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As for the breakage being common... I'd love to see their reasoning behind that statement. I have seen Isuzu front axels take a ridiculous amount of pounding with bigger tires and lower crawl ratios than stock, and have only ever been there for one breaking. I know plenty of people have broken them from reading the posts around here... but consider the situations they are being put in at the time <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" />


Not wishing to contradict you but my experiences prove otherwise. The right front axle assy is the achilles heel of the later model Isuzus. having broken the Rt axle once & the Rt CV joints three times, I can attest to their vulnerability when doing HARD Wheeling especially with a locker. Almost all failures occur on the passenger side, probably due to the differences between the two axle designs when approximate equal forces are applied. Did the Rubicon without a locker, never broke a CV or an Axle. Went back with a locker & broke the axle at the Gatekeeper.Needless to say I am now more careful when I use my locker.I think a green Rodeo broke a CV at The Crack (Moab)two years ago & if I am not mistaken Fernandos Amigo ( Moab) broke a CV last year and I did as well. Pretty darn common if you ask me that's why I carry both sides spares.