Rubicon Axle Housing Snapped!
03-08-2008, 05:19 PM
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i just went out and looked with mine and also didnt see any marks other then where its rusting and the paint is peeling off. i wish i had the time to get the underside of my jeep redone with some better paint. ugh... only a year old and the entire underside is rusted. 
03-08-2008, 10:18 PM
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I think the most obvious reply is to tell this rook to aim for the rocks with his tires and not the housing. It doesn't seem in your pictures that you actually see alot of rocks, so I assume that you must drive into every rock that you encounter. Sack up and buy the new axle and next time aim your tires at the rocks..........
03-09-2008, 04:17 AM
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One thing to remember, if this is a metal fatigue problem, the paint will come off where it is going to crack, before it actually cracks. The metal is flexing at the point where the crack starts and this flexing causes the paint to go. Not trying to get everyone to freak out over rust lines, but one that is going to snap would first show up as a rust line.
If you are really worried about it, you could shine it up with a grinder, which would make it easier to see a crack, but then warrenty would be an issue "why were you grinding on your axle?"
If you are really worried about it, you could shine it up with a grinder, which would make it easier to see a crack, but then warrenty would be an issue "why were you grinding on your axle?"
03-10-2008, 01:03 PM
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I think the most obvious reply is to tell this rook to aim for the rocks with his tires and not the housing. It doesn't seem in your pictures that you actually see alot of rocks, so I assume that you must drive into every rock that you encounter. Sack up and buy the new axle and next time aim your tires at the rocks..........
03-10-2008, 01:05 PM
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Mine was built in Feb '07.
I believe Trail Buds was built around the same time.
03-12-2008, 05:10 PM
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Come on Jeep builds over 5000 JK's PER DAY, a handful a D44 axle tube breakage is statistically insignificant.
Quit Generalizing
2008 JK
39x12.50R17
Cummins 4B/3.9L Diesel
Dyno-ed at 286 hp/410 ft-lb torqe
Dynatrack 60 (front) 80 (rear)
(8)Currie Johny Joint control arms
Terraflex Coils
JKS quike disconects
much, much more
I went mad
Quit Generalizing
2008 JK
39x12.50R17
Cummins 4B/3.9L Diesel
Dyno-ed at 286 hp/410 ft-lb torqe
Dynatrack 60 (front) 80 (rear)
(8)Currie Johny Joint control arms
Terraflex Coils
JKS quike disconects
much, much more
I went mad
Last edited by BOSS; 03-12-2008 at 05:29 PM.