NevadaZielmeister
Caught the Bug
Thank you for pointing that out. I did not know there was any warranty on the G2 axles, and 25 years for the fronts is pretty good given that is likely the life of my JK anyways.
Axle shafts for 37's
- Thread starter D.B.
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Thank you for pointing that out. I did not know there was any warranty on the G2 axles, and 25 years for the fronts is pretty good given that is likely the life of my JK anyways.
Gravedigger11
New member
JTPhoto JK
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I suppose it depends on the tire too. I snapped both front axles this past January while crawling slow and winching out of a snow filled ditch. There was no trail fix for that. Both axles snapped at the splines in the locker. I wouldn't take the chance again with stock axles and 37" Pitbulls. I went with RCVs because I don't want to deal with UJoints going out every winter.
So far so good.
So far so good.
cozdude
Guy with a Red 2-Door
What does a shaft snapping at the spline have to do with u joints?
JTPhoto JK
New member
Nothing at all. I didn't want to replace my broken shafts with chromo shafts with UJoints.
Some suggest to run stock axles til they break. I say don't wait .. Not always an easy trail fix.
Some suggest to run stock axles til they break. I say don't wait .. Not always an easy trail fix.
cozdude
Guy with a Red 2-Door
It's an easy trail fix if you carry spares
JTPhoto JK
New member
Wouldn't have helped me. Spline stubs were stuck in the locker. Had to pull the locker out and play around with it on the work bench to get the pieces out. Both axle seal obliterated.. I wish it would have been as easy as snapped u joint.
Dalton gang
New member
Hit the nail right on the head :yup
JTPhoto JK
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Up here chromo shafts are still 1k.. RCV $1185. That's not a whole lot of difference.
The price may not be a whole lot different but the crazy loud snapping/popping sound they'll develop will be.
Mike_JK_Houston_711
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What loud popping noise are you referring to on RCV shafts? I have them...just want to know what to look out for.
JTPhoto JK
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So basically the same noises you get from bad axle UJoints.
Not exactly. It's more of a SNAP SNAP SNAP kind of sound as opposed to a clicking. Also, the likelihood that the joint will break is not very high on an rzeppa type of CV but the sound is bad enough that it sure as hell sounds like somethings going to break. For such a superior product that costs hundreds of dollars more than a standard u-joint, I find it to be a difficult to accept as being "normal". Sure, RCV will rebuild the joint for you but you have to ship them your shafts on your dime and have them shipped back to you. Of course, in the mean time, you're out of a Jeep that you can drive.
Nope, not even close. When they finally start to SNAP and POP, you'll know it. Sad things is, after 80,000 miles, my factory u-joints were still quite as the day I got my Jeep before I upgraded them and packed them up as spares.
JTPhoto JK
New member
Well you are lucky then. With road salt and mud up here we are lucky to see 40,000klm out of UJoints. Original factory maybe 60,000klm but definitely not from replacements. So far my RCVs have 20,000klm and quiet. Fingers crossed, if they are as bad as you say then I'll change them. Can't see them being any worse then UJoints up here anyway.
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A.J.
Active Member
Send them back? Rebuild them yourself. I bought into the hype and have them. I probably would not buy again, but haven't had any problems. I keep them greased and they work fine so far. I have had chromoly shafts and full circle clips on other vehicles and they work fine too. Are RCV's worth the $$$? Probably not. If/when I upgrade my axles I won't buy them again, but they have worked ok. Either way you get a lot less practice changing joints on the trail. Back in the 90's I got pretty good at it. I was so stoked when I got my first set of alloy axles(warn at the time) and solid joints (spicer 297x I think) with full circle clips. Got to wheel longer and harder but eventually broke those too.