Anyone Running These
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Anyone Running These
I hang out on another offroad board and have been hearing some good stuff about these... anyone running them
http://www.longfieldsuperaxles.com/300M_ujoint.html
http://www.longfieldsuperaxles.com/
They are about 1/2 way down the page.
http://www.longfieldsuperaxles.com/300M_ujoint.html
http://www.longfieldsuperaxles.com/
They are about 1/2 way down the page.
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They seem good from their webpage, but in reality, that says nothing. They do have full lifetime warranty, which is a really big plus. The part about no needle bearings makes me scratch my head though... and ponder long deep thoughts about the field of force surronding the inner qi of those joints... er, sorry...
I know others will say "CTM's are better", but since those are new and relatively unproven no one can say for sure...yet
I know others will say "CTM's are better", but since those are new and relatively unproven no one can say for sure...yet
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Yeah as long as one greases those after evry play day they would be just as good as the ctm's i would think but i have not a clue on what alloy the ctms use.
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I know nothing about them personally but there's a few pretty long threads on Pirate about them more or less indicating that they've had a lot of problems in the past and that they seem to have fixed them. But I say if you're gonna shell out the $$ why not just go with CTM's since they're proven.
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Just looked it up and it's about $50 difference between CTM's and these joints. Just comparing them visually, these are really built a lot like a Spicer joint, only no internal grease channels and a stronger material. CTM's have a lot more meat between the legs (huh huh huh . . . you said meat between the legs) which I would think should make them stronger.
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Since they are both a 4340chromoly steel, their yield strenght is going to be the same (that is point of deformation), granted the ctm's have a bit more meat around the legs, but with a lifetime warranty on the longfield's why spend the extra 100 bucks anyway, espically when a hub or d-shaft u-joint will probably gernade before the axle joints will anyway.
Hey ivan whats the ctm's use for grease?
Hey ivan whats the ctm's use for grease?
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Originally Posted by mustange70
but with a lifetime warranty on the longfield's why spend the extra 100 bucks anyway
I'm using the pure power yellow goop that comes with the CTM's. http://www.gopurepower.com/store/ite...em&itemKey=617
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Originally Posted by mustange70
Since they are both a 4340chromoly steel, their yield strenght is going to be the same (that is point of deformation)
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Anyone have a link to the ctm's by chance, just curious as i'd to see the shape difference between the two. But yeah you are right about the strenght difference (i never really disagreed with you there 
), its just for those of us not running 44's and big power , thats an extra hundred bucks that could go in the motor of something, and besides if one isn't using a 4340 alloy stub/inner axle the ears are goin to bust before the u-joint does.
), its just for those of us not running 44's and big power , thats an extra hundred bucks that could go in the motor of something, and besides if one isn't using a 4340 alloy stub/inner axle the ears are goin to bust before the u-joint does.