I love the idea of this kit .

Bearings are so much nicer to change than the whole unit bearing! Also it will void your warranty but you will be getting chromoly inners and outers with new bearings!!



David

 

ANYONE who does the converson on a Rubicon 2 door 6 speed with Stockish 33inch tires PLEASE let me know what kind of MPG gains you get.
I am just looing for a cookie to get my "stocker" the way I want it.................... 285 75 17 KM2's and 2 inch Rustys JK springs with FT track bars and Rancho 9000's, or, Black diamond's 3 inch system with optional rear track bar
and Rancho 9000's.

 

ANYONE who does the converson on a Rubicon 2 door 6 speed with Stockish 33inch tires PLEASE let me know what kind of MPG gains you get.
I am just looing for a cookie to get my "stocker" the way I want it.................... 285 70 17 KM2's on Crager Soft (8" or 9"??)and 2 inch Rustys JK springs with FT track bars and Rancho 9000's, or, Black diamond's 3 inch system with optional rear track bar and Rancho 9000's.
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Keep'n the rubber side down

 

you can always take out the front drive shaft and limp home

 

That's true. Or even the front Axle shaft. I wonder if we could get Puddlz to do a write-up on it.

Oh wait. That's not actually true. You most likely still need to remove any broken parts, ummm I think

 

O.K. Mr VP lets not go there,

although the new axles come with a lifetime warranty from what I was told.

 

I don't think you can do much if a unit bearing fails but call the damn dealer to haul it in and fix it.

 

Hate to sound stupid, but what exactly are we talking about here? Putting old school lockout hubs on? isn't that just more parts to break? I've heard of more people having damage to hubs then axles. I'm not sure I understand the benefit here? I could see the benefit in 2 wheel drive around town, but who cares about that. Not trying to argue, just don't understand.... I know that locking hubs were stronger then the auto locking hubs, but we don't have that problem.

 

I'm starting to think more about this... how would it work with our set up? when you unlocked the hubs, would our front driveshaft still rotate in 2-hi? If it wouldn't then I think this would be worth it for me to save wear and tear on my front Aussie, and to not have it popping and scaring the kiddies in the parking lots also would probably be less drag/resistance at hi-way speeds and probably get a tad better mileage right?

 

you mean like put it in 4 low with out the hubs locked? that would be good if you needed slow torque on pavement... this is starting to sound better. more versatile it seems.