lynskynbnd

I'm looking for opinions on upgrade Dana 30 U-joints. I have broken many stock and HD spicer joints. Often taking out the shafts withthem.
CTM's are about $500 a pair and OX are not streetable. I'm looking at CroMo axles with CroMo joints.

xjmarc

If you're breaking them that easily you may want to consider upgrading your axle. I run CTMs in my chromos and have yet to break a joint but I didn't break any of the Spicers I ran before them.

89cherokeelimited

I buy brute force gold ujoints lifetime warranties. Have yet to break them and never have to grease them.

lynskynbnd

By 'axle' if you mean the whole axle I'd have to upgrade bigger than a Dana 44 because they share the same joints. If you mean shafts, that's the opinions I'm looking for.
Thanks!

89cherokeelimited

Advanced Auto Parts have upgraded CV shafts which I installed and they are SO much better then ujoints JMO

RoyalXJ

junk.warranty doesnt cover taking out the shaft with joint.

outkast

I like the Brute Force ones also, they are made by Neapco. I used to really like the Spicers and the Napa Gold joints that were made by Spicer but for about the last five years I have broke everyone one of them. Been happy with the Neapco made ones.

RoyalXJ

you run the spicers with the 1/2 moon clips? with an 89 im sure youre running the smaller u joint shafts too

rweaver138

these are both awful. brute force joints are garbage, they are the only u-joint i've ever broken. and CV shafts are known to be weaker.

I run full clip spicer 760's in my alloy shafts, have yet to break anything... *knock on wood*

outkast

Actually running shafts out of a 2001 TJ for the last year so I do have the larger joints. Yes using the 1/2 moon clips but the caps are also tacked to the yokes. I have yet to have a failure due to a lost cap. All have been failures in the cross shaft itself.

Back when I had the small joints with original shafts I kept walking caps out and wrecking yokes. After about 10 shafts and the internet I found out that the shafts were an easy swap. But really with 36's and a locker I expect to break joints. That is why I carry a stub shaft and unit bearing as well as a set of ball joints and press.

outkast

Most. Just not these ones, RCV Performance. But at the price I would go for a Dana 60 first.

RoyalXJ

any upgraded cv shaft from advanced auto parts is junk. you wont find rcvs there just grand cherokee shafts

RoyalXJ

i dont see how u broke the cross section of a spicer before before you took out a stock shaft. i ran my spricers hard w/ alloy shafts on 35s with super heavy 15x10 diy beadlocks and had zero issues.

baxj89

I run yukon crome molys with the yukon super joints I'm locked have 456 gears and run grooved 38 tsls and haven't had a problem yet and I lay on the skinny pedal a lot I ran the cvs from o rileys same as advance they are garbage the best cv is the rcvs what I was originally going with till I found the yukons about 200 cheaper and right up there with them on performance imo

lolz_jeep

you got those cv style sjafts from auto zone how do those work in mud and flexing i seen those the other day and almost got pissed at the guy behind the counter cuase i thought he wasent listening and typed the wrong thing it