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Old 09-11-2013, 02:45 PM
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I bought the Artec truss for my front Rubicon axle and I want to go ahead and sleeve it at the same time. Any recommendations on sleeves or are one set of sleeves as good as the next?
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That kits great if I wasn't going to use the Artec truss... I don't think it will work with it. I guess I could get just the inner sleeves, but what makes them better than anyone else's?
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Yeah, probably wouldn't work with the truss. I just like the idea of outer sleeves.

For inner sleeves, I think the decision is more with or without seals than which brand is better. Or maybe thinner nitro vs thicker weld-in, giving the option of a future ARB upgrade. Welded nitros?
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If you're gonna truss it,you really don't need the sleeves
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Originally Posted by familytime
If you're gonna truss it,you really don't need the sleeves
X2. One or the other will do the job
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If I was going to sleeve I would go with rock slide engineering external sleeves so I could run a 35 spline shaft.
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There was a post recently (brut4ce, maybe?) talking about trusses giving better protection for up/down forces, like higher speed driving over dips and such, and sleeves giving better protection from low speed smacks into rocks. (I may be off a bit, but I think that was the general gist of it). If your budget allows both, and you have no plans of upgrading to an aftermarket housing, why not do both?
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Originally Posted by thegoat
If I was going to sleeve I would go with rock slide engineering external sleeves so I could run a 35 spline shaft.
Nitro internal sleeves accept 35 spline axles also.



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