I got the Rubicon over the Mojave . I stilll have not bent the frame or broke a knuckle. But I have used the front locker and 4:1 low range. I would like to try the Mojave front shocks but my Accutuned Fox 2.5s are not to bad. The Gladiator is the wrong choice to go fasten the desert IMO.
The 4.88s still have a safe size pinion. Not sure where they loose a tooth. The lower you go, the faster the DS spins just asking for vibes. The FAD has saved us all in the front with our lifts and caster angles.
I went from 4.10s on 35s to 4.88s on BFG KO2s 12.50x 37 and my performance went way up and MPG is at 15 combined. I had the gears polished so I had no break in with them. My 4.88s will work even if I would ever go back to 35s.
I think I will just buy a quart of all the top fully syn oils and mix them all.
not really. I am actually going to go with Torco SR5 5-30 full synthetic.
Sad to say I'll be 75 this year. Just a few years ago I was changing everything on my JT. About a month ago I did the PPE trans pan thing and it about killed me.
I did the Nor Cal BDRWith some friends in JLs and the main road is cool but the side roads are not. Many miles of bush lined shelf roads with inches of powder dust. It just got old .