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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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Default gears or axle shafts
i can only do 1 so what do you recomend ?? gears or axle shafts. I have a 2007 rubicon with a 3.25 rustys off road lift and MTZ 35s with 4.10 gears
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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Gears

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Gears

Upgrade the axles if/when you break them.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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Get the gears and wait for the shafts to break.


-doh, beat me by 1 min mmcan...
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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How often and how hard do you wheel it?

I would say shafts.

4.10's and 35's aren't bad at all on the road and with the 4:1 case it's still a good ratio off road.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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im the kind of guy that likes to fix things be for they break... if you no what i mean.. hahaha. should i still gear it first?
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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Axles take a bit of effort to break. They might not break for months/years depending on how hard you wheel your JK.

The gears will provide pleasure every time you drive it.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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4.10's and 35's aren't bad at all
That'll get us back to the whole regearing based on tranny type discussion. But yeah, if you're even asking about gears, you already see the 'need' to regear. As opposed to shafts you may or may not ever actually break.
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Gears. Then, when you do get shafts, all you need to do is slide them in.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 04:59 PM
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if i do go with gears should i go 5.13? I have a 6 speed trans
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 05:15 PM
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i wish i had that choice but if i did i would go with the gears
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