Anyone seen this?
Jan 5, 2008 | 06:53 AM
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Anyone seen this?
http://www.trail-gear.com/axlehousing.html
Pretty cool rear axle housing for yotas. Not sure if I missed discussion on this one or not.
If I could get a 6" passenger side offset it would work perfect on my Samurai.
Thought I'd share.
Pretty cool rear axle housing for yotas. Not sure if I missed discussion on this one or not.
If I could get a 6" passenger side offset it would work perfect on my Samurai.
Thought I'd share.
Jan 5, 2008 | 09:18 AM
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Would not touch that with a 10ft pole. It is typical TG trash. Dont beleive me?....
Grab some pop corn!
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...ght=trail+gear
Grab some pop corn!
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...ght=trail+gear
Jan 5, 2008 | 09:32 AM
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Well I'm not about to go through 17 pages of that crap but looking at a few pages it seem like the biggest complaint is the looks, I'm suprised the "hard core" guys on Pirate even give a crap about looks. Like one guy said lots of the homemade axle housings are warped from the bad welding. Looks good to me, I suspect there is just a bias against TG because of the way they broke off from Marlin.
Jan 5, 2008 | 09:43 AM
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Well I'm not about to go through 17 pages of that crap but looking at a few pages it seem like the biggest complaint is the looks, I'm suprised the "hard core" guys on Pirate even give a crap about looks. Like one guy said lots of the homemade axle housings are warped from the bad welding. Looks good to me, I suspect there is just a bias against TG because of the way they broke off from Marlin.
The 3rd would not mount up, the fill plug was tapped crooked, there was welding splatter all over the threads, there was splatter all over the inside of the housing, the flange holes were not centered (not a big deal but not hard to do and shows the motives that many of us know tg has)...... and much more
What was TG's respose to 4rnrricks findings? They told him they didnt want his business anymore!
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Jan 5, 2008 | 09:59 AM
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lol no thanks
i got out of high school and the term "your gay!" gets old and its really not a good argument as to why an axle isnt good
if your willing to read 63 pages of worthless talk then pirate does have a lot of good info tho....
i got out of high school and the term "your gay!" gets old and its really not a good argument as to why an axle isnt good
if your willing to read 63 pages of worthless talk then pirate does have a lot of good info tho....
Jan 5, 2008 | 10:09 AM
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It really doesn't take much effort to find what 4rnr is talking about. I read it a while ago when it happened and from all the stuff I already know about trail gear, many first hand expreriences form guys in our club, and now this. I don't think I plan on getting ANYTHING from TG anytime soon.
Jan 5, 2008 | 10:43 AM
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"your gay"????
"63 pages"????
Im lost.
Jan 5, 2008 | 10:55 AM
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im talking about how the majority on pirate automatically jumps to "thats gay" or "your gay" when they find something they dont like, like the axle housing
and the 63 pages was an exaggeration of how many pages of the lame remarks you have to read through in order to find some useful information
i did fail to mention that you saved everyone from the useless rants on pirate by telling us a reason why we shouldnt buy the TG part
i read thru the first page and saw too many rainbow flags and "i think its gay" and "my D60 is better" to want to read on
Jan 5, 2008 | 11:07 AM
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im talking about how the majority on pirate automatically jumps to "thats gay" or "your gay" when they find something they dont like, like the axle housing
and the 63 pages was an exaggeration of how many pages of the lame remarks you have to read through in order to find some useful information
i did fail to mention that you saved everyone from the useless rants on pirate by telling us a reason why we shouldnt buy the TG part
i read thru the first page and saw too many rainbow flags and "i think its gay" and "my D60 is better" to want to read on
and the 63 pages was an exaggeration of how many pages of the lame remarks you have to read through in order to find some useful information
i did fail to mention that you saved everyone from the useless rants on pirate by telling us a reason why we shouldnt buy the TG part
i read thru the first page and saw too many rainbow flags and "i think its gay" and "my D60 is better" to want to read on
Yeah there is alot of basless bashing but it gets better and is actually a great read once rick posts up his pictures and findings.
