New JL Rubicon Rear Axle

New JL Rubicon Rear Axle. On this video we show you guys the JL Rubicon rear m220 axle we picked up for our 2018 JL Wrangler. This Dana 44 (m220) rear axle comes with 4.10 gears and the factor e-locker, this will match our Dana 44 front axle that we currently have on the Jeep. This axle has low miles and is nice and straight, we will need to get new axle shafts and brakes to complete the install. We are also going to weld on an Artec truss for added strength, we are also going to upgrade the rear brakes to Powerstop Z36 pads and rotors. We also go over a new camera we picked up to help improve the videos and pictures for our channel. We purchased the new Sony a7IV camera as well as some other camera equipment to help improve the videos. I hope you guys enjoy the new camera quality and the install series on the rear axle! Thanks for watching and check the links below to pick up the parts we talked about in this video!
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✔Axle Parts:
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Artec Rear Truss: www.northridge...
Yukon Rear Axle Shafts:
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Spicer Rear Axle Shafts: www.northridge...
Adam's Driveshaft for JL Sport 1350 Rear: www.adamsdrive...
Adam's Driveshaft for JL Rubicon 1350 Rear: www.adamsdrive...
✔Camera Stuff:
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00:00 Intro
00:30 New Camera
00:52 New Axle
05:03 Outro
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[@FROSTBITEOFFROAD]

I'm excited about adding this Rubicon rear axle to the Jeep, let me know in the comments if your looking at doing this same swap. Thanks for watching guys!

[@AV8XRC]

I added both front and rear Rubicon axles to my Jl Sport S about 5 months ago. I watched your video on trussing and install before tearing into mine. So, THANK YOU!! You did a great job describing everything! I didn’t truss mine (yet) because I’m not terribly hard on my Jeep, but that may change. My axles came complete with Rubicon calipers along w/Dynatrac HD ball joints. Everything bolted right up including rear driveline. However, rear brake lines had to be changed due to caliper mounting locations. I ended up using extended SS lines front and rear. I control lockers w/Voswitch (drivers grab handle mounted) which works really well. I had them first hooked up to my 6-Shooter along w/lights, but was concerned I’d accidentally turn lockers on under speed. Anyways, I look forward to seeing your trussing of the rear axle! Thanks again for the great content!

[@FROSTBITEOFFROAD]

That’s cool the videos helped you out on your axle swap. I did think about the rear brake lines and was going to research it more before I did the install. I was wondering did you swap from a Dana 35 or the LSD 44? Also did the e brake cable work ok? Those were the couple unknowns I had going from my narrow 44 to the Rubicon one. Thanks for watching the video man, I really appreciate it!

[@AV8XRC]

@@FROSTBITEOFFROAD Yes, my Jeep came w/LSD 44 on the rear. The E-brake took a little coaxing, but works just fine. I have a Teraflex 3.5 lift and it had me reroute E-brake cables from over x-member to under so that may of helped a little. I used zip ties to compress the fingers on the clips that hold the cable to the axle. Other than the rear stock brake line not mating up to the Rubicon calipers, it was a straight forward bolt-on procedure.

[@FROSTBITEOFFROAD]

@@AV8XRC ok cool, thanks for the info. I rerouted mine for my lift as well so should be good, I’ll make sure to add brake lines to my list for the swap.

[@TheRamon0007]

that there is buddy very good update for your jeep. I have 2 dana 44 rear axles for sale in case anyone needs one. I hope you come to Tahuya soon. Thanks

[@FROSTBITEOFFROAD]

@@TheRamon0007 thanks, yeah I’m looking forward to getting it under the Jeep. I hope I can make it up north soon, at this point it’ll probably be in the spring. Thanks for watching man!