:cheesy: I apologize if you think I "preach" about full circle clips - I tend to think of it as trying to save people money on things they really don't need and by virtue of it, allow them to buy OTHER things they could really use :yup:
As far as why they are important to have goes, time and wheeling a lot can cause your u-joint bearing caps to rotate with in the yokes. factory front axle shafts come with C-clips and this rotation can cause the them to pry off. Once the c-clip is gone, it's just a matter of time before the bearing cap works itself free and falls out. Without it in place, the strength of your u-joint will be totally compromised and failure will occur. Now, full circle clips do exactly what their name implies, they wrap all the way around the bearing cap and that prevents it from ever coming off in the first place. Again, this isn't something you can get with factory shafts and, that's why factory shafts tend to fail.
Now, don't get me wrong, RCV are nice shafts and ones that I have run before but, for the premium price, I just don't know if it's really worth it. The money you save by not getting them is significant and can get you a lot of other pricy mods. Also, I would be the first to say that CV joints are super strong but, that's another concern of mine - they may be too strong and if I were to break an axle shaft, I would prefer that it be at the u-joint and not deep inside the housing or worse, at the ring & pinion. But of course, that's just me. :yup:
