Okay guys. I need some assistance, I broke a Yukon 8.25 shaft this weekend. Looking for any other brand recommendations.

If youre breaking chromoly 8.25 shafts it's time to upgrade to tons

Must be flooring it pretty hard.

This, or back the hell off the skinny pedal. What size tires are you running? Locked?

More than likely 1541H not chromo.

I vote for replacing the axle with another Yukon and keep on doing your worst.
The 29spl 8.25 is plenty for the majority of people. Not everyone needs 1 ton anchors.

Description says 35s with i'm assumed to believe open 8.25

I think he's locked iirc.

I really wish somebody would start making actually chromoly shafts for the 8.25. I don't think it's likely you'll get any better than Yukon. Now that you know the limit of your setup you'll be less likely to break it again.

From what I'm reading it almost seems like 1541H shafts aren't worth it to swap the stock shafts unless you snapped one and need to replace them anyway.
Edit: Found Alloy makes 4140 Chromoly shafts for the 8.25 http://www.jeep4x4center.com/alloy-u...all-21118.html

Thanks guys. I am running 35's 4.56 and a Detroit, and disc brakes. I was trying to climb a huge ledge on the red trail at Badlands. i wasn't real heavy on the skinny pedal. Basically all the weight was on the rear, one solid bounce and snap. There is a 1 year warranty on the Yukon shafts and i bought them last March. They have that figured out to the tee. As for the alloy USA shafts, they are only 1541h. If you look them up in other websites. Use the part numbers. However. I am thinking of replacing it with alloy USA anyway.

Might be a good time to look for a d44 to start building up. That's pretty cool way to break one if you have to do it.

The money to build a 44 wouldn't be worth it. Also. An XJ 44 has small2.75" tubes, my 8.25 has 3" tubes.

I guess I was thinking about eliminating the C clips. Didn't think about the tube diameter, good point. I'll keep drooling over the built up G2 axles I see online...keeping in mind they cost more than my Cherokee.

This is the obstacle I broke it on. I crawled right up it when the pic was taken(last August) but it has now been dug out really bad at the bottom. You also can't tell how steep it is.

Man that is a quality obstacle. I haven't seen stuff like that since Arizona. Here in CT we have exactly zero offroad approved trails and orv areas. We have to find private property or sneak down a few power line roads and pretend to be lost.

The reason you don't see many 4130 rear shafts is directly related to hardness at the bearing surfaces.

Also keep in mind that front axles are far more prone to failure than rear axles, so they benefit more from stronger alloy construction.