Longfield or Yukon super joints

tjeep · 11-25-2013, 12:55 PM

What's better??? This is my first Toyota build and just wanting some input on the two... Ohh I'm new to the core family by the way my name is Craig Rhoden and I'm from Clarksville oh.

blazerbrad · 11-25-2013, 01:36 PM

Are you using a Toyota front axle? Reason I ask is did not think Yukon made a Birfield.

itbrokeagain · 11-25-2013, 01:47 PM

Longfield or Nitro. Longfield is the best ImO

twiztedzuki · 11-25-2013, 02:28 PM

rcv makes them all including trailgears dirty thirtys

Runoveru2 · 11-25-2013, 03:34 PM

You can't go wrong with Dirty 30's. Just keep in mind the hub gears will be the next weak link, if a hub gear fails it can wipe out the splines on the hub end. Do it right and break down and get Chromoly inner & outer hub gears along with ARP Hub studs. Then the worries are over..... Unless you break the R&P... Lol...

tjeep · 11-25-2013, 06:02 PM

Right now I'm running trail gear r&p Yukon Cromo shafts inner and outer with super joints trail gear crawler hubs and trail gear crawler hub flanges ohh and a Aussie locker....... I just didn't know if the birfield type joint was better that a u joint type.... The longfields look way stronger that the super joint IMO

gothodgie · 11-25-2013, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tjeep

The longfields look way stronger that the super joint IMO

People have been beating on Longfields for years in Yotas... It would be the only stuff i would buy...

twiztedzuki · 11-25-2013, 07:55 PM

cv axle stronger at lock cause dont bind like u-joints, id go spool instead locker though if not a driver, lockers fail if beat on hard every trip, but last long time for average trail rider

mckeddie · 11-26-2013, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Runoveru2

..... Untilyou break the R&P... Lol...

Fixed it for you.

When the unjoints fail, they tend to take the knuckle ball with them. I have asset for spares only bc they came in mine when I bought them. Sucks to replace the knuckle ball. I've done it once on mine (hence the reason they are now my spares). Can't go wrong with longs.

humpy · 11-26-2013, 09:37 AM

30 spline longs with driveflsnges and don't look back

Coppertop · 11-27-2013, 08:12 AM

I purchased a set of Longfields back in 2011,still holding up to my abuse.

Nuts · 11-27-2013, 02:03 PM

Sell the yota axles and take whatever you get for them and whatever you were gonna dump into them and buy a set of 1 tons. Building yotas is just putting off the inevitable and wasting time and money.

humpy · 11-27-2013, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Nuts

Sell the yota axles and take whatever you get for them and whatever you were gonna dump into them and buy a set of 1 tons. Building yotas is just putting off the inevitable and wasting time and money.

Depends on the person and their wheeling style... I had yotas on 38s with rear link... Put the good parts in em And never had a problem and beat the piss out of em... Gotta keep things proportional ... Tons start a snowball of $$ once u include the cost of 42"- up tires to account for lack of ground clearance.. Built yotas with. 38" tires is 1/4 the cost of built tons with. 42-44" tires and supporting parts ... Ask me how I know lol

mckeddie · 11-27-2013, 09:13 PM

Only thing I don't like about my horas so far are knuckles. On second set. Been Thinking about getting 6 shooters. Was gonna go 60 s but I like being narrow the more I wheel it. I just know now not to bounce it. It's held good to my 39 reds, and I know butch isn't nice to it whenever he uses it, and I've beat on it pretty good too (just not as much as he has).

Nuts · 11-28-2013, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by humpy

Depends on the person and their wheeling style... I had yotas on 38s with rear link... Put the good parts in em And never had a problem and beat the piss out of em... Gotta keep things proportional ... Tons start a snowball of $$ once u include the cost of 42"- up tires to account for lack of ground clearance.. Built yotas with. 38" tires is 1/4 the cost of built tons with. 42-44" tires and supporting parts ... Ask me how I know lol

Everything snowballs lol. If you buy every aftermarket part fora set of yotas eventually you're gonna get good at installing ring and pinions

11-25-2013, 12:55 PM	#1
tjeep Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3	Longfield or Yukon super joints What's better??? This is my first Toyota build and just wanting some input on the two... Ohh I'm new to the core family by the way my name is Craig Rhoden and I'm from Clarksville oh.

11-25-2013, 01:47 PM	#3
itbrokeagain Just Empty Every Pocket - CORE Member - Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Amelia Posts: 1,435	Longfield or Nitro. Longfield is the best ImO __________________ 91 fj 80 on 37 Nitto Muds with a 10k winch. Cage and sliders coming soon.

11-25-2013, 02:28 PM	#4
twiztedzuki Join Date: May 2008 Location: Waverly ohio Posts: 586	rcv makes them all including trailgears dirty thirtys __________________ SMITH BUILT PERIOD

11-25-2013, 03:34 PM	#5
Runoveru2 Adrenaline Junkie - CORE Member - - Moderator - Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hamilton, Ohio Posts: 702 Images: 168	You can't go wrong with Dirty 30's. Just keep in mind the hub gears will be the next weak link, if a hub gear fails it can wipe out the splines on the hub end. Do it right and break down and get Chromoly inner & outer hub gears along with ARP Hub studs. Then the worries are over..... Unless you break the R&P... Lol... __________________ No need for a Winch...You just have to make it !!

11-25-2013, 07:55 PM	#8
twiztedzuki Join Date: May 2008 Location: Waverly ohio Posts: 586	cv axle stronger at lock cause dont bind like u-joints, id go spool instead locker though if not a driver, lockers fail if beat on hard every trip, but last long time for average trail rider __________________ SMITH BUILT PERIOD

11-25-2013, 01:36 PM	#2
blazerbrad - CORE Member - Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 831 Images: 6	Are you using a Toyota front axle? Reason I ask is did not think Yukon made a Birfield.

11-25-2013, 06:02 PM	#6
tjeep Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3	Right now I'm running trail gear r&p Yukon Cromo shafts inner and outer with super joints trail gear crawler hubs and trail gear crawler hub flanges ohh and a Aussie locker....... I just didn't know if the birfield type joint was better that a u joint type.... The longfields look way stronger that the super joint IMO

11-26-2013, 09:37 AM	#10
humpy Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 573	30 spline longs with driveflsnges and don't look back __________________ S10 with a few air shocks..

11-27-2013, 08:12 AM	#11
Coppertop XJWHEELING Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Colerain Township Posts: 837	I purchased a set of Longfields back in 2011,still holding up to my abuse. __________________ Just a 200 dollar cherokee that wouldn't start .. Ten years later same chrome grille ..

11-27-2013, 02:03 PM	#12
Nuts Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: middletown,oh Posts: 508	Sell the yota axles and take whatever you get for them and whatever you were gonna dump into them and buy a set of 1 tons. Building yotas is just putting off the inevitable and wasting time and money.

11-27-2013, 09:13 PM	#14
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	Only thing I don't like about my horas so far are knuckles. On second set. Been Thinking about getting 6 shooters. Was gonna go 60 s but I like being narrow the more I wheel it. I just know now not to bounce it. It's held good to my 39 reds, and I know butch isn't nice to it whenever he uses it, and I've beat on it pretty good too (just not as much as he has). __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

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