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I keep reading that the heavy wheels are bending the axles, and that I should gusset and sleeve the front. Why/how does the weight of the tire bend the axle? Most of the other comments make sense to me but this one. Most of my reading seems to point that they bend in the upward fashion, am I wrong? Do the bend in the down ward fashion? I'm going to 35's soon and just trying to figure out what else I need to do.
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But the weight of the jeep stays the same if you were on stock wheels. They are not getting bent. If you have a 55 lbs or a 25lbs tire sitting on the ground, there is no added weight to the axle. The rim is still bolted to the same place so there is no more leverage being added to the axle. At least that is the way I see it.
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But the weight of the jeep stays the same if you were on stock wheels. They are not getting bent. If you have a 55 lbs or a 25lbs tire sitting on the ground, there is no added weight to the axle. The rim is still bolted to the same place so there is no more leverage being added to the axle. At least that is the way I see it.
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I bent stock "c"s on a rubi D44 on a pretty mild trail with stock rubi wheels and tires.
If you own a Jeep, and plan to do so much as drive over curbs... get the gussets
$50 to save you over $1000
If you own a Jeep, and plan to do so much as drive over curbs... get the gussets
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I agree that the weight of the wheels should not bend the axle upward, no matter how heavy they are. It doesn't make any sense to me either. Going to a smaller backspace and wider tire gives more leverage that would bend the axle. That makes more sense.