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Stock Rubi axles with 40s—OK for hard wheeling or no?
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That’s actually probably true.
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Do you think 40s would have made any difference in getting up without being stuck? Would another 1-2" of axle and body height have maybe done it? There's def a case for certain situations where a bigger tire will get you up and over and the smaller one is actually more stress on the components.The front made it up that ledge without problem. I wasn’t able to get the rear up without risking damage, so started trying to work myself out. I managed to get the back end over in front of a tree, kept trying to get myself out, and popped the u-joint. Instead of being (half) smart, and getting winched at that point, I continued to try to drive out of my predicament. The turning inner shaft forced against the stationary stub shaft, and the ball joints popped out. I slid that log under the axle after the fact as insurance in case the jack didn’t stay put. I ordered up a ball joint press and put it back together and drove out. I definitely learned from my mistakes that day. I had done that climb several times previously, but the traction was low that day.
The 2nd two photos were a different day. There was a bounce that day, but it really wasn’t that bad. I think I had ejected a u-joint clip prior to that, and the joint walked and broke. The twisted splines are from the rear. I wouldn’t have known about those had I not upgraded to chromoly shafts.
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I’ll agree with that. Maybe so. Like I said, I had done that climb probably 3 times before, but it was dry the previous times. I had wedged the front left tire against the left rock ledge as I was trying to get out. It was just a bad line by me, then didn’t take the rope when offered.
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Yea.........because you don't have a front locker........
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I appreciate it!I won't say there isn't risk because there is always risk but these 3rd generation Dana 44's are much beefier than the gen 1 and 2 in older jeeps. I ran 37's on my 2016 JK for years running very difficult trails and never had an axle problem on the gen 2 44's. Now with my Gladiator Mojave I'm on 40" STT Pro's with the stock m210/m220 axle and feel confident in them. I'm in SoCal and certainly take a rock crawl approach. I'm not a rock bouncer or skinny pedal wheeler. Its early as I've only ran 2 difficult trails but no issues yet.
I know my answer isn't the popular opinion but your getting the answer from a guy who wheels with 40's and stock 44 axles. I would never talk someone out of going with stronger / bigger axles but I want to impart real world testing knowledge.
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That's what I figured. LOL
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I won't say there isn't risk because there is always risk but these 3rd generation Dana 44's are much beefier than the gen 1 and 2 in older jeeps. I ran 37's on my 2016 JK for years running very difficult trails and never had an axle problem on the gen 2 44's. Now with my Gladiator Mojave I'm on 40" STT Pro's with the stock m210/m220 axle and feel confident in them. I'm in SoCal and certainly take a rock crawl approach. I'm not a rock bouncer or skinny pedal wheeler. Its early as I've only ran 2 difficult trails but no issues yet.
I know my answer isn't the popular opinion but your getting the answer from a guy who wheels with 40's and stock 44 axles. I would never talk someone out of going with stronger / bigger axles but I want to impart real world testing knowledge.
Nice truck, How is the Mojave holding up with the 40s? Can we get the update?
Have you done anymore work to handle the 40s
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