CTM 40 Spline or RCV's in a 14 Bolt Hybrid???

ryannuttz · Oct 25, 2011

Wow alot has went on since I went to work...lol ....Basically Im wanting a axle that will be a better match to the strength of a 14 bolt than the current RCV's
You guys have beat the hell outt them and other than shafts and some othe minor stuff they are holding up fairly well. These axles will get beat hard as hell occasionally but not near as
often as you guys. not every trail we go up is insane.
That being said there will be alot more trails made in the future because of the axle strength and HP. Plus im ready to come back to Tenn. and Bama and wheel with you guys next year.

B Gillespie · Oct 26, 2011

Jack/CTM offers ~1550 size shafts & joints; not sure who can make knuckles to house them now.

gomer pyle · Oct 26, 2011

spridertrax

ryannuttz · Oct 26, 2011

B Gillespie said:
Jack/CTM offers ~1550 size shafts & joints; not sure who can make knuckles to house them now.

Looking at the pic of the 1550 the cap size seems to be the same size as his 1480 joint unless he's changed.
Brian how have your Ctm's held up since you've been running them?

I have a lead on a new knuckle that will be coming out in a month or two. Proto type and th 1st beatdown should b commin soon. Don't know anything else but I'd like to know who will b giving the 1st beatdown. :dblthumb:

BamaTJ · Oct 26, 2011

With all the RCV's being broken and their re-nigged warranty I would call up Jack. His **** is LEGIT, I don't think you will break it, at least not as often as the RCV. I know Tom Wayes runs them all around and that dude is hard on ****.

InDaShop · Oct 26, 2011

I'm surprised more people arent making their own plate knuckles and C's.

ala these....

TURNEROFFROAD · Oct 26, 2011

InDaShop said:
I'm surprised more people arent making their own plate knuckles and C's.

ala these....

sweetness right there!!!

Blase · Oct 26, 2011

InDaShop said:
I'm surprised more people arent making their own plate knuckles and C's.

ala these....

You know me....i'd love to make some!

HOWEVER to get set up to make the jigs and do all the research for one or two sets makes it a TON of work and money. I THINK that is why most of the guys you see making knuckles are manufactures with intentions for re-sale.

I still think the best set up currently would be the Drop out 14 bolt w/ 40 spline 300M shafts, Spool, 1550 CTM 300M joints, spider Trax Knuckles w/ SpiderTrax Pro series spidles and hubs. That would be a hard all around axle to beat. MAYBE throw in some gun drilled shafts.

Anyone want to guess at what the would cost???? drool

kiyul4130 · Oct 26, 2011

InDaShop said:
I'm surprised more people arent making their own plate knuckles and C's.

ala these....

i thought i read some where that those were RCVs knuckles....

TBItoy · Oct 26, 2011

kiyul4130 said:
i thought i read some where that those were RCVs knuckles....

They have RCV shafts in them. HUGE ones.

ryannuttz · Oct 26, 2011

Tube Works built them.

And the 14 bolt everyone has been dreaming of!!!

kiyul4130 · Oct 26, 2011

i knew they were tube works. all the talk about RCV i just typed that out for some reason. :

ya, those things look gnarly.

whiskeymakin · Oct 26, 2011

$$$$$

Draco · Oct 27, 2011

ryannuttz said:
And the 14 bolt everyone has been dreaming of!!!

I wonder how much money that is right there...wow! drool

payne97 · Oct 28, 2011

DAM

COLEWORX · Oct 28, 2011

i ran ctm s in my highlighter and broke joint very ( easy ) running rcv joint with 500hp and limit ram to 7 1/2 stroke never broke yet 6 months so far need to figure tire size and weight and hp in this topic put a 42+ sticky on it and see if that ctm holds up good luck

TBItoy · Oct 28, 2011

COLEWORX said:
i ran ctm s in my highlighter and broke joint very ( easy ) running rcv joint with 500hp and limit ram to 7 1/2 stroke never broke yet 6 months so far need to figure tire size and weight and hp in this topic put a 42+ sticky on it and see if that ctm holds up good luck

This is a testament to RCVs... For all those people who are calling them "junk" now, since TC and the Bobby/Jordan Tanner have been breaking them.

Hard to call something "junk" just because a few people with 600+hp that ride almost every weekend break them.

Aren't many of their breaks the stub shaft or inner shaft? Which has nothing to do with the joint anyway?

braggf150 · Oct 28, 2011

this is just my opinion which it and 85 cent will buy you a bag of chips. you get those 2 inch overson shafts packaged lite enough were more people will run them throw 600+ horsepower on it stuff a tire under a rock and stay in the gas or jump 12 feet in the air and never lift you will find the week point in them nothing made is unbreakable and if you find a shaft that will hold 600+ hp somebody will build a buggy with a 1000 hp and find out how long it takes to break it the great thing about it though is that it keeps our sport growing and people like rcv and oem pushing the envelope.

Cole · Oct 29, 2011

The Atlas becomes the next weak link. Scott Morris aka machinwave has broke about 6 atlas transfer cases since he went to his hybrid 80 axles. He supposedly has 700+ horsepower also.

braggf150 · Oct 29, 2011

I wonder at what point these chasis will become the week link I know brian and jimmy build bad Ass tough chases but damn the abuse these things take is incredible