b'CLUB SPOTLIGHT ALBURY-WODONGA 4WD CLUB BY: CLUB MEMBERSPHOTOS BY: JEFF CAVANAGHSIMPSON DESERT DOUBLE CROSSINGPART 2Day 8:Said goodbye to Old Andado and headedWe continued into the dunes with a stop for a photo north toward the Mac Clarke Conservation Reserve andshoot at Camp 5. Up to this point the dunes werent the start of the Madigan Line. Once past the reservetoo bad but got taller and more cut up as we travelled the going was quite a bit slower with some decentfurther east, stopping at Madigan Camp 6 for the night.washouts in some sections and some rough patches. AsDay 9:Set out once more toward the Hay River. The we went further east and approached the start of thedunes were becoming increasingly more challenging dunes the track became more sandy and smoother. with soft sand and scalloped holes and some were also As we approached the morning tea stop, one ofcut about on the eastern side, which we found strange the Prados started slowing at times as though a brakeconsidering it was a one-way track.had been applied. When we pulled up and followingAlong this section about camp 8 or 9 we came inspection, it was found that the right rear wheelacross two 79 Series Cruisers, one of which had its rear was extremely hot. So, out with the tarp and jack andwheel removed.off with the wheel and brake rotor. The handbrakeWe found out that it had a failed wheel bearing and assembly had come apart and was jamming inside thea third vehicle had gone back to Alice Springs for a drum. With help from the team the loose bits werereplacement. The vehicle had only 120,000 km on the removed and the cable end secured inside the drum. clock and this was the fourth bearing failure on the The Prado was able to continue, minus onesame wheel!handbrake. After lunch we detoured off the track to an oval 10 TRACKWATCH|March 2024'