After my last wheeling trip to the Badlands, I noticed a little brake squeak coming from the passenger rear. I had hoped that a clean and adjustment would resolve this but as it turns out I have a bent axle flange on the passenger rear (actually the driver's side is a little tweaked too but not near as bad as the passenger).
I had always planned on upgrading axle shafts in the near future but am bummed for two reasons. First, I had hoped to keep the stockers for spares. And secondly, we have babied these things... (as far as wheel speed and big hits go anyway). I have backed off of hills that were going to require "a little bump" to protect the axles. Don't get me wrong, we play about as hard as one can on the East Coast, but have done so in a manner that I really am surprised to have this issue.
So anyway, I'm in the market for axle shafts. I need rears, but plan on getting fronts while I'm at it. I have no plans on running RCVs because I can darn near buy two sets of traditional chromoly ones for the cost of one RCV set. Additionally, I don't like where the likely failure is moved to.
In a another thread, Dynatrac posted some comments about the quality of some brands but was professional enough not to sling mud and disclose what manufacturers they were with.
My questions are...
What brands should I avoid? Why?
Is the failure I had somewhat common? Is there anything else I can do to avoid it in the future? If you've wheeled with me you know I keep things pretty damn slow and controlled so I'm bothered by the bend...
BTW:
I have a 13' JKUR
I had always planned on upgrading axle shafts in the near future but am bummed for two reasons. First, I had hoped to keep the stockers for spares. And secondly, we have babied these things... (as far as wheel speed and big hits go anyway). I have backed off of hills that were going to require "a little bump" to protect the axles. Don't get me wrong, we play about as hard as one can on the East Coast, but have done so in a manner that I really am surprised to have this issue.
So anyway, I'm in the market for axle shafts. I need rears, but plan on getting fronts while I'm at it. I have no plans on running RCVs because I can darn near buy two sets of traditional chromoly ones for the cost of one RCV set. Additionally, I don't like where the likely failure is moved to.
In a another thread, Dynatrac posted some comments about the quality of some brands but was professional enough not to sling mud and disclose what manufacturers they were with.
My questions are...
What brands should I avoid? Why?
Is the failure I had somewhat common? Is there anything else I can do to avoid it in the future? If you've wheeled with me you know I keep things pretty damn slow and controlled so I'm bothered by the bend...
BTW:
I have a 13' JKUR