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Old May 12, 2010 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ronjenx
It has been established it's OK to roll without front axle shafts on the JK. The 2wd JK uses the same hubs, with no stub shafts installed.

Previous hubs required the stub shaft and nut to hold things together.
thanks ronjenx, guess i missed that somewhere.

then that would explain why i had no problems running like that, haha
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Old May 12, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by captjay
thanks ronjenx, guess i missed that somewhere.

then that would explain why i had no problems running like that, haha
This should bring it all into focus:

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/stock-jk-tech-12/oem-front-wheel-unit-bearing-study-124299/
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Old May 12, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ronjenx
This should bring it all into focus:

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124299
thanks again man, how many thunbs up am i going to have to give u this morning??

i went back through and some reason the link didnt show up before, but i know i have had page loading problems last few days. appreciate the repost and not being a smartass about it

very simple but alot to it when u look at it broken down
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Old May 12, 2010 | 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by captjay
thanks again man, how many thunbs up am i going to have to give u this morning??

i went back through and some reason the link didnt show up before, but i know i have had page loading problems last few days. appreciate the repost and not being a smartass about it

very simple but alot to it when u look at it broken down
You wouldn't be using firefox, would you?

I have been having page loading problems lately with Firefox.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 10:12 PM
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im using internet explorer, i think its my conection, im on wireless and it goes in and and alot lately. so im always having to reload or refresh the page because of not loading fully and pics and text will be out of place or even overlapping each other when suppose to be separate, anyways, appreciate the link again
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Old May 13, 2010 | 07:15 AM
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I know I came into this one a little late (I've been out of town) but just to help you feel beter about driving without your axle, I ran mine with the EVO SBS plug for three weeks on my daily driver. It took forever for me to get my replacement axle so I didn't have much of a choice.
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