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Yukon 2019 Spring Rebate
Spring into Summer 2019 Yukon Rebate Program Scroll down to see HOT deals and watch unboxing videos. Yukon Spin Free Kits - $150 Rebate • Yukon’s top of the line Hub conversion kit uncouples your wheels from the front axle, letting it operate more efficiently, reducing drag for a smoother ride and boosting fuel economy • Replace your inaccessible, worn and vulnerable factory unit bearings with our complete Yukon Spin Free kit that comes with our toughest outer axles forged from 4340 Chromoly Steel, and forged hubs on most applications. • Clean and sleek, this kit includes Yukon Hardcore Locking Hubs that let you engage into 4WD to play hard and easily disengage for the road back home. More Info Find Spin Free Kits Now . Yukon Grizzly Locker - Save $55 • Tear it up with our Grizzly Locker’s heat treated 8620 & 9310 Steel internals designed to dominate extreme torque and shock load • Large inner-clutch teeth are stronger than back-cut designs by 350%, allowing great resistance to shock load or broken axle failures • Premium alloy steel and nodular iron cases are designed for performance quality strength with minimal deflection More Info Find Grizzly Lockers Now . Yukon Front Axle Kits - $50 Rebate • Next-level strength and toughness from 100% 4340 Steel that undergoes Yukon’s stringent proprietary heat treatment process and in-house torque testing • Tight tolerance yoke-end is the trick to a properly fitted u-joint that won’t vibrate or loosen • Smooth and precise bearing journals are the secret to maximizing bearing and seal life, thanks to Yukon’s unique surface finishing treatment More Info Find Front Axle Kits . Yukon Dura Grip - $40 Rebate • Versatile performance allows quick reaction to all traction situations • Ready to handle high torque and shock loads with the use of 4320 Steel Bevel Gears, which are up to 50% stronger than OE materials • The heavy springs used in the Dura Grip provide ideal traction under light load, while the precision bevel gears further compress the composite clutch packs under heavy loads for best lock up • Exceptionally heavy-duty nodular iron case will outperform OE iron cases by 20-30% More Info Find Your Dura Grip Now . Yukon Zip Lockers - FREE Air Compressor • Yukon’s most impressive locker yet, forged from an entirely steel case to protect the internals with minimal deflection and maximum strength • Air operated intelligently designed locker, compact air compressor sold separately • Designed to handle extreme torque and shocks loads, heat treated 4320 & 9310 steel bevel gears and lock ring let you unleash power and stay locked until you disengage the locker • Bevel gears are optimized using our specialized design software to create a stress balanced tooth design that promotes superior strength and eliminates weak links More Info Find Zip Lockers Now . Yukon Ring & Pinion Gear Sets - $25 Rebate • Yukon Gears are held to rigorous quality and engineering standards with in-house QA Lab testing and Gleason CAGE design software • Re-gear this summer and get unmatched torque load capacity and low noise output thanks to our precisely controlled transverse contact ratio • Gain confidence knowing your bearings are held to Timken’s fitting best practices and won’t slip or crack under pressure • Designed to ease installation through enhanced gear pattern length, width, and location More Info Find Ring & Pinion Gear Sets . Yukon Rear Axle Shafts - $20 Rebate • High-strength 1541H Steel lets us intensely heat treat our bearing journals for longer life and less wear on c-clip applications • Smooth and precise bearing journals are the secret to maximizing bearing and seal life, thanks to Yukon’s unique surface finishing treatment • Say goodbye to excessive endfloat with Yukon’s precision controlled c-clip buttons that provide proper fit every time More Info Find Rear Axle Shafts . Yukon Master Overhaul Kits - $20 Rebate • Most complete Master Overhaul Kits available in the industry • Premium grade fasteners and high quality Yukon Mighty Seals in most kits • Thoughtfully engineered shim stacks and super shims allow for precise adjustments • Technical expertise readily available to offer support throughout installation one call away More Info Find Master Overhaul Kits
Welcome to the New RANDYS!
Welcome to the new RANDYS! We’ve redesigned our website to make the process of finding, buying, and learning about drivetrain parts easier and more streamlined. Use our product dropdown menu to reach a product category page where you can quickly filter parts by year, make, model, and differential. This filter runs off our proprietary Diff Wizard parts finder technology, which is also present throughout the site to allow quick access to parts lookup whether you’re using Calculators or browsing articles, videos and tech tips in our all-new Resource Center. Also new is our Differential Identification section where you can quickly get fitment information and measurements for hundreds of differential models. Finally, see that orange speech bubble in the bottom right of your screen? Clicking that button connects you directly with members of our knowledgeable sales team who can help you find the right part for your application and usage. Whether you run a shop or are making a quick repair in your garage, we hope you enjoy the new shopping experience at RANDYS. Our goal is for customers to feel confident in their parts purchase, knowing they’re receiving product that is high quality and tailored to their application. Have feedback for us about the new site? Please send us a message and let us know!
