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Which U joints do you run???
- Thread starter Sephrion
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Safari Ary
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Virginia Beach, VA
I admittedly have no first hand experience with anything but stock spicer joints; however, from what I have read on PBB the OX joints are not your best bang for the buck. The CTMs are still the reigning kings, but at $185 a piece, they're a bit spendy. The longfield super-joints are coming in a close second. Farmermat on here actually broke a Warn shaft with a longfield joint, and the joint looked perfect. At $80 a pop, the longfields are a bargain. In case you are unaware of what they are, they are a heat treated Spicer 5-760X joint, that has had the needle bearings replaced with brash bushings, and individual zerks added to each cap. You can get them at www.longfieldsuperaxles.com If I ever start busting u-joints/shafts, they'll be what I upgrade to. HTH
Ary
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HTeK
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Grass Valley, CA
- Location
- San Bruno, CA.
Sephrion said:
What axle shafts are you running?
Mike L
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Anaheim, CA
Jes said:
That's a question that should have been asked first before recommending any joints to the guy. Good job Jes, way to find out what he's running to give the best recommendation.
-Mike
old_man
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Loveland, Colorado
The lifetime on the ujoints with bushings is questionable if you are running them on a daily driver. You would definately want to keep them well lubed.
Mike L
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Anaheim, CA
But what shafts? Stock, Warn, etc?
-Mike
-Mike
Ramsey
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Shreveport, LA
still didnt say what shafts
FarmerMatt
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Down on the Farm
Stock spicer joints should do you fine. They are close to the same strength of the stock shafts. When you upgrade shafts than upgrade joints at the same time. I've had good luck with Longfeilds & clearly are the best bang for the buck when comparing them to the other upgraded joints. They held up to this...
Northern Pride
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- New Hampshire
I have super 30 kit in the front D30 and Dana 60 in the rear. Tom Woods Drive shaft and SYE Kit I use stock spicer U-Joints only because if i want anything to be the weak link I want it to be the U-Joints. There easier to fix on the trail. Not that the Super 30 or the Rock Crusher are going to break inside with better Joints........but better safe then sorry.My .02 cents
- Location
- San Bruno, CA.
Sephrion said:
Then get Spicer 5-760X u-joints(assuming the stock shafts you have currently have the old 297s in them).
I run stock shafts still and have never broken a u-joint(297 or otherwise) but have broken a fair amount of shafts.
Jes
- Location
- San Bruno, CA.
Northern Pride said:
How is a u-joint easy to fix on the trail?!
When a u-joint breaks it usually takes the shafts with it so why run a weak u-joint in a strong shaft?
- Location
- Indiana-Missouri
Breaking stuff on trail SUCKS, and the more friends that are in your group the worse it sucks!
I've broken three dana 44 stock shafts, 2 superior dana 44 shafts, all of which I believe were taken out due to u-joint failures....
maybe one or two were actually shaft failures, judging by the way the breakage looks, but its hard to tell....
I run warns and ctms now, and I'd never go back.
I've broken the spider gears in my detroit twice now.....
I think the joints/shafts are plenty strong
I've broken three dana 44 stock shafts, 2 superior dana 44 shafts, all of which I believe were taken out due to u-joint failures....
maybe one or two were actually shaft failures, judging by the way the breakage looks, but its hard to tell....
I run warns and ctms now, and I'd never go back.
I've broken the spider gears in my detroit twice now.....
I think the joints/shafts are plenty strong
Safari Ary
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Virginia Beach, VA
maineiac said:
How many joints have you broken? I've never broken one personally, but everyone that I've been witness to has taken the ears of the shaft with it. Buying cheap joints to make them the weak link just doesn't make sense to me when they end up wasting the shafts too.
Ary
