Is there a price for the conversion kit yet. and can I get them direct or do I have to get them trough a dealer?

 

So are you going to tell us how you did it?

 

ditto, why would you buy an aftermarket one if you could possibly get it taken care of under warranty. The vehicle was designed to be taken offroad so if it broke offroad it should still be under warranty. Thats the whole reason I payed for the rubi.

 

After looking at the axles that are in there I am not Comfortable driving around with no clips to hold the cups in on the U-joint. That is what has been figured happened is that a cup flew off of one of the posts on the U-Joint and riped the ears off o the axels.

This has been a problem with Jeeps "Rubicons" Since 03' and they still haven't done anything to fix the problem the new ones anr the same as they were last year.

So the Question is How much to convert over to Axles that have retainer clips sp this won't happen again.

 

I can think of allot of situations where you could easily create enough stress to break these with stock tires, especially novice wheelers who have never had a selectable front locker before....I can't believe guys are running these with 37's and stock front axle shafts....

 

TJ Rubicons have always had clips on the u-joint caps and I have a hard time believing the JK U-Joints are any different, the TJ RUBI problem was that the outer stub ears were stretching then the caps were rotating thus throwing the stock clips, loosing the cap and breaking the outter stub shaft,....IMHO this is caused by using the front locker in situations where it isn't required, I've seen lots of guys throw that front locker on as soon as they get off the pavement ,...Bad idea, this is hard on the whole front driveline especially U-Joints and Upper control arms.

Don't use a locker unless you need to is a good rule to live/wheel by

 

There are no clips and haven't been on the rubicons since 2003

 

There are definitely clips, just not on the outside. This is not a jeep thing, but a basic design that is present on nearly all spicer front axles and many others as well. Most aftermarket high-strength axles have larger flat areas machined on the inside where the clip rests to allow a full-circle clip to be installed (still on the inside) vice one that covers only slightly more than 180 degrees of the bearing cap. Just for fun, I checked and verified that solid axle chevrolet 1/2 tons use the same 297 joints you can find under any pre-07 wrangler whether it's a 30 or a 44. The 07 rubi uses bigger joints (1350 series) but still uses those miserable half-circle inside clips.

 

They are now 760's, not 297's. They do not have the same clips. They are full circle clips.

 

ya there a pressed in cap and if they get loose then they just fly out. I guess tacking them would work but since chrysler just informed me that they will not warrenty it so I might as well upgrade