u joints whats the best
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For Axle U-Joints - Spicer are the best off the shelf under 100$ ea joints.
For Driveshaft U-Joints - Neapco are the best.
They are ALL Universal Joints. How you get wheel joints for a Axle Universal Joint is beyond me, but the guys at Autozone prolly know more then I LOL..
For Axle U-Joints - Spicer are the best off the shelf under 100$ ea joints.
For Driveshaft U-Joints - Neapco are the best.
They are ALL Universal Joints. How you get wheel joints for a Axle Universal Joint is beyond me, but the guys at Autozone prolly know more then I LOL..
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First off, he said U-JOINTS, not WHEEL JOINTS. Learn proper part names if your going to have an ******* response like that. No you do not have to pull axle shafts for U JOINTS you have to pull them for WHEEL JOINTS. And as I previously stated, go snap an axle shaft and tell me im wrong. an hour at the most to fix a U JOINT on the trail, walk home for an axle shaft. ****ing keyboard crawlers
Now that I got that out of the way, to the OP, Spicer u-joints are about the best quality you can get without upgrading the size.
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I never said the U Joints were different, I was simply pointing out that he was not talking about the wheel joints. Every time I have replaced mine they have been labeled wheel joints for ease of reference.
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actually the best u joint / axle joint is a CTM , they start at $250.00 each for dana 44 size , dont think they are even make one for a d 30 shaft. but i did correctly answer the original question.
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I don't think that's correct- if you called them that prior to this thread I would've thought you were talking about ball joints. In fact, if you google "Wheel joints," that's what the first few results show. Wheel universal joint may more accurately refer to the part you're talking about, but then why not just call them axle shaft u-joints? You have front and rear driveshaft u-joints and driver or passenger axle shaft u-joints. There's even a steering wheel u-joint!
Buuut anyway. Sealed or greaseable?
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I don't think that's correct- if you called them that prior to this thread I would've thought you were talking about ball joints. In fact, if you google "Wheel joints," that's what the first few results show. Wheel universal joint may more accurately refer to the part you're talking about, but then why not just call them axle shaft u-joints? You have front and rear driveshaft u-joints and driver or passenger axle shaft u-joints. There's even a steering wheel u-joint!
Buuut anyway. Sealed or greaseable?
Buuut anyway. Sealed or greaseable?
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Greasable if your u-joints are going to be submerged in water/mud and you are actually willing to service them on a regular basis, there's only so much contamination a sealed joint can keep out. If you are too old/fat to be crawling under your Jeep, throw in sealed and forget about it, replace as necessary.
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What is all this "wheel joint" talk. Technically a ball joint could fall under the wheel category as well, should we start calling ball joints "wheel joints"?
Axle U-Joint
Driveshaft U-Joint
Here, take this.. Youre a diva when youre hungry.
Axle U-Joint
Driveshaft U-Joint
First off, he said U-JOINTS, not WHEEL JOINTS. Learn proper part names if your going to have an ******* response like that. No you do not have to pull axle shafts for U JOINTS you have to pull them for WHEEL JOINTS. And as I previously stated, go snap an axle shaft and tell me im wrong. an hour at the most to fix a U JOINT on the trail, walk home for an axle shaft. ****ing keyboard crawlers
Last edited by LACK; 04-26-2017 at 12:32 PM.
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tomatoe / tomato
wheel joint/ u-joint/ axle joint/ outer joint/
spicers and be done with it. They have a great tool on thier website. You input your vehicle specs, and it tells you EXACTLY what joint you need and where it goes, and sell box em all up and mail em to ya.
wheel joint/ u-joint/ axle joint/ outer joint/
spicers and be done with it. They have a great tool on thier website. You input your vehicle specs, and it tells you EXACTLY what joint you need and where it goes, and sell box em all up and mail em to ya.