Best quality is going to come from Revolution Gear & Axle. Give Ricky @Garza a call, his website is at www.4lowparts.com. He's a long-term dealer for RGA and he at least used to have a discount for forum members. There are two different shafts, one is imported and the other is the far more expensive USA made version. Their quality is similar, I'm not sure if the imported version is available yet. Ricky is a fellow Jeeper and really knows his stuff, his Wrangler is really well built.
I can't really tell if they're bad...
Wow thank you for the detailed write up, that helps a ton!! Makes it seem like a much more reasonable job than I thought. But yeah I see what you’re saying. I think I’ll do some more investigation into my u-joints and go from there. If they aren’t causing issues right now I’m going to try waiting a month or two
Awesome thanks for the info Jerry! I’ll look into that and price things out
Gotcha okay. Thanks for the clarification. And yeah, in the video the tire is on the ground and no bolts are loosened. If, like you say, there should be no movement with the tire on the ground, yet there is, what would that indicate as an issue?
Yeah I just replied to another guy, the tire is on the ground in the video with lug nuts still on and tight. So if there shouldn’t be movement in that case, but there is, what may be the cause?
What axles are those? they look wider than TJ Dana 44's. They might have locking hubs.
Yeah so it’s a TJ sport, with both axles being transplanted Dana 44’s(bought it like that). I’m not sure what type the front one is, but I’ve been told the rear is a Chevy 8-bolt Dana 44. The front has a Aussie locker and warn locking hubs. Is that what you’re referring to?
Yeah so they aren’t stock axles, both are transplanted Dana 44’s, I’m unsure of the brand of the front one but am almost positive the rear is a Chevy Dana 44. The front has a Aussie locker and warn locking hubs. How would that affect the movement I see?
Yeah I’ve got them unlocked unless I go off road. So that movement is normal with locking hubs?
Yup, if your hubs were unlocked in the video, that is exactly why they were able to rotate a small bit, due to the backlash of the gears in the diff. I see no issues.
Thanks for the detailed reply! And awesome, good to know. Yeah I just had a co-worker who does a bunch of mechanic stuff on the side check it out after work and pretty much said exactly what you just did. Other than surface rust he said everything else is normal and in fine condition, which is a load off my mind!(for now lol, still gonna upgrade the u-joints at some point, probably when I do my axle shafts if it can wait that long)
Cool, you should be set a while. One thing you need to figure out is what axles those actually are before you try to buy shafts for them. Once you learn the application you can figure out if aftermarket upgrades exist or if you need to order custom or what. Definitely don't buy any TJ axle kits, those will do you no good.
Most definitely. I actually just went outside to find any markings I could on both axles. Didn’t find much lol. I’ll attach the pics I took, maybe someone here could identify them.
I'm gathering nothing from those numbers. Maybe better pictures of the axles overall would help? What wheel bolt pattern is it? I bet it's 6 lug something.
Damn. Yeah just went out and took a bunch more, I’ll post em below. And yeah both axles are 6 lug.
