confused on Delux front axles.
 

I have a bent front axle and am going to replace them with the Delux axles but I run an open diff with 2.5 million cst fluid. I don't know exactly which set to get. What exactly is the difference is between the locker and the open diff style output shafts for the Delux Yeti front axles. The front end works great as is and I don't want to lock it but I also don't want to have front end failures because I bought the wrong axles.

Re: confused on Delux front axles.
 

Contact Eric(k?) directly via here or the Dlux site. He helped me sort out a broken axle truss a while back. I’m sure he’s more than willing to sort you out; real good guy.

Re: confused on Delux front axles.
 

I don’t understand how you don’t know which ones to get? You run an open diff, get the open diff option.

The difference in the output shafts are that the open diff have a notch for the c-clip to hold the gears on and the locker has either flat spots or tho holes.

Re: confused on Delux front axles.
 

From their site concerning their axles
"Open diff setup is made for a true open diff. If using heavy oil or putty or anything else in the diff, you risk breakage".

This just made me a little nervous. I guess if the stockers held up this long I should be fine with the open diff style axles even with the heavy diff oil.

Re: confused on Delux front axles.
 

I’ve ran 2.5mil with no issues but it is a lot thicker then typical diff fluid. I don’t think you’ll have to worry but if the diff outputs did break I don’t think he’ll cover them as a warranty.

In the past he’s had problems with guys completely locking up the diff with jb weld or epoxy or something like that and he keep giving them replacements. I’m not saying they were lying about what they were using but it took a while before they told him exactly what they were doing. The design of the open diff outputs are a little weaker then the locker style.

Re: confused on Delux front axles.
 

Let us know if you go with the open diff versions and how they install, durability etc.

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Re: confused on Delux front axles.
 

Well upon further investigation it would seem that I had the 94mm axles instead of the 92mm which probably explain why they bent.
In light of this I got a set of the correct Axial parts. We'll see how these hold up.
I may try a set of the Dlux axles down the road just because I can't resist spending money on this car.