Matthewd5

I hope the broken d60's were guys trying to climb up /over big boulders?

With my factory d30 and d44 and no lockers I had to stomp on the skinny pedal to get through sections where stock rubicons with their lockers on just rolled right through it!

I'm looking forward to way less skinny pedal and enjoy my lockers

BANZAIKEV

So I thought that you are more likely to break something if you are locked. Am I wrong?

Maertz

it depends they usually are, but last weekend one gave out on a buggy racing down an arroyo on the decel. Im assuming the gears cracked or something elsewhere then gave out there, or a bad install. but commonly its a big rock wall they go up and need to give it some gas and keep on it then they get a little wheel hop and boom...something along those lines lol

Maertz

honestly you can break either way, it just can vary on what you actually break...theres never a set rule on what will break though.

FlexyJK

Running 37 military wheels and tires. Im sleeved and gusseted and wheel moderately.

Matthewd5

I tried really hard to upgrade everything I could to avoid weak links...

I think my weakest link is the transfer case...

My axles and driveshafts are hopefully overkill

Matthew

courtsm3

D30 and putting on 37 km2's tomorrow. Sleeves, gussets and truss going in after my rotation. Keeping the stock axles as recommended by several wheelers. Cheapest and easiest to fix. Oh ya running 4.88's.

BANZAIKEV

Keep us informed on the truss. I am running 35in Procomp X terrains on my D30 and will upgrade to 37's when these wear out. I wheel moderately to heavy. So far so good. I would like to just do an artec truss if I can.

Matthewd5

Hard to compare a JK to a buggy

Although I had my driveshafts made by a guy who builds a lot of driveshafts for racing buggies

I hope that means that my drive shafts are near the bottom of my weakest link list!

I'm no physics expert, but I figure the amount of stress put on an axle is largely based on both the weight and the size of the tire/wheel...

Kind like if you measure a 42" plasma tv and a 50" plasma tv, the extra 8" makes a large % of screen size increase, if that makes sense?

Matthew

JKBANDIT55

Im running 37s on my d30. I ran trails all summer long every weekend on them and they held up strong for a long time.

However, I did blow my spider gears on Liberty trail here in CO. Very tough trail that honestly took all my jeep had to get down it. Coming back up I was trying to climb up a 2.5-3' ledge and I couldn't get up it. With the wheels locked to the left I did what I shouldnt have and gassed it hard. Boom.

Now this could have all been avoided if I took a better line and didnt gas it so hard. So it was my fault.

Other than that, the d30 has held up through lots of the tougher trails here in CO and I have confidence It will hold up just fine taking it easy on the skinny pedal and choose the right lines.

I will be upgrading when I can, but for now, it will do just fine!