Is installing the gussets on the front axle really needed or will it last at least 100,000 miles? What does everyone have and if I was to plan on changing the front axle down the road anyway...is there a point to it??

Thanks for the input!!

 

The axle C's on both the d-30 and d-44 are a known weak point as far as getting bent especially with oversize tires. Some on here have bent there's with just a little bigger than stock tires.
I have the EVO gussets on mine.

 

I ordered the ego gussets , because its better to-be safe then broke down on a trail. Plus a couple of hundred now is way better than a new axle later because you broke the one you got trying to save a few bucks.

My two cents...

Huck271 on my new EVO

2010 Rubicon Unlimited

 

$50 will get you the gussets
you can save a great deal of coin welding them yoursef

and they will also help keep your axle in good order if you tend to drive bad roads a bit or hit the speed bumps a little faster