The ticking timebomb under your lifted 2 door JK

[puck]

Originally Posted by OzAdventure4x4

greater stress on this joint which will eventually lead to it's failure - which has already occurred on our 4DR!

Ouch.. How much did it cost for repair / parts?

[JEEPCHIK]

So should we be paying more attention to the front driveshaft as it has a rubber boot protecting the internal bearings more so than the rear driveshaft I'm certainly going to start doing research into this issue and carry out whatever mod that suits my requirements to protect such a thing from happening to my JK.

It's not something I would want to start to fail on me on a roadtrip.

[xjdavid]

Got to wonder what goes on in the head of the Jeep engineers sometimes.

[Simsy85]

bugger eh? i'll have to whack mine up on the hoist and have a good look..

[JEEPCHIK]

Originally Posted by xjdavid

Got to wonder what goes on in the head of the Jeep engineers sometimes.

Yeah I reckon I'm thinking a Tom Woods custom driveshaft might be the go in the near future.But until then I will continue to read,read and read some more

[caseyg]

Originally Posted by xjdavid

Got to wonder what goes on in the head of the Jeep engineers sometimes.

IMHO i think they designed the vehicle for aftermarket modification pretty damn well.

when i was put the lift on mine I was really suprised at how flexible the vehicle was in enabling you to put in upgraded components yet still be able to utilise most of what was there from the factory.

for one example, the brake lines have enough slack built into them to easily extend to allow for the extra droop and flex that the new suspension gave the vehicle. all you have to do is bend the kinks our of them and you've got yourself plenty more brake line without needing to unhook the hydraulics, attach extended lines and hook them back up, bleed them etc..

the components they use are right for the vehicle in the that they sell on the factory floor - i dont expect that they take every single possible modification into account when building the vehicle. that would make it ridiculously expensive.

i think they give jeep enthusiasts a great canvas to start with, but there isn't any point in designing for every possible contingency - most of the vehicles they sell will never be modified.

we are the minority when it comes to their total sales. something like the JK Rubicon just doesn't exist in any other 4wd manufacturers range, i think we're damn lucky to get that!

[BrisNut]

Originally Posted by caseyg

IMHO i think they designed the vehicle for aftermarket modification pretty damn well.

when i was put the lift on mine I was really suprised at how flexible the vehicle was in enabling you to put in upgraded components yet still be able to utilise most of what was there from the factory.

for one example, the brake lines have enough slack built into them to easily extend to allow for the extra droop and flex that the new suspension gave the vehicle. all you have to do is bend the kinks our of them and you've got yourself plenty more brake line without needing to unhook the hydraulics, attach extended lines and hook them back up, bleed them etc..

the components they use are right for the vehicle in the that they sell on the factory floor - i dont expect that they take every single possible modification into account when building the vehicle. that would make it ridiculously expensive.

i think they give jeep enthusiasts a great canvas to start with, but there isn't any point in designing for every possible contingency - most of the vehicles they sell will never be modified.

we are the minority when it comes to their total sales. something like the JK Rubicon just doesn't exist in any other 4wd manufacturers range, i think we're damn lucky to get that!

Yah but Nissan and other make basic stuff like driveshafts tough enough to handle anything a mild modification can dish out. Jeep seem to make everything to the limit with no safety factor so, just wait till shafts and other parts have 6 years and 100,000km on them, they'll be failing on stock vehicles.