If you check out my signature, you'll see I've R&R'd practically everything on my TJ. The one big thing I haven't done yet is the front u-joints and axles.
The PO was a college kid that did stuff on the cheap. To be fair, he also did it, or had it done, poorly. He was running 35 x 12.5s on stock 3.73 gears and stock axles with a 6 inch RC lift. I have a feeling the TJ saw some rough use.
I downsized to 33s, regeared to 4.56, and changed to a 3.5" Rock Krawler lift.
I needed to do rear axle seals so I went ahead and changed out the rear axles with Revolution units in 1541H.
New u-joints will be a given. The question is, how much risk is there that with the gear ratio and tire size he was running, the front axles are ticking time bombs and should be replaced with new units in 4340 alloy? Unless they were replaced in the past, they have 217k miles on them.
It's a daily driver and vacation vehicle. It isn't likely to see more than moderate off-roading. I care about reliability though as we've taken it to some pretty remote areas.
Thanks in advance.
The PO was a college kid that did stuff on the cheap. To be fair, he also did it, or had it done, poorly. He was running 35 x 12.5s on stock 3.73 gears and stock axles with a 6 inch RC lift. I have a feeling the TJ saw some rough use.
I downsized to 33s, regeared to 4.56, and changed to a 3.5" Rock Krawler lift.
I needed to do rear axle seals so I went ahead and changed out the rear axles with Revolution units in 1541H.
New u-joints will be a given. The question is, how much risk is there that with the gear ratio and tire size he was running, the front axles are ticking time bombs and should be replaced with new units in 4340 alloy? Unless they were replaced in the past, they have 217k miles on them.
It's a daily driver and vacation vehicle. It isn't likely to see more than moderate off-roading. I care about reliability though as we've taken it to some pretty remote areas.
Thanks in advance.