Sorry if this is old news.

I am now totally, 100% sold on CTM ujoints. I watched Chris Durham shear his lugs off of one wheel. I never thought that that was possible. Then after they fixed that, on the next course he blew apart the front end in the process of rolling. He picked up the CTM joint and showed it to the crowd. It looked fine. The axle shafts were totally blown to bits.
Anyone have anymore to ad to the story?

Phil:usa:

actually phil.. he sheered off the studs to the spacer... i should i know.. i was running the hell out of the way.. when i heard it pop.. of course he rebent his tierod when he did that too

ya i was runnin too! lol...my friend ian had just said like 5 minutes before that "i think im just gonna run 4 lugs on my buggy....have you ever seen people break lugstuds?!"

--- then we watched durham do it! ironic for sure...but way bad ass!:rasta:

Anyone else see a problem here? Great, the ujoint survived, but now what is going to get damaged is a moving target. Maybe they're too strong for their application.

I was watching this happen and the only problem I saw was that after he bent his tie rod he lost his cool and started hammering on the rig HARD. It's no wonder it broke.

Funny how almost every Chris Durham story starts out, "That crazy fawker was coming right at me, and i ran away" hahaha

At calrocs in Jackson I video taped him coming up right at me, and on the tape you can hear everyone yelling and hooting, and suddenly it was silence cause I was the only one left standing there :eek: RUN!! hahaha That guy is fawkin CRAZY!!!!!! He deffinetly brings it. 1000%

Originally posted by Oxjockey
Anyone else see a problem here? Great, the ujoint survived, Maybe they're too strong for their application.


Yea!!! those things suck!!, CTM should make'm so they break.:rolleyes:


Thanks for the laugh, great way to start the morning
ericfilar@fatcity

Originally posted by Chris Geiger
I was watching this happen and the only problem I saw was that after he bent his tie rod he lost his cool and started hammering on the rig HARD. It's no wonder it broke.

If his new rig sounds anything like the old C10, you can hear when he looses his cool.

Originally posted by FatCity



Yea!!! those things suck!!, CTM should make'm so they break.:rolleyes:


Thanks for the laugh, great way to start the morning
ericfilar@fatcity

Obviously, none of us want anything to break, but the ujoint gives you a consistent, easy trail fix with minimal spare parts to carry. Like Warn hub fuses, designed to be slightly weaker than the hub & ujoints.

I don't think they're too strong in general, just too strong for the components around it.

I'm just thinking aloud.

if you think they're too strong, then don't buy them...

for those doing competitions, there is no "trail fix", if you blow a U-joint your weekend is over...

Originally posted by BornInAJeep


If his new rig sounds anything like the old C10, you can hear when he looses his cool.

its still the CJ10 but its got more body than a normal one. yeah AMC V8 sounds good:D

I heard that the wheel may have not been all the way tightend up all the way (just my 2)

CTM's take a serious beatin and I think those thing ROCK!

Originally posted by Oxjockey
Anyone else see a problem here? Great, the ujoint survived, but now what is going to get damaged is a moving target. Maybe they're too strong for their application.



im trying to be open mined but...... every joint ive broke i took an axle with it! and by the time you get it all back together.... well you might as well forget the event......... i think the problem is the spacer... i have seen a few spacer related problems.... i my self had one...... its all about leverage... and spacers add leverage in the wrong places.... dont get me wrong i still use them for now.... but without spacers i think the chances would of been way less.....

Originally posted by Oxjockey
Anyone else see a problem here? Great, the ujoint survived, but now what is going to get damaged is a moving target. Maybe they're too strong for their application.


SHUT UP!!!!!









With that said:
As has been said a thousand time before, 99.99% of the time you snap a joint you tweek the axle.

Originally posted by Brawler



SHUT UP!!!!!









With that said:
As has been said a thousand time before, 99.99% of the time you snap a joint you tweek the axle.

lol! Agreed. And if it's the difference between finishing a competition and not, then they're a good choice - an all or nothing application.

Originally posted by Oxjockey


lol! Agreed. And if it's the difference between finishing a competition and not, then they're a good choice - an all or nothing application.


wrong! there a good choice because what you saw happens once in a well im not sure but it dont happen often...... i was breakin a joint and shaft every time i turned the key on my some biatch...... yes it is still not totally bomb proof but at least it can handle a little bit more than it used to..... btw i have broke ujoints with the clutch not even fully engaged.... so it wasnt breakin from heavy throttle....

Originally posted by ImKuNfusED
actually phil.. he sheered off the studs to the spacer... i should i know.. i was running the hell out of the way.. when i heard it pop.. of course he rebent his tierod when he did that too

Yeah, thats what I thought but correct me if I wrong, isn't shearing the bolts for the spacer basically the same thing as shearing the lugs?

Phil:usa:

Originally posted by TJpwr


Yeah, thats what I thought but correct me if I wrong, isn't shearing the bolts for the spacer basically the same thing as shearing the lugs?

Phil:usa:
Yeah.. basically... :P

I still laugh everytime i think about it.. i told chris once we get this out of the place he was broke and stuck in.. we would either back him in this area.. and fix it.. or pull it straight and fix it there...

His words...

Anything you say.. Im easy to please..
and damn his wife was cute :D

Yeah..chris geiger.. he did loose his cool after he bent the tie rod into the crank pulley the first time..

Even tho when you talk to him.. hes pretty quiet and relaxed.. i guess he lets his driving and right foot do the talking