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Old Jun 25, 2015 | 11:17 PM
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Has anyone ever ran OX rebuildable front axle U joints before?



They're supposed to be unbreakable, or at least to the point to where your shaft will break before it will.

Obviously, the bushings can wear out over time, which is why they're rebuildable. No needle bearings in these!
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Old Jun 26, 2015 | 12:06 AM
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Don't have much experience with them. Brothers ZJ came with them on it. Has OX locker, ox shafts and ox u joints. on 35" TSL. Hes done it locked front and rear on pavement in 4 low (stupidity) and not busted anything and quite a bit of hammering it up stuff and mall crawling up light posts and stuff with no problems. Previous owner ranted and raved about how good the u joints were and how he never broke any but the guy wasnt the original builder of the jeep and seemed pretty clueless about the jeep but thats all the information i can give you on them.
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Old Jun 26, 2015 | 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by thatXJguy
Has anyone ever ran OX rebuildable front axle U joints before?



They're supposed to be unbreakable, or at least to the point to where your shaft will break before it will.

Obviously, the bushings can wear out over time, which is why they're rebuildable. No needle bearings in these!
Not at that price...holy cow

Besides, what would you rather replace on the trail? A driveshaft, or a u-joint?
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Old Jun 26, 2015 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by roninofako
Not at that price...holy cow

Besides, what would you rather replace on the trail? A driveshaft, or a u-joint?
These are for the axles, not the driveshafts. And I'd rather not replace anything axle-wise on the trail.
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Old Jun 26, 2015 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by thatXJguy
These are for the axles, not the driveshafts. And I'd rather not replace anything axle-wise on the trail.
True story, LOL
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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 10:19 PM
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Unless you have locking hubs you don't want to run these or any like them. They don't use needle bearings, they use bronze bushings and aren't made to be turning constantly. If you have them on a street driven vehicle they will wear out in a few months due to this. Notice it says "Not for highway use" and that's the reason. My Yukons are the same way but I don't drive mine on pavement and have locking hubs and I still have to grease them after every couple of rides.
roninofako those are some of the cheaper ones of that type.
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Old Jun 28, 2015 | 03:51 AM
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He is right about them being cheap,The ctm brand of the same style are 238 bucks for a dana 44 and 322 for a dana 60.
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