DANG... I Broke the HUMVEE Really Bad and Didn't Even Know It!!! (+Jet Boat BIG River Prep) 

Don’t know if I’m gonna sleep tonight because Mullet makes his first pass tomorrow 😳😳😳

yo, a big-time fan. I am currently serving in the army as a 91B, wheeled vehicle mechanic. two things to know before had. when they break like that, they like to grind up the hub. also make sure when you get the axels you get bolts for them. the blots that go to the diff and the one that holds it in place. they are all one-time use bolts. also if you want a TM (technical manual) for that thing let me know I will email you one. any other questions, I will love to answer.

10 years in the Army, I had never seen a broken axle. Sheered off the mounting bolts and tore boots, but never broke an axle. Ol' Cleeter never ceases to amaze me.

Jackstand: “Why do these look like they were run through a sandblaster?” Cleet: “well because they were” 🤣🤣

My kids run around saying "Hell Yeah Brother, welcome to the cleetus McFarland RU-vid channel " all day 🤣 hilarious

I want to see KSR Kevin build one of the jet boats just to see how perfect they can be

It's funny how a Hummer can survive years in a war zone, but Cleetus has it for a month and already breaks it.

I can absolutely say I would watch every single day of maintenance video you would put out. Call It "D.O.M days" and make it a series where you just simply show general maintenance that was done during the week. No fancy editing... just raw footage of keeping it all going!

as a mud bog guy here, if ever you get water in the motor, trans or t case, fill it up with diesel, and then drain. the diesel will pull out any water! works like a charm, also if you want to get all the water out of the engine fill the engine with BIO diesel pull the plugs out and crank it over for 20-30 seconds!

The only other maintenance ever done on this channel is the lawn at the ff and refilling nitrous bottles

Cleetus needs some t-shirts that say "Dude, I'm an Idiot".

RPG hits Humvee, still runs and drives. Florida Giraffe has Humvee for two weeks and has broken it lol

Ahhh a 6.5 diesel the reliability of a 6.4l powerstroke with the power of a 4.3l v6 running on 4 cylinders

James has an advantage without that monster windshield so gonna be tough to catch him...

You need them portals rebuilt. The axles are fine. That grinding is PORTAL TEETH.

Heck ya'll comments...these episodes should be called..7days of WhistlinCleetus..😂🤣

Transfer case fluid looks like pepto “it’s not that bad”

*Cleet gets water in his transmission* “hey why is rich from precision transmissions standing over there with his belt in his hand?”

Even ripping through that foot deep water, those things are still sucking sand and pebbles off the ground. Stockpile on wear rings. And get OEM rings when you replace em. Most of the time impellers hold up pretty well.

So I guess humvee’s run peptobismol for the transmission and t-case

Hopefully Chris puts some 240 and corvette fake taillights on the wraps 😎

6.5 liter diesel: breaks the crank above 350 horsepower also 6.5 liter diesel: hydrolocks 4 times, runs perfectly fine.

When you replace those axles use loctite on the bolts that go into the brake rotors. They were prone to backing out.

I like to think that every time cleetus tells someone goodbye in real life he says “do it for Dale, we’ll freaking see you later!”

Loved the Mountain Dew commercial with Marco Andretti!

How about a second month of freedom Mr. Cleetus Freedom McFarland? I can’t wait another year.

Hate to be that guy, but SikaFlex isn't an epoxy, it is a polyurethane caulking. It takes about a week to dry fully and even then it still stays soft and flexible. I suggest putting some mineral spirits in a spray bottle and spray it down before you tool it with your finger, makes it less sticky.

Living over The Netherlands here and i’m getting freedom late at night, but respect dude for doing a video every 24h.... you people are awesome, i don’t care if you miss a deadline this month, you are f,ING killing it

I love the use of the any size hammer. Makes the tool kit way smaller

The end of the month is fast approaching and we all know what that means... Cleet you won't do 2 months! You wont!

7:10 Humvees so sweet they make a strawberry milkshake!

You guys rock, you brought me back to my childhood. The last couple years I've spent watching all your shows with my youngest son who is now in school in an automotive school in Orlando. My young diamond is beginning to shine! TY for the inspiration.

Would be really cool if you brought back the build off series with the boosted boiz. I realize you guys are busy now but I really enjoyed that series!

Your use to changing these axles like on corvettes , but there's a chance the problem could be in the portal boxes

Cleetus, if you REALLY wanna smoke Jackstand in his boat, DEFINITELY fill that gap also fill those gouges/sand out & smooth the whole deal then CERAMIC COAT the PISS out of that hull...you won't f-n BELIEVE the difference (going to blow yur flippin gourd).

