McCaffrey

This is probably my favorite topic out of this whole thread. "Why call a D35 a crap axle and upgrade it but call the D30 decent when they're very similar?"

Speaking as an engineer only:
It's about physics. When is the entire system (the whole jeep) under the most stress? Not always but typically it's when going up a slope. Steep, only slight, rocky, smooth, slick, whatever. Where is most of the weight and most of the traction? On the rear axle. In theory a great deal more weight/stress is on the rear axle. 200%, 300% or maybe even more. So it would appear a broken rear axle to be weak when in fact it was likely about the same strength as the front.

From my limited wheeling experience. I've only seen 2 broken axles and they were both front D30s. While at the same time I wheeled the same trails with my rear D35 as my buddies' broken front axles.

So in conclusion it's just my option that a D35 is not weak/bad but just small for the job.

mentalbreakdown00

I didn't say it was bad, but for the money and more options the 8.25 is a better choice, and more options than that would be a 8.8 or cutting down a 9". I hate engineers BTW bwahahahahaha

McCaffrey

Sorry, I didn't mean you, but just the general feeling.

I know what you mean about engineers, they think WAY too much for their own good and go off the deep end pretty often.

mentalbreakdown00

Lol, sometimes they care nothing for us mechanics... oh wait I mean they never care...