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U joint or CV.
- Thread starter go1lum
- Start date
_MURDERED OUT_
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Hernando, MS
Yep
94CountryXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- North Star, Ohio
U Joint. You can get severe duty CV's but they still aren't as strong as a built U joint shaft, and are stupidly expensive.
redcycle13
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Baton Rouge
I just swapped in cv front axle shafts, and will be durabilty testing them this weekend at Hot Springs. Let you know how they hold up next week.
- Location
- East of Cincinnati
I'm sure Nick will chime in: He's been running ZJ CVs for years, and beating em pretty hard.
If it was a lesser man, I'da called him a liar.
Robert
If it was a lesser man, I'da called him a liar.
Robert
CanMan
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Lake Tapps, WA
http://longfieldsuperaxles.com/images/StressTest.pdf
Make the call yourself.
Ill stick with u joints.
Make the call yourself.
Ill stick with u joints.
gregmondro
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- West
ZJ guys 'upgrade' to u-joints for a reason.
Signed,
Past ZJ owner
Signed,
Past ZJ owner
xalexjx
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Newcomb, NY
cv shafts are stronger on a locked axle when you have the wheel cranked, (they dont loose strength in lateral motion)
U-joints you will sometimes bind the shaft at full lock if your on the gas, but when strait they are much stronger, Iv ran both, broke both and i run u-joint axles now and have gotten away from the cv's, only nice thing about cv's is when they break you can drive them off the trail and they wont wipe out your ball joints,
I dont have that problem and more, i run alloys and ctm's, id never turn back to those now either.. my 2c
U-joints you will sometimes bind the shaft at full lock if your on the gas, but when strait they are much stronger, Iv ran both, broke both and i run u-joint axles now and have gotten away from the cv's, only nice thing about cv's is when they break you can drive them off the trail and they wont wipe out your ball joints,
I dont have that problem and more, i run alloys and ctm's, id never turn back to those now either.. my 2c
Pharaoh XJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Cairo, EGYPT
One of the guys here used to desert race his XJ with a trussed D30 he said that he had to change u joints every race but since he got CVs for the Dturdy he didnt complain. Of course these were not CTMs or even cromo joints.
I heared its better using CVs for high speed steering
I heared its better using CVs for high speed steering
- Location
- East of Cincinnati
That's the part that entices me, that'd be great peace-of-mind. But since I don't wanna give up my vacuum-disco, I can't get CV shafts anyway...
Robert
_MURDERED OUT_
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Hernando, MS
well who am i to judge my front axle shafts have some sort of old ass birfield type joint in them...