I was a Light Wheel Vehicle mechanic in the Army (1985-89) when the Humvee was introduced. Operating a 5 Ton wrecker, I can tell you first hand that those half-shafts break quite often. I'd have expected an improved shaft assembly since those early days because the unit drivers would literally break all four half-shafts, leaving the Humvee immobilized, before calling maintenance to recover the vehicle. I've towed hundreds of Hummers with all four half-shafts broken. Cleet, you better buy a crate of those half-shafts...you're gonna need'em.

Runs like a real army humvee now, hell yea brother!

He’s draining pepto bismol from the humvee

That gap between the protective sheathing would explain why you got stopped going sideways on the shallow banks while trying to jump it..

Those carbon seals cause corrosion on aluminum. You'll see pit marks in a few years. Baking soda in the bilge helps but painting the bilge will make it last a long time.

Well there's your problem right there: You're not supposed to run them on strawberry milkshakes

Unfortunately I could change these axles blindfolded. Remember James, the axle, rotor and axle flange must all line up properly

There’s always that one guy who lifts with one fork and bends the one fork lol

On dripless packing with carbon seal you can polish them up with a bit of wet/ dry sandpaper. Just crank it up and slide some paper in . I’ve got 30 plus year experience in diesel marine repair/repowers.WORKS brother! Keep up the good clean entertainment. I’m proud of you and James.great team!!!!

anyone else sad the month of freedom is almost over?:(

did he just crawl under the front with it in gear spinning the broken axles?!

My husband and I caught you on TV last night!!! It was like someone famous.... someone I knew personally.... was on TV! AWESOME!!!!! HELL YEAH BROTHER!!!

10+ yrs in service running HUMVEE's hard and dirty through all kind of shit and never saw a broken shaft. Leave it to Cleetus to break not one but two in a couple of hours, LOL. Hell yeah brother! Looking forward to the fix-it videos. Is going to bring me flashbacks for sure.

One common way to break CVs is by applying the bakes with one wheel in the air in an effort to "lock" the diff. The inboard brakes apply a LOT of torque due to the gear reduction in the portals.

MTP Drivetrain Services out of Many, LA will hook you up with any parts you may need. They specialize in military drivetrain components. Just tell them Adam sent ya!

Cleetr, I thought for sure you were gonna say "Oh Mylanta!" at the 7:10 mark..... It literally looked like Mylanta when you unscrewed that drain plug! 🤣

Cleet I just want to say thank you. I’m going through a very hard split right now and the month of freedom gives me something to look forward to after a long day of feeling down. Hell yea brother!

"well, at least we know we have something to fix" Don't you guys ALWAYS have something to fix ? 👍🦅🇺🇸🦅👍

Look at "the mendota Ranch" on RU-vid guy goes over the hummers and his experience with em. He makes mention of the axels and his experience.

Nice to have major sponsors. Just give a call to who ever needed and wahala parts arrive at your doorstep. Then wahala have a mechanic to install it next day. Whatever it takes to keep the content coming brother. We are behind you and you have our full support. Keep doing it for Dale.

I used to work for a fishing charter in Alaska. We used Humvees (H1 the first civilian version released for sale to the public) to beach launch our 32 foot jet boats off of trailers through the serf and not once in the 12 years i did this did we ever break an axle or cv joint on our Humvees. You need to go through yours to replace damaged seals because water should not be getting into your transmission, oil pan, or transfer case. If you are getting water into the above mentioned areas either the seals are worn out or missing. We put over 50,000 miles on each of our humvees on a sand and gravel beach ramming boat trailers ( the boats weighed 8,800 lbs) through up to 6 foot waves and never once had transmission or transfer case issues. I no longer work there but these 2 Humvees have been going up and down beaches and dunes since the late 1990's without a major mechnical issue. You have already damaged axles and seriously contaminated your transmission and transfer case in less than 3 weeks. By the way if you ruin the transmission they cost over $10,000 to rebuild or replace and it usually takes over 3 months just to get the parts. I really wish i had the money to be jacksses like you and James and destroy all of your expensive equipment and engines just for shits and giggles. I really hope you treat your elcamino better as your friend has spent hundreds of hour building it right. It would be a shame to see it mistreated like all of your other stuff. Your boats are already showing wear and tear in places that should be good for years and yet they have damage from sand and gravel because you decided to take them places they were never designed for. The jet pump in James's boat should not have this level of damage in less than a month.

If you get the CDR valve selector, which is part of the m998 deep water fording kit, it redirects crank case pressure down vent lines, helping keep trans, diffs, transfer case, etc dry.

"At least we know we have something to fix" Words for Cleetus tombstone., 100 years from now.

4:05 I thought I was the only one who called them “ Jesus clip” James is such a damn gear head 🤟🏼🤟🏼

Old Cleetus sure reminds me of a younger and not so mean looking, Charles Rane. Right? Love the jet boats!

