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I wish I knew what I did this on and if/how I could have avoided it, but busted a ujoint on Chinaman today. So I drove out in 3wheel. Fortunately as the pics show above there was a lot of help from the group
Unfortunately that tore up the ears so it won’t likely hold a cap...
I got this response from my wife when she saw the axle shaft order:
Unfortunately that tore up the ears so it won’t likely hold a cap...
I got this response from my wife when she saw the axle shaft order:
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Amazon pricing is interesting, I bought the axle shafts for just over $500. However now I look at the price and they’re over $1160.
I’m going to rebuild the old set (or parts I can use, anyway) as trail spares.
I’m going to rebuild the old set (or parts I can use, anyway) as trail spares.
The yoke stretched and the cap popped out. Then it got caught between the yoke and the knuckle creating that gouge on the long half.
The next steps would have been an actual broken u joint cross or potentially a broken ball joint as the two halves of the shaft crash into each other and overlap.
It always starts with a stretched yoke. Good alloy shafts don't stretch nearly as easy as stock
From what I’ve heard how their pricing works on items not bought often is they basically Dutch auction it down until someone buys it. As soon as one person buys it it goes back to list price. You can get some good deals when you learn how to play with it a bit.
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Here’s a fun craigslist find, originally purchased from Savvy so they should be tuned about right.
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Yeah, they seem to be in pretty good shape. From what he said, Blaine did a lot of the work on his former LJ
I’m considering sending them in to Fox for a rebuild, just to get a baseline. Do you think that would be worthwhile?
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Careful with relying too much on the LSD.
No joke! I’m now pricing out options for the rear axle - and will be curious what you go with. It seems like regear+whatever makes sense to do all at once in my case.
Why not just get new crate axles.
http://g2axle.com/pages/view/dana44_TJLI_rear_assemblies
http://g2axle.com/pages/view/dana44_front_assemblies
Then sell the stock rubicons to recoup.
If it's what I think it is, there have been people who have trouble with it getting in the way of things.
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads...ing-g2-core-44-axle-differential-cover.30303/
If you are referencing this thread then that guy had a dropped pitman arm and was trying to stretch his front axle forward....
the second guy had oro steering problems
If you are referencing this thread then that guy had a dropped pitman arm and was trying to stretch his front axle forward....
the second guy had oro steering problems
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New axles around $7400. Minus say $3500 for your rubi axles and pumps. Is $3900.
How much is a re-gear, chromoly axles, and labor going to run you? It doesn’t seem far off to me.