We have Nitro's pound in's,they do the job.On the other hand truss for the average jeeper who can't weld or makes an attempt to do so,will most likely bend their housing from the welding if not done correctly.Most welding shops can do this with ease,but could get expensive and you have to remove your housing.

 

Has anyone welded their own truss on. As I understand it to much heat in one place can warp the housing. What's the proper procedure on say the artec truss? I ask cause this is the one I'm interested in.

 

100% accurate. Actual time installing mine both sides was about 3 minutes with the wife swinging the hammer. No special tool. I do not see how a truss can be easier by a long shot and I'd have to believe that to be done correctly, the housing should be jigged while welding. Maybe one could get away with very short runs of a wire fed mig while alternating sides, but the time and effort far outweighs the sleeves either way.

But that's just me, I like shit done right.

 

edit: nm dn't want to get sucked into a flame war...

 

You might try their website. The instructions are listed.

 

Thanks didn't see them the first time around. Has anyone had good results doing it like this, anything you would do different or did do that would help?

 

That's how I did it... Wheeled it pretty hard this past weekend and everything held up, I'm pretty sure everything around the truss and tb bracket will fall apart before they fail..

 

Sorry man, didn't mean to come off as starting a "flame war". All I'm saying is that IMO sleeves are plenty insurance for probably 90% of the wheelers on here including myself and I wheel "difficult" rated trails in CO. Would a truss be even better insurance? Yes, absolutely, if done correctly. But to be done correctly, it's time consuming and requires some good welding skills and, IMO, way overkill for most of the wheeling most people will ever do. I'd venture to guess many do more harm than good installing these trusses if they aren't following all the precautions in the instructions or jigging.

I went with sleeves because I felt it's all I need really, maybe I'm wrong. It's "good enough" for me but if I were to realize a need to go the truss method, I may just consider a beefier axle assembly with better pinion angle assignment and components all around.

 

Here are a few pictures of us getting the truss welded on. The key is to go slow and move around on the axle to keep the temperature down. It's really not a difficult install.

With the wheeling we do I didn't even consider the Nitro sleeves but a weld in sleeve would have probably taken care of the job but the truss is just extra insurance.

I agree with the previous post it all comes down to the wheeling you intend to do.