Check the front geared hubs. The also fail. 15 years in the army and I have never seen a broken axel...

Big thing to remember is that your jet drives will suck rocks from up to like 6ft off the river bottom. It's a good idea to avoid shallow water, or at least back out of the throttle to save the jet when you hit shallow water. Running hard in the shallows will cause a lot of premature wear.

I LOVE HOW CLEAR YOUR VIDEOS ARE... I cast your videos to my 80 tv bruh best shit ever

Hey cleeter, best thing you can do for your boats as well is to make some caps for your screws, that'll help you reduce a fair bit of drag

Meanwhile, WD's toyota hilux takes a whole pallet of cinder blocks offroading with no driveline damage. lol.

James: “what are these only like a hundred bucks?” Me: sad broke noises

As 10yr retired 91B R4 I can easily say I don't miss working on HMMWVs and especially not on STYKERs lol

Cleeter, just so you know, I love watching maintenance day as much as I like watching you full send on race day. Seeing you guys diag and trouble shoot might help me with a maintenance one day. Keep up the great content!

Cleetus: James Hoovies mechanic tastes the cars fluids. Makes funny content. James: I'll eat some grass but that's it.

It’s also the wind drag from your windscreen that’s slowing your boat down .

Day 1 of asking cleet to have a build off #2 with boosted boys!! Loved that series

When I was in the army I broke the CV joint on my HMMWV. The old MSG Mechanic had me pull it, then he pulled the boot off, popped the 1" ball bearings out of it, handed them to me and told me top "never lose your military bearing." Yes, it was a hazing joke, but to this day I still have those ball bearings, 20 years later.

"That's not Zoysia dude" 🤣🤣 Big time lawn guy over here

DAY 7: Of askin Cleet to fire up toast.

Lucky for you - replacing front half shafts its 100% easier than the rear - and only takes about 15 minutes per side. Don't forget your nord-locks!

“Day of maintenance” videos need to be a running thing!

Instead of using epoxy or whatever you should weld in some tubing in the bottom of your boat cleet

Honestly, wouldn't be surprised if those cvs took the beating off of the trailer. Definitly cool, but that's at least a 12 inch drop on a very heavy front end.

I love that you admit your just learning!! Loved seeing the journey yous are doing great

I love the maintenence videos. It's awesome to get updates on a bunch of the projects

Cleetus - much like everything you drive - you break it and didn't even know it

Y'all should get the PMCS book and do the checklist for a video.

Just saw your Mountain Dew commercial/short in Indy. Hell Yea Brother!

You should hit up Custom Combat Trucks in GA. The dude is awesome with all kinds of military vehicles, especially humvees. He's the dude that sold Demo Matt his 5ton

The closer we get to the end of May, the sadder I get☹️

You will soon fully understand that when something is "Military Quality" that doesn't mean it's good, it means it was built by the cheapest bidder.

Check the portal axle hubs. Looks like the CV axles are turning but the wheels aren't. I would pull the portals apart and see what they look like inside. Have fun! And keep this going! I'm loving it!

Looks like you may have broke the portal axels. Or it may even be the pin/clip or retainer of sorts that connects the axels to the portal boxes. If your lucky it's just that and an easy fix. Although I will say they are made to be worked on easily and everything is kinda modular in a way...in how it's assembled. So no matter what it's an easy fix. But my hats off to you brother! Army s#!t isn't made to break and doesn't break easy. I don't know how hard it's life was in the service but they're maintained regularly regardless. But it's previous life may have helped ya put it in the dirt for good. Can't wait to see the next installment. Love the content brother!!!

Month of Freedom turned into month of aquatics. I’m ready for some four wheel action again LFG.

Use the hummer to launch the jetboats... by driving straight in

Up here in western Canada we run a 4 inch strip of the umhw on either side of the keel on top of the other just bevel cut it and join them together also gives you a little more bite in the turns, plus a full inch of keel protection, probably not a big deal for Florida with the softer bottom but if your going to run them in Alaska with their boulder bottom rivers you’ll wish you had it. Bonus adds extra protection for when you’re jumping logs as the keel is the first point of contact.

The boys came to the yard @ 7:15 and the Humvee brought the milkshake.

You might want to call a professional mechanic who'd advise stupid is stupid. Matt Carriker is waiting for your call

Axles aren't broke, need to check the hubs

ol Cleet showin off his amazin' foreshadowing again 6:36

Good Ol' Cleet with The Month Of Freedom Poor Ol' Coop with The Month Of Boredom

Where’s the new video!!!

me and the boys: still waiting for that amphibious crown vic

Underwater challenge CLEETUS, JH, KYLE, and PFI, we need it come on guys

5:40 I have the exact same doorbell tone. That really got me 😆