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<blockquote data-quote="RangerRick" data-source="post: 428777" data-attributes="member: 19360"><p>[USER=19255]@jeepjoe43[/USER] I fully agree with everything you say but only caution that if an ear breaks from the 30 spline D30 inner, you'll have to carry your own spares cause nobody will have that as a spare part. Right now, the commonality of the TJ, YJ, XJ and for that matter even some ZJ's inner 27 spline stock shafts makes it very attractive to keep 27 spline count for your inners is all I'm getting at. If you run RCV's then there are no ears to shear off. If you run super strong CTM's or some other 300M super type U joint and the caps are tacked in, you may be fine. However some U joints aren't good without locking hubs because they aren't setup for full time 4x4 connection either. I have seen even Chromolly 4340 shafts break the ears after a U joint failure and that is what I'm thinking about when I say this is the only reason to stick with 27 count splines.</p><p></p><p>RR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerRick, post: 428777, member: 19360"] [USER=19255]@jeepjoe43[/USER] I fully agree with everything you say but only caution that if an ear breaks from the 30 spline D30 inner, you'll have to carry your own spares cause nobody will have that as a spare part. Right now, the commonality of the TJ, YJ, XJ and for that matter even some ZJ's inner 27 spline stock shafts makes it very attractive to keep 27 spline count for your inners is all I'm getting at. If you run RCV's then there are no ears to shear off. If you run super strong CTM's or some other 300M super type U joint and the caps are tacked in, you may be fine. However some U joints aren't good without locking hubs because they aren't setup for full time 4x4 connection either. I have seen even Chromolly 4340 shafts break the ears after a U joint failure and that is what I'm thinking about when I say this is the only reason to stick with 27 count splines. RR [/QUOTE]
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