I never bend my D30 shafts
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Generally, a shaft with that type of failure indicates poor heat treating or bad metallurgy.
A shaft failure with proper heat treating and metallurgy usually looks like the pic below
A shaft failure with proper heat treating and metallurgy usually looks like the pic below
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JK Enthusiast
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I had to winch out and then towed! Dyna, thanks for the input. Did notice a few month ago that the U-joints were getting a reddish (not rusted) color, suggesting an overheat of some kind.
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JK Enthusiast
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Manufacturer made Good on the 10 year warranty. Only asked how did the break, and I really cannot pinpoint the moment, no bank, nothing, just lost tracktion on the front axe inside a deep mud pit. They sent new axles, which somehow look beefier to me, and asked for the broken axles back to analize the breakage!
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Manufacturer made Good on the 10 year warranty. Only asked how did the break, and I really cannot pinpoint the moment, no bank, nothing, just lost tracktion on the front axe inside a deep mud pit. They sent new axles, which somehow look beefier to me, and asked for the broken axles back to analize the breakage!
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Manufacturer made Good on the 10 year warranty. Only asked how did the break, and I really cannot pinpoint the moment, no bank, nothing, just lost tracktion on the front axe inside a deep mud pit. They sent new axles, which somehow look beefier to me, and asked for the broken axles back to analize the breakage!