Which axle is most likely to break a shaft?
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Got 27 spline fronts on order now too. Went with RGA's discovery series because I think the US made are overkill for me, as are 30 spline.
I'm still up in the air whether the front ends up lunchbox or selectable which is why it's still open. The heavy skid got my vibes down enough where they might be tolerable without a hub conversion, but I want some more time before I make the call. If I go with hubs, l'll get a lunchbox, and if I don't, I'll go with an E locker.
I'm still up in the air whether the front ends up lunchbox or selectable which is why it's still open. The heavy skid got my vibes down enough where they might be tolerable without a hub conversion, but I want some more time before I make the call. If I go with hubs, l'll get a lunchbox, and if I don't, I'll go with an E locker.
I believe the cool kids call it ‘overlanding’
Buy once, cry once a month every month for the next 3 years.
Maybe if you schedule it to coincide with the wife's period you'll get points for empathy?
Assuming a rear Dana 44, the wheel doesn't fall off because the broken shaft also took out the ball joints. Even if this were to be a Dana 35 or 8.8, there is a fighting chance of keeping the wheel in place well enough to roll.
That uses the same ball joints as the OEM Dana 44, meaning it'll only run a 35s anyway. You'd save a good bit of money on a used Dana 44 with whatever shafts, locker, and gears you want.
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What happens when you break both fronts and a rear?
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You work on getting it apart and getting it ready to go back together while your buddy drives a couple of hundred miles looking for JL parts that are hard to find. Especially since you have to finish the Rubicon from halfway in before you can get to paved road.
I thought so too. It was only about $1k more and I got HP and the big C’s, 3/8” tubes and a warranty.
Ps. And two free stickers!!
Haha. I have left a vehicle on the trail a few times. Back in the mid 90’s, our Scout II would break an axle, bend a tube walk an axle off a bearing just looking at a obstacle. It was a fun rig but not capable.
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Not even lol. I did the BBK, shock tower redo, steering links, fenders etc all at the same time. But IIRC, mine was a bunch cheaper, like $3800 with a Yukon air locker. My build was fast tracked in the beginning. I spent more time putting on a hydro assist this last week than the front end took.
I bet today we could make them reliable but at a cost. They were fun vehicles. We really enjoyed it but got tired of the big fixes. Hindsight and it would be done very different now. We had things like tensioners to stiffen the tubes, axle skid plates cause I though it was the impact bending them. In reality it was its own weight.