Like I tell all my Ih8mud friends (including the owner) when they ask me why Im on pirate. True, there a bunch of sandy vaginas there but in a way it almost necessary to maintain the most extreem mini truck tech there is. I would be sad to see it go.
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Jan 5, 2008 | 11:13 AM
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Ahh
Yeah there is alot of basless bashing but it gets better and is actually a great read once rick posts up his pictures and findings.
Like I tell all my Ih8mud friends (including the owner) when they ask me why Im on pirate. True, there a bunch of sandy vaginas there but in a way it almost necessary to maintain the most extreem mini truck tech there is. I would be sad to see it go.
Yeah there is alot of basless bashing but it gets better and is actually a great read once rick posts up his pictures and findings.
Like I tell all my Ih8mud friends (including the owner) when they ask me why Im on pirate. True, there a bunch of sandy vaginas there but in a way it almost necessary to maintain the most extreem mini truck tech there is. I would be sad to see it go.
i dont really go on ih8mud much because its mostly FJ's but that is a pretty b/a forum aswell
ttora and wild yotas are pretty good also
but nothing really lives up to yotatech and ih8mud for toyota tech, pirate too but thats my last resort haha
hijack off ;-)
Jan 5, 2008 | 01:25 PM
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on pages 5,6 and a 7 there is an honest review of it and on page 10 are more pictures of bought axels. the guys review basically said the overall design was good but alot of the small things were messed up and if a little more attention was paid during the manufacturing it would be a really good axel for $400
at least thats what i got out of it, but seriously most of that thread is just bashing TG based off of opinions.
at least thats what i got out of it, but seriously most of that thread is just bashing TG based off of opinions.
Jan 5, 2008 | 01:27 PM
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I wish they had one for tacoma's. I found out that my housing is twisted a few days ago when i was changing the wheel bearing. Unfortunately its hard to find used tacoma housings with locker/abs because they are so new. If i cant find another one i will be purchasing a diamond solid 4130 chromoly housing and installing that. Either way ive been taking a lot of pictures so i will due a nice tech writeup for axle housing swap once i have the new housing installed.
Jan 6, 2008 | 07:57 AM
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on pages 5,6 and a 7 there is an honest review of it and on page 10 are more pictures of bought axels. the guys review basically said the overall design was good but alot of the small things were messed up and if a little more attention was paid during the manufacturing it would be a really good axel for $400
at least thats what i got out of it, but seriously most of that thread is just bashing TG based off of opinions.
at least thats what i got out of it, but seriously most of that thread is just bashing TG based off of opinions.
Jan 6, 2008 | 05:48 PM
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ah, I suggest keep reading.
The 3rd would not mount up, the fill plug was tapped crooked, there was welding splatter all over the threads, there was splatter all over the inside of the housing, the flange holes were not centered (not a big deal but not hard to do and shows the motives that many of us know tg has)...... and much more
What was TG's respose to 4rnrricks findings? They told him they didnt want his business anymore!
The 3rd would not mount up, the fill plug was tapped crooked, there was welding splatter all over the threads, there was splatter all over the inside of the housing, the flange holes were not centered (not a big deal but not hard to do and shows the motives that many of us know tg has)...... and much more
What was TG's respose to 4rnrricks findings? They told him they didnt want his business anymore!
Does'nt Give me a bunch of confidence in there stuff or their customer service not to menchin their warranty
Jan 7, 2008 | 07:27 AM
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seems like a waste of money to me unless u are competing...
round here, rear housings are cheap or virtually free...I dont hear of many people breaking them. If you do, spend a couple bucks on some metal and beef it up.
If I was forced to buy a new rear I would look at crossed up off road first
round here, rear housings are cheap or virtually free...I dont hear of many people breaking them. If you do, spend a couple bucks on some metal and beef it up.
If I was forced to buy a new rear I would look at crossed up off road first
Jan 7, 2008 | 08:01 AM
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But I wouldn't go so far as to say all TG stuff is trash, for us cheap guys the TG sliders are a good deal. 
