[88zuker]

Has anyone ever used Spidertrax Birf rings? If so how do they work?

 

[Rockrat]

I personally used breeze rings but there the same pricipal, they press on to the large section of the birf and give it a little more girth. they are well worth the expence. Side note you do have to clearence the inner of the cup on the axle it can be done in about 10min with a cut 2" cut of wheel.

 

[88zuker]

I keep hearing about this breeze company what is there web address?

 

[BigFrank]

http://www.breezeindustries.com/suzuki.htm

 

[NC Zuk]

Am I on the Pirate Board? For a minute there you all had me fooled

You guys must have Bucs fans, yea that's it! You guys are just being nice cause the Bucs won the Super Bowl!!!!!

 

[GBRAVO]

When I was running Samurai axles I had Breeze rings installed.

When climbing back whith tires full turned I broke a birfield without damage the rings!

I was running 33" SSwampers LTB

 

[SilverZuk]

A guy we wheel with has the rings and ended up breaking the shaft right at the splines.
A piece of the shaft got loose and tore up his ring gear.

when you break a shaft it makes a 30 min axle change into an 2 hour event.

 

[BigFrank]

It's somewhat a crappy compromise.

I got lucky and caught my broken shaft early
and used one of those telescope magnets to fetch
out the broken bit.

 

[mikrosilakhan]

when you break a shaft it makes a 30 min axle change into an 2 hour event.

Yea when i had my old zuke i had the same thoughts. SO what i broke a few birfs. After a few trys youll narrow that down to 15 minutes and axles are plentyfull

 

[terrymac]

Trail Tough sells what he calls "Double Tough" front axles for $619 a pair. They use a 26 spline axle and a stronger Birfield. I suspect(or read somewhere) that these are Subaru axles. Has anyone put these in or know if they really are Subaru axles? $619 is a bunch of money if I can find these at PNP.

terrymac

 

[yager]

When I had stock zuke axles I just wraped the birfs in duck tape....

another proven use for the great tape....

-search

 

[billjohn]

If you use rings or cups, the outcome is about the same. It takes a bit more abuse, but it doesn't make them bulletproof, especially after folks started going larger than 33's. They do, however 'contain the blast' when the birf shreads the splines.

You have to remember that the birf is your built in fuse. when you beef it up without going to stronger axle shafts then you are running the risk of moving that fuse farther into the housing and start snapping shafts... BTDT

 

[rollerskate]

Trail Tough sells what he calls "Double Tough" front axles for $619 a pair. They use a 26 spline axle and a stronger Birfield. I suspect(or read somewhere) that these are Subaru axles. Has anyone put these in or know if they really are Subaru axles? $619 is a bunch of money if I can find these at PNP.

terrymac

No they're not Subaru axles,they are a generic Birfield/CV joint
that has a Samurai stub shaft welded to it.The inner shaft is a
custom job that used to be made by Dutchman.I don't know who
makes them now.Brentt?

 

[SilverZuk]

BillJohn just reinforced what I was saying.

If you have indestructable birfields, then what is your next weakest point?

$619 - I think I could do a toy axle swap for a little more.

 

[TNToy]

Trail Tough sells what he calls "Double Tough" front axles for enough money to swap in Toyota axles, or buy 3-4 Longfields. Whichever you prefer.

[MattS]There you go. All better. :flipoff2: [/MattS]

 

[MuddMachine]

BillJohn just reinforced what I was saying.

If you have indestructable birfields, then what is your next weakest point?

$619 - I think I could do a toy axle swap for a little more.

Toy axles are much heavier than sami axles with a 26 spline shaft.

 

[tanzuki]

Trail Tough sells what he calls "Double Tough" front axles for $619 a pair. They use a 26 spline axle and a stronger Birfield. I suspect(or read somewhere) that these are Subaru axles. Has anyone put these in or know if they really are Subaru axles? $619 is a bunch of money if I can find these at PNP.

terrymac

The Double Toughs surprisingly hold up very well, but they still can break. That was one major deciding factor I came across before doing yota axles. I wanted unbreakable strength with the lightest axles possable so yotas combined with longfields were my ticket. It is nice to not even have to think about a burfield when I'm out on the rocks.

 

[Bobzooki]

I suspect(or read somewhere) that these are Subaru axles.

That's kinda funny! Guess who makes the 4-wheel (or is that ALL-wheel) drive components for Subaru? I'll give you a hint - think of a big red S. Yup Suzuki.