km trip. We have also since figured out it was most likely a $7 seal that went first and that started it all.

[@tennesseethompson5287]

@@OverlandTravellers Thanks for your reply & honesty! I get where your coming from, but hey if your mechanic is a 4wd enthusiast & understood the Terain you were going to do then,fair enough, put it down to bad luck I guess. Keep on touring👍