My offroading is deep south, lots of mud, dirt and rock mix. We dont have massive boulders typically like a lot of you guys do. I will not be doing anything like what you all do out West. I built my rig specifically for this style of wheelin. I have begun to work on my front axles now before I destroy them. Currently I installed the front JKS brace(which is freaking stout by the way) and the EVO C gussetts. I also obtained the EVO 44 mags. After doing some searching through the theads I have wondered if I even need to do the 44 mags. My original plan was to install the EVO 44 mags and then put in some alloy usa axles, now with the kind of offroading around here, do I really need to do this? I am going to defer gears right now because my 4.1 are fine, Georgia is as flat as can be and I have a manual. Any and all opinions welcomed

 

Have you ever broke shafts before? If you haven't I wouldn't worry much about putting alloy shafts in. Mud is usually pretty easy on shafts, but hard on bearings and seals.

 

If your choice was between purchasing or not purchasing, sure. But you HAVE them. Toss em in and give us a report...

 

I only have the sleeves, not the axles. If I am not going to replace the axles ,is there a point to sleeve the axle tube?

 

Ryan, I'm down here in the Southeast too, and often your concern isn't the mud, it's what's under it!

Since you have a trailblazer, pathfinder, multi-purpose rescue rig like me, I'd look into building it as tough as possible.
The only thing worse than breaking an axle, is breaking an axle on that log under deep mud. Ask me how I know!

 

My problem with mud is....you never know what's in it. If you go ahead and get good axles, it won't as much of a concern.

 

IMO mud can be pretty hard on axles. The guys I know that are into mud squish the go pedal down until the tires are churning 12000RPMS. Then if they get traction shit hits the fan. Something you may want to consider also is welding the caps on your u-joints at the stub. Lots of guys have twisted caps off then broke the ears off the axle, stub, or both.

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I see alot of mud as well and I bought some mag 44 sleeves to help keep mud out of the axle tunes and hopefully it will make my axle seals last longer. And for those who think because mud is slippery you dont break axles... you are wrong! Like previously stated it takes alot of wheel speed to keep the mud out of the tires.

 

Good advice, you have a pretty sick rig by the way.