A new, heavy-duty differential cover line for Dana 30, 35 and 44 axles are available from Alloy USA to help keep your gear oil where it's supposed to be. Suwanee, Ga. – Alloy USA® announced the release of its new line of Aluminum Differential Covers for the Dana 30, 35 and 44 differentials. Each cover is designed to help protect … [Read more...]
Broken Axle Housing Lessons
Clara was my 2009 Rubicon Unlimited, with C-gussets and lower control arm skids on her factory Dana 44 axle housing. She was wearing a 2.5” Teraflex suspension and factory BFG KM1’s at the time of the incident described here. “Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his … [Read more...]
Alloy USA New D44 X-Joint for Rubicon JKs
Check out this new U-joint option for folks looking to beef up the front axles on their Rubicon JKs and JKUs from Alloy USA. Lots of earlier JKs are coming up on or already passed the age where U-joint replacement is a good preventive maintenance step to ensure you don't have issues on the trail. ----- Direct, Heavy Duty Replacement for OE … [Read more...]
Off Road Trail Tools Broken Axle Tool
Crawling over that rock or waterfall, one eye on the road, the other on your spotter. Rubber starts squealing, you start getting some wheel spin and in that last second you give it some more gas to try to get it over. BANG, SNAP! You get this sick feeling in your gut as you just broke one of your rear axles. What to do now? … [Read more...]
Moab: To Hell Dorado and Back
Practical Tips From the Driver's Seat
Everybody wants a Jeep that looks good and is highly capable off-road, and after purchasing a new Jeep, the question almost always crosses one’s mind: How should I spend my aftermarket dollars? Lift kit or bigger tires? … [Read more...]
Winter Wheelin' With NAXJA
Jeeping. It’s a love hate relationship. It consumes money and time with the ferocity of a Kansas tornado. It leaves you up to your chin in cold water, buried in mud, replacing broken parts in sub-zero temps, baking on sandstone, and presents a myriad of other unforeseeable perils. … [Read more...]