I installed a set of evo gussets and Teraflex sleeves in my JK and evo gussets and evo sleeves in another person's JK. Do yourself a favour and use all evo parts. Nothing against Teraflex, but the sleeves were a little too large in diameter on the passenger side and we fought like hell to drive them in the last six inches. BTW, my housing was not bent and the jeep had 3k on it at the time of install.

Picture a 24" chunk of railway iron slung from my shop rafter and about 100 to 120 swings. There was no pulling it out after the first foot so we did what we had to do to slam it the rest of the way. On the up side, the interference fit means I must have one strong axle!

I did the evo tubes after mine and they were way easier. Just my 2 cents...

 

if you have a small bench top drill press it ill make your life much easier. helped one of my buddys do theses we took his drill press put it on the floor and the using a combination of jack stands we we able to position the axle to drill all of the holes quick and easy. if i remember correctly we still had to do one or two only because the drill press was too bulky to fit into some spots.

 

Thanks for the input EVO! I. have your front mini skids, want to get rear andsleeves and C gussets to do it all at once. Any fear of roasting the ball joints, or you just weld a little at a time and switch sides to keep heat down?

 

No problem. Those EVO products in my opinion are all must haves/cheap insurance.

Replacing the ball joints at the same time is a good idea, but we have installed hundreds of these without replacing the ball joints and no issue.

Follow the instructions and you should be good. Short welds, alternating sides, wet rags.

EVO...

 

You guys make great stuff! What ball joints would you suggest? Im all stock right now, but plan on a lift with 35sthe hopefully over the winter.

 

If you are going to replace them, then I would suggest replacing them once and never again. What I mean by this is purchase the DynaTrac ProSteers. They are expensive but are constructed significantly better and should last a very long time.

 

Krazyk, I probably don't "need" it.....but I seem to have a black cloud over my head....

 

The JK Dana44s are stronger than previous years when it comes to internals. But the housing themselves have longer tubes and the Cs are quite a bit taller. With that said it has been shown many times on the forum that these front axles, dana30 or 44 will bend at some point, just depends on the situation. Some may last forever without bending. Others we have seen bent with stock wheels and tires. All and all it is your decision whether or not to strengthen the axle.

 

I have the Teraflex sleeves and they fit like a glove. I also like that they don’t have o-rings.

 

I have access to a 110v welder. Will that be good enough for welding the Cs?