"Brian" <bsheller@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:bsheller-38C2F1.20360425052004@news.verizon.net...
> okay, I'm just stoking the fire here.
>
> Given that we know most SUV owners - and that includes Wranglers - are
> not driven off-road, and even most of those that are do not go "serious"
> off-roading.... is it really a bad business decision to make the D35c
> the stock axle? Don't the vast majority of Wrangler owners (which is
> probably a minority in this newsgroup) get years of satisfactory use out
> of their D35c axles without breakage? Again, I'm talking about the vast
> majority of Wrangler owners, not the majority of this group.
>
> B
>
> --
> Brian Heller
>
> It is easier to tame wild beasts
> than to conquer the human mind.

Virtually every D35 I've ever had anything to do with failed in one manner
or another. Whether it was stuffing one back together to get it off a trail
when either the c-clip or the axle shaft failed, to replacing pinion
bearings on an XJ that never saw a gravel driveway, let alone off roading,
NO, the 35 is a pile of garbage. It's a typical deal by a manufacturer to
make something just good enough to get past warranty. Jeep techs do som many
repairs on these things they can do 'em in their sleep. It would cost DC no
more than $75 per vehicle to just put a D44 in there. Since the AMC 20 Jeep
engineers have been trying to find a less expnsive standard rear axle...in
all respects they have failed! At least the 20 can be salvaged, the 35 is a
CURSE!

 

"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:OeedncKcz4j1ai7d4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> Mine hasn't broken yet but I'm certain it eventually will. I don't wheel
to
> purposely break things anyway. No matter, a broken D35 is a great excuse
for
> the missus to buy a 44. "Honey, if I repair it it will just break again,
> better to upgrade now rather than later! Wanna go jewelry shopping next
> weekend?"

Yeah, and make sure anything she gets costs more than a built 44! ;-)

 

"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:OeedncKcz4j1ai7d4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> Mine hasn't broken yet but I'm certain it eventually will. I don't wheel
to
> purposely break things anyway. No matter, a broken D35 is a great excuse
for
> the missus to buy a 44. "Honey, if I repair it it will just break again,
> better to upgrade now rather than later! Wanna go jewelry shopping next
> weekend?"

Yeah, and make sure anything she gets costs more than a built 44! ;-)

 

"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:OeedncKcz4j1ai7d4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> Mine hasn't broken yet but I'm certain it eventually will. I don't wheel
to
> purposely break things anyway. No matter, a broken D35 is a great excuse
for
> the missus to buy a 44. "Honey, if I repair it it will just break again,
> better to upgrade now rather than later! Wanna go jewelry shopping next
> weekend?"

Yeah, and make sure anything she gets costs more than a built 44! ;-)

 

"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:OeedncKcz4j1ai7d4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> Mine hasn't broken yet but I'm certain it eventually will. I don't wheel
to
> purposely break things anyway. No matter, a broken D35 is a great excuse
for
> the missus to buy a 44. "Honey, if I repair it it will just break again,
> better to upgrade now rather than later! Wanna go jewelry shopping next
> weekend?"

Yeah, and make sure anything she gets costs more than a built 44! ;-)