Front driveshaft leaking at transfer case, Rzeppa seal
01-29-2012, 03:50 PM
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If you go off-road and flex the DS bends even more with the articulation of the front end. It'll spit a line of grease, quit, then if you wheel, spit more grease, quit, etc. Until most if not all the grease is gone. Therefore as WOL had mentioned before, kinda sucks when it gives its last breathe when your on a trail. Mine lasted about a year on a 4in lift only wheeling it about 4 times during that period.
01-29-2012, 05:29 PM
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my front Boot failed too. and after all the reviews I read, I went with Tom Woods. the U joint lifetime warranty sold me if it breaks and the shaft is damaged they will replace it 
.. I'm happy with it.
.. I'm happy with it.
01-29-2012, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by wayoflife
a lot of good that'll do you on the trail but, i'm happy to see you can think for yourself and do whatever it is you want with your jeep
01-29-2012, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Fenrir
Such a true statement regarding warranties.
"Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of shit. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time."
Classic.
02-03-2012, 05:06 AM
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Ahhh I was looking for this thread last night. I subscribed this time. I've got the grease splat on the front shaft, rear boot. I'll be ordering up a new one in a couple weeks. I plan on wheeling a few (or more as the wife allows ; ) times a year so I don't want to loose it on the trails. A big thanks to WOL for advise through a different thread and to all my jk'n kin here for sharing your experiences.
02-03-2012, 06:10 AM
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My woods shaft has issues after 2000 miles and the ujoints were the cause. 
A greased u joint basically broke apart on the caps and caused my normally 45 minute drive to work to take hours. Not only that, customer service was a joke and the other 2 joints went out in less than 30 miles after i replaced the first with a spicer joint. Tom woods is OK if you never plan on having to call them and you get spicer joints. Btw i haven't been offroad with that driveshaft to this date but i do have 8k on the spicers with no issue OR vibrations
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A greased u joint basically broke apart on the caps and caused my normally 45 minute drive to work to take hours. Not only that, customer service was a joke and the other 2 joints went out in less than 30 miles after i replaced the first with a spicer joint. Tom woods is OK if you never plan on having to call them and you get spicer joints. Btw i haven't been offroad with that driveshaft to this date but i do have 8k on the spicers with no issue OR vibrations
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02-03-2012, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by wayoflife
don't know for sure the price difference, i just know they don't come standard. in case you missed it on the other thread, ms5490renegade posted this last night...
again, just make sure you upgrade to spicer u-joints before you have to upgrade to them.