Axle Questions

[Hoyas 011]

I have a 97 Wrangler i currently have a Dana 35 with a posi in the rear and a Dana 30 up in front, The question is could you strengthen the Dana 30 so it wont break as frequent or would I just be better of trying to replace the whole axle.

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

The d30 is a fairly decent axle, can handle up to 33" tires pretty well. I've seen the d35 break much more often.

Are you having any breakage? What's happening?

 

[Hoyas 011]

Well I was offroading and I was doing a hill climb but suddenly my front yoke just tore apart and my universal joint in better words seemed like it exploded. I also replaced the gears in both axles. Any way I heard that d30 was really weak and I was better off just replacing the axle? I'm not sure if that's true or not.

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

With 32" tires the d30 should hold up pretty well. 9 times out of 10 the d35 rear axle will be the first of the two to fail. Sounds like your failure may not be due to a weak axle, but simply the failure of a serviceable part.

There are no 'easy' front axle upgrades for a TJ, short of a d44 from a Rubicon but it's not much of an upgrade. Problem finding an axle is having to make the wheel lug pattern work as well as welding on all the required brackets.

 

[Hoyas 011]

ok thanks