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Re-Gearing Ford Super Duty Axles with Yukon Gears
Ford Super Duty axles are arguably the most common setup swapped in to other vehicles, and it is easy to see why. The Super Duty is one of the last vehicles on the market equipped with front and rear solid axles, and the only with a high-pinion Dana 60 front end. By starting with heavy-duty, eight-lug axles with 35-spline axle shafts we didn't feel is necessary to upgrade shafts or U-joints, even when planning to run 40-inch-tall Milestar Patagonia M/Ts on our full-size truck. That doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement, or that all Super Duty axles are created equal. We recently went to Axleline to upgrade the Super Duty axles in our latest project with Yukon components for improved strength and trail prowess. Axleline's head honcho, Aaron Lechner, showed us the strengths and weaknesses of Super Duty axles, along with the changes that have been made over the last 20 years that Ford has been using these axles. Yukon makes lockers, ring and pinion sets, and installation kits for every generation of Dana 60 and Sterling axle. We recommend starting with the newest axles you can find since they have the biggest components to support the increases in power and tow capacity as the Super Duty has evolved. Then just add lockers and low gears and you are ready to hit the trail! Super Duty Dana 60s Through the Years While not as bad as the variations of Dana 44, where zero components from a Dana 44 under a new Wrangler JL are shared with the Dana 44 under a CJ-5, Dana 60s still have quite a bit of variation, even the ones found under Super Duty pickups. Starting in 1999, Super Duty trucks used Dana 50 axles under F-250s and single-rear-wheel (SRW) F-350s. High-pinion Dana 60s were used on dual-rear-wheel (DRW) Dana 60s starting in 2002. These axles had spring perches for leaf springs until 2004 with virtually no axle tube sticking out of the casting on the short side, making it a challenge to mount coils or links. In 2005 Ford went to coil springs, along with bigger knuckles and brakes on the Dana 60 front axles. F-450 and F-550 trucks of this era came with "Super 60" front axles that use a larger 10-inch ring gear, 37-spline axle shafts, and 1550 U-joints for even greater strength. These axles have 10-lug adapters, but removing the adapters converts them to the normal Super Duty 8x170 bolt pattern. Sterling Rears Through the Years Not all rear Sterling axles are the same, but the differential covers, axle shafts, and carriers are all interchangeable. These are full-floating axles with 1 1/2-inch, 35-spline axle shafts that are very strong. They don't benefit from the third pinion bearing that makes the 14-bolt the king of rear axles though, and the axle tubes can spin in the center section under hard use. Early 1985-1992 Sterling 10 1/4 axles used drum brakes, an 8-on-6 1/2 bolt pattern, and short pinion splines. The second generation (1993-1998) of Sterling axles used longer pinion splines and a different yoke, but were otherwise the same. The introduction of the Super Duty in 1999 brought the introduction of the Sterling 10 1/2-inch, which has a different inner pinion bearing than the Sterling 10 1/4. The 10 1/2 also uses disc brakes and an 8-on-170mm bolt pattern. In 2005 the brakes were upgraded to 13.4-inch brake rotors, and in 2013 they grew even larger to 14.3 inches.
Off-Road Ready Gear Sets For The Jeep JL
When the JL platform hit the trails in 2018 it was quickly embraced by Jeep enthusiasts and most of these Jeep fans were soon on the warpath for performance parts. Like every other Jeep platform, opportunities for aftermarket manufacturers to modify, lift, and accessorize were in wide and varied. In fact, parts were in the pipelines before the JLs were dropped off at dealerships. Jeep’s New Differentials Aftermarket drivetrain engineers working on the new Jeep JL platform were met with a number with design challenges when it came to the ring and pinion gears. The JL launched with a new set of differentials including the D44JL Rear (M220), D44JL Front (M210), and D35JL (M200). Factory engineers designed the ring and pinions for higher efficiencies. Whether this had to do with the JL’s front axle disconnect feature for increased fuel mileage or other powertrain revisions, differential upgrading needed extra engineering focus. Superior Engineering From a design perspective, this factory revision denotes a decrease in the hypoid offset compared to previous JK designs, resulting in a smaller pinion head diameter with increased loading on the teeth. Most aftermarket manufacturers recognized the design change... that was the easy part. Only Yukon noticed that the design change required improvements to the metallurgy as well. Stronger alloys, most notably an increase in the nickel content, were required to handle the additional loads. Superior Metallurgy Diagnosing the significant changes in the OE gears for the JL platform, our team of engineers examined countless material and heat treatment options to effectively address the new hypoid offset. Yukon realized the need to manufacture the JL ring and pinion line with a premium higher strength 4320 material to hold up to the abuse and provide even higher strength than the JK. After testing Yukon against other aftermarket brands, it appeared we were the only aftermarket company to move to higher strength material and produce the strongest aftermarket gears associated with the Jeep JL line. *An increase in the Nickel content (Ni) provides higher tensile and yield strength and improved impact properties. **Aftermarket competitors benchmarked for JL gears show use of lower Nickel (Ni) materials. ***Tensile and Yield strengths are approximate Providing top-of-the-line drivetrain products has been the goal of Yukon Gear & Axle from Day One. Yukon quality labs and engineers go the extra mile to provide you with a product that can be trusted no matter how sketchy the terrain gets. Yukon’s selection of products from gears, traction devices, driveshafts, kits, and covers to name a few, are the highest quality in the industry and we continue to exceed industry standards so you can wheel with confidence.