Channel595 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 i was thinking of putting a spool or welding the front diff, because its only spinning when in 4 wheel drive... would this just be crazy stupid to drive on road in snow or will i snap cv axles off road? just looking for input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleurys Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 if you plan on driving on public road, you'll probably end up in an accident! On snow, the front simply does not want to turn and on dry road, I can only imagine how you would turn and how long your cv would last.... bad idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 On road it would only effect it if the hubs are locked, which they should never been on a true 4WD (not AWD) on high traction surfaces, anyway. CV's are the weak link in the front drive train and as fleurys said, they will go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY1PATH Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 stick with your open diff If look into a locker or an lsd look into warn hubs with the breakable spline rings.(sold separately) these rings replace in 5 min and are designed to fail before your cv does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 If look into a locker or an lsd look into warn hubs with the breakable spline rings.(sold separately) these rings replace in 5 min and are designed to fail before your cv does. I either got lucky or have some good CVs or a faulty warn hub...after my last outing...The pop I thought was a CV turned out to be my warn hub...i'm looking at doing an ARB rear then possibly front later but a rear locker will make all the difference in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87pathy Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 in a daily driver that will see 4x4 on roads, i would only put in a selectable locker. such as an arb. i would not weld or put a spool in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY1PATH Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I either got lucky or have some good CVs or a faulty warn hub...after my last outing...The pop I thought was a CV turned out to be my warn hub...i'm looking at doing an ARB rear then possibly front later but a rear locker will make all the difference in the world. owch and that is NOT the part thats supposed to break, I would call warn and see if they can do anything about that for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Looks like a couple of the hub bolts let go which caused the hub body to move and grenade. Did you use the bolts that came with the WARNs, or did you upgrade? I know a lot of people upgrade them because the ones they include are poor quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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