My brother, DannyL, ran stock axles (Lincon locker in back and a lockrite in front) with 5.13 gears in them. 4.16 Tcase and 33"s. It wasn't until he put 35"s on his rig he break any axles. Since then a birfield and a rear axle. I have seen many guys run sammy axles with 35"+. Most have success but still have broken axles to deal with occasionaly. As I recall, Mike Lagace broke 3 rears and a front with 35"s or 36" at suzican this year. IMHO it all depends on how you drive and what type of trails you like.

Good luck with the new Zuk.

 

fill out your profile info 1st and we probably can help better.

what kind of sammi and stuff.........

 

Ozzie, Thanks for the response...

To the others... I have filled out my Profile as much as I choose. I fail to see anything (with exception to Location) which would help anyone answer my question. And in all reality, my location won't help much either.

However, if the real question you want to ask me is the following, I'll go ahead and answer it for you..

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Do you wheel Mud Or Rocks?
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Mud Sucks, and Bring on the rocks anyday...

Cliff

 

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Mud Sucks, and Bring on the rocks anyday...

[/ QUOTE ] AHHH... music to my ears! You will need to spend some big dough on upgrading axle shafts to run 33's or 35's in the rocks happily. It can be done but use the skinny pedal sparingly. The common swap is toyota axles from '79-'85. or landcruisers nearly any year. these are nearly bulletproof under a sammy. Theres a set for sale right now.

 

I Thought this might be the answer...

I'd already been looking at the Yota Swap, but was hoping to save some cash at the moment and live with the Stock Axles....

Thanks again,
Cliff

 

Give it a go on the stockers, you may be ok for a while. Just bring some tools and spare axles.