today's carnage

[cracker]

well there's the issue, you had a matensitic u joint
would you bother with those again? wondering if it's worth it for me.
i hear ya on the d60 outers but that's just not in the cards right now.

I totally would run the CTMs again (and again and again). Those things went through hell and back and for one to give up the ghost after all that is completely understandable. I also have a D60 set in my other rig.

I would also consider RCVs as well should I run a smaller axle again.

That being said, according to specs I read on the interweb, stock Dana 60 shafts are stronger than D44/30 alloys so if you were to allocate funds.....

 

[Vanimal]

I totally would run the CTMs again (and again and again). Those things went through hell and back and for one to give up the ghost after all that is completely understandable. I also have a D60 set in my other rig.

I would also consider RCVs as well should I run a smaller axle again.

That being said, according to specs I read on the interweb, stock Dana 60 shafts are stronger than D44/30 alloys so if you were to allocate funds.....

forgot about RCV's. hmmmm.....

i guess every time i had a break i already had a gut feeling it was going to happen before it did. running the same area every week 10 minutes from home can be dangerous as i probably do things i probably wouldnt do, and looking at the same line over and over again is just too much temptation when you're running out of other things to try. i know better on this line now, i'm over it

 

[Vanimal]

I don't see any height restrictions in the rules of this challenge!! When do you want to go watch me try this?!!:badpc:

lol anytime. you're a good driver, but this just isnt happening, especially open/open. the picture doesnt even show anything.

 

[sdspearo]

i know better on this line now, i'm over it

Yea, "over it" as in with a busted axle, ball-joints, and a little help from a winch cable

 

[Vanimal]

Come on Art, does it really matter how we got there?

 

[Vanimal]

hmmmm 500 for ctm's or 1k for rcv's...........

 

[GSequoia]

i guess every time i had a break i already had a gut feeling it was going to happen before it did.

The trick is to back off a bit when you get that feeling...

 

[Vanimal]

well this time i thought it was just gas.

 

[cracker]

hmmmm 500 for ctm's or 1k for rcv's...........

Don't totally look at it that way.......

There is a group of us who have been through hell and back on D44s (WCGIC) mostly on 37s. Most of these guys don't come around these parts anymore but in the end, the weakest point in the MANY of broken items was always the ears of the yolks. We rarely had issue with 19 spline coarse splines, drive slugs, CTMs, inner 30 splines, etc....at the end of the day our weak link liked to point at the ears of the shafts. Don't get me wrong, we broke everything but a common weak link was the ears of the u-joint yolk.

RCVs don't have that issue. One of these old WCGIC guys is currently building a 44 and he is going the route of the RCV cuz of this on a light weight buggy...we'll see how it holds.

Just food for thought.....

 

[stockerwithalocker]

I totally would run the CTMs again (and again and again). Those things went through hell and back and for one to give up the ghost after all that is completely understandable. I also have a D60 set in my other rig.

I would also consider RCVs as well should I run a smaller axle again.

That being said, according to specs I read on the interweb, stock Dana 60 shafts are stronger than D44/30 alloys so if you were to allocate funds.....

I seem to remember reading in one of the magazines that RCV's for a JK 44 (yes I know bigger shafts and I believe a bigger CV?) were stronger than a stock 60. Not sure on normal 44 stuff though?

Heck just step back down to 33's, drive with a little more finesse and you will have a blast. Spencer and I are on Dana 30's with 33's and other than taking out motors/body panels when flopping we have had pretty good luck.

 

[Vanimal]

Don't totally look at it that way.......

There is a group of us who have been through hell and back on D44s (WCGIC) mostly on 37s. Most of these guys don't come around these parts anymore but in the end, the weakest point in the MANY of broken items was always the ears of the yolks. We rarely had issue with 19 spline coarse splines, drive slugs, CTMs, inner 30 splines, etc....at the end of the day our weak link liked to point at the ears of the shafts. Don't get me wrong, we broke everything but a common weak link was the ears of the u-joint yolk.

RCVs don't have that issue. One of these old WCGIC guys is currently building a 44 and he is going the route of the RCV cuz of this on a light weight buggy...we'll see how it holds.

Just food for thought.....

i guess that sounded like i was being cheap and leaning towards the ctm's but i was thinking the rcv's are the better deal as i still have to spend some money to replace the currently broken shafts if i went with the ctm's. I wouldnt be out much more if i went with the RCV's, maybe 200-300? then i'm still left with shafts that twisted within a few runs. i think i'll fix this with a regular 760 spicer, take it a little easier on it and if i do anything, save up for some rcv's or go with a d60. neither ctm's or rcv's are happening this or even next month unless i win the lotto.
don't rcv's have a lifetime no questions asked warranty or something?

 

[cracker]

idon't rcv's have a lifetime no questions asked warranty or something?

Not certain. I thought I heard they used to but it was changed due to abuse.

 

[rockclimber]

I have CTMs in my dana 30... :gee:

 

[boostamante]

blah blah blah... attention whore.. blah blah blah....

 

[94RHD XJ]

whats ctm rcvs??? sorry im still new to all this

 

[GSequoia]

Fancy replacement for the universal joints in your axle shafts, many times stronger and many more times more expensive. If you're beating on it though they can be quite worth the expense.

 

[rockclimber]

whats ctm rcvs??? sorry im still new to all this

CTMs are U-joints for the axles that are made of 300m.

RCVs are a type of axle shaft that uses a large Constant Velocity joint instead of U-joints.

 

[Vanimal]

blah blah blah... attention whore.. blah blah blah....

are we posting our newest facial hairdos on facebook or something?

 

[boostamante]

are we posting our newest facial hairdos on facebook or something?

That's what FB is for, Duh!

 

[souske]

CTMs are U-joints for the axles that are made of 300m.

RCVs are a type of axle shaft that uses a large Constant Velocity joint instead of U-joints.

The chrysler 300m just seemed like an old man,car to me. Might as well get u joints made out of buicks at,that poimt