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Post by hunna on Feb 27, 2005 17:21:47 GMT -3
yup thats the one. I gotta check out those links. forget the links and get to work, you now have a few xj's to strip. ;D
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Post by HotRodCJ on Feb 27, 2005 19:28:39 GMT -3
go to a junkyard, 125.00 if you pull it yourself/ 200.00 if they pull it for you. just find one with your ratio. its not that hard, and enought wranglers get wrecked, if you check every week you could get 1. i know a few people in other forums i told this to and they both got axles in under a week.
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Post by jeepgod on Feb 27, 2005 19:40:40 GMT -3
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Post by jerryhipp on Feb 27, 2005 20:29:01 GMT -3
okay todd, i got a question for ya. the guy who is working on my zj told me that i can run 33's no prob. with a super 35 kit with a detriot locker. now this guy is incredible with jeeps, you should see some of the jeeps he has at his place. actually there is a jeep there now from newenglandjeepz but i dont know who it belongs to. its a big black one. i guess he's from the brookfields or something. well he said his fathers jeep has been running 33's with a super 35 for over 5 years without a problem. and he said that his father beats the piss out of it on the trails and keeps up with him. so i guess i'm a little confused now. cause i do respect your opinion also. but he assured me that as long as i don't beat the piss out of it ( only because im a heavier zj) that i should be fine for years. but if i was going to get real serious with it then i should probably change to a 44 or something. but for normal offroading and taking it easy ( that basically means not being like ......todd ) then a super 35 with 33's is fine. i figure if or i should say when i get serious im going to get a cj,yj,or tj anyway. not my zj. that's just for moderate ( my wife would kick my @$$ if i screw up the zj) offroading. okay todd, now give me your opinion. jerry
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Post by bluerocket on Feb 27, 2005 20:59:35 GMT -3
My friend at home has been running 33's and a welded 35 for years, breaks an axle when he's bieng a retard but not very often at all. I think an autolocker is much worse than welding though.
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Post by 97Sahara on Feb 27, 2005 21:01:54 GMT -3
The super 35 kit is fine for 33" tires. Actually, the big black jeep that superior shows in its ads has the super 35 and 35" Krawlers. Ill probably go this route but im probably gonna stick to 33s for a long time. Hopefully by the end of the summer ill be locked fr and rr. I found super 35s with arbs for 875, which is relly good since everyone else charges 700 for just one arb. www.jeepforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=109060 Does anyone know how much extra an arb costs for labor than any normal locker?
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Post by 97Sahara on Feb 27, 2005 21:04:17 GMT -3
Are you talking about d44s?
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Post by jeepgod on Feb 27, 2005 22:13:28 GMT -3
jerryhipp, ok, in my personnel experience the d35s are not worth putting money into.
i am not one who thinks "well i will put $1000 into this thing and it should work for a couple of years. and all i have to do is fix it every once in a while" when i build something i don't want it to break again. when thinking about the cost think about what it will cost "if" it breaks? "ok, it cost me $850 to do it once and now it is going to cost another $1000 to fix it this time" this is just my opinoin i am sure that some people have no problems with the d35 i am just not a fan of it.
honestly do what makes you comfortable, if having to "just repair a broken axle every once in a while" doesn't matter to you then do what ever it is you want.
i have been there and done that! (i still carry extra frt axles every time i go wheeling, just because before i got the superior frt axles i broke one EVERY time i went out wheeling) i personnally don't want to have to spend 2 hrs. in the mud fixing a broken axle! and when it happens (notice i said "when") it is going to happen in the worst spot possible. (on a hill with no way around you and 5 other guys waiting while you pull and replace a broken axle in the dark in ankle deep mud. i speak from experience ask hotrodcj)
and now every person with a d35 can tell me how they have used theirs for "X" amount of years and haven't had a problem.
and 97sahara, yes he means d44s'
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Post by XfaCtoR on Feb 27, 2005 23:12:15 GMT -3
My friend at home has been running 33's and a welded 35 for years, breaks an axle when he's bieng a retard but not very often at all. I think an autolocker is much worse than welding though. please explain ...
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Post by 97Sahara on Feb 28, 2005 0:24:24 GMT -3
im on it
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Post by bluerocket on Feb 28, 2005 1:10:23 GMT -3
Seems to me since there is no jerk force since it is always locked, that it breaks less sh!t. When my front autolocker locks it has some ammount of turn before the grabs, may it be 1/8th wheel spin 1/16th or whatever, one wheel still has the chance to spin slightly before they lock together and when they lock the wheel which is stationary gets a jerk hit to get it in motion. This is my personal opinion, and i'm not saying nothing gets broke, but I've broken more axles in 6 months than he has in a year. I dont know if this makes any sense to you but it is what i'm thinking at the moment.
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Post by bluerocket on Feb 28, 2005 1:19:35 GMT -3
Oh and get a D44, they are cheap money for what they save you in inconvenience, or one tow home.
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Post by XfaCtoR on Feb 28, 2005 14:37:43 GMT -3
currie enterprises 44's in the works
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