Why are there rubber boots on my front axle shaft? shouldnt that be a u joint?

joeksjeep · 02-04-2010, 10:21 AM

ok so i was lookin over my new tj and i noticed on my d30 the front axles have boots where the u joint would just be exposed. Does that mean i have a cv joint??? i have never heard of that before. I tried lookin through the search but came up with nothing.. whats goin on here??

valvestem · 02-04-2010, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by joeksjeep

ok so i was lookin over my new tj and i noticed on my d35 the front axles have boots where the u joint would just be exposed. Does that mean i have a cv joint??? i have never heard of that before. I tried lookin through the search but came up with nothing.. whats goin on here??

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joeksjeep · 02-04-2010, 10:25 AM

but my question is, or my copnfusion is i thought the wranglers didnt come with cv joints. are those stronger than the u joint or whats going on? Not tryin to be mean but im a technician i know what a cv joint is and how it works lmao. I was and still am confused about the axle shaft having the cv joint instead of the u joint. So which one is stronger then in the case of stock equipment on a tj?

**theducksguts** · 02-04-2010, 10:27 AM

pictures would be good,

I would think the U-Joints would be stronger than a CV joint but it would depend on the size and strength of the metal.

**chadsmeltzer** · 02-04-2010, 10:30 AM

First, it is a D30, not D35.
Second, you can get CV joints for the TJ but I haven't seen any with rubber boots. The only ones I have seen have an orange cover. I can't remember the name right now though...

joeksjeep · 02-04-2010, 10:53 AM

holy crap wow fatal erorr on me ya its my front axle the d30 i feel like such a piece of crap .... ugh ok ill take a cell pic and send the link

joeksjeep · 02-04-2010, 11:14 AM

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o180/unforgiventu/HPIM2896.jpg
and
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o180/unforgiventu/HPIM2895.jpg

ok here are the pics any info is great sorry for my dumb comment about it being a d35 ha i feel like an idiot i was thinking d30 but put d35 for some reason sorry. But any help thanks

**elkfan2** · 02-04-2010, 11:27 AM

Grand Cherokee dana 30's had cv joints, maybe somebody installed them into your dana 30.

RVA_TJ06 · 02-04-2010, 11:30 AM

looks like he cracked the case.

**NotURMailman** · 02-04-2010, 11:33 AM

By any chance is it an HP30 that someone swapped in?

**vindicated** · 02-04-2010, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by joeksjeep

holy crap wow fatal erorr on me ya its my front axle the d30 i feel like such a piece of crap .... ugh ok ill take a cell pic and send the link

You never said D35 anywhere in your post?

EDIT: Oh, I get it you edited your post. Nevermind.

LandoCommando · 02-04-2010, 12:38 PM

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**theducksguts** · 02-04-2010, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by NotURMailman

By any chance is it an HP30 that someone swapped in?

if it was from a ZJ or WJ it would be low pinion. It is a possibility though.

**Unlimited04** · 02-04-2010, 01:24 PM

yup ZJ CV shafts. they're not all that strong...you could have a LP D30 from a ZJ in your Jeep...or somebody just swapped the shafts over thinking they'd be stronger. you can even see the ABS tone ring.

joeksjeep · 02-04-2010, 01:41 PM

wow .... hmm haha well the lady that i bought it from said they just did the axle shaft u joints or cv she wasnt sure so that explains it..... damn downgrade..... i geuss ill have to go get some axles with the u joints. I knew that GC had cv shafts but i didnt think wranglers had them. Ha i geuss it took this forum for me to put 2 and 2 together. She got axle u joints/ or cv's done and i didnt figure it out till now that thats not factory and there weaker ugh hahah Thanks for the help haha