Fire

[Mud house]

A recent forest fire cooked 2 of my Jeep's , CJ8 and CJ7 . When heated to the point of burning the aluminum wheels will the axles , tranny and tcase be salvageable.

 

[gert]

wow that sux......... my guess the fire has probably destroyed the heat treating on your parts

 

[HackFabrication]

When heated to the point of burning the aluminum wheels will the axles , tranny and tcase be salvageable?

Aluminum melts at 1221* F. Cast iron 2100* F - 2190* F. Steel melts ~2500* F.

I'd be somewhat concerned about the axle tubes warping, but I'm not a metallurgist, so I have zero idea how it might have effected the characteristics of the various hardened metals.

 

[Lumpy Grits]

I would NOT trust anything on those 2 Jeeps with MY family in them.
Write'em off..........
LG

 

[Belizean]

I agree 110 percent

 

[gr8dain]

Holy . That was hot. I hope they were insured for at least something. I hate seeing the CJs die. With it being that hot, are the axles, tranny and tcase all you think survived? What about the frames?

I agree that I am not sure I would trust them for anything other than dedicated trail/farm vehicles. I would have no idea how they would hold up to a collision on the highway. Have you opened them up to see the gears? I assume the fluids cooked.