I realize these aren't widely used, but looking to see who else is running the RCV axles in their rigs. In particular, I was curious to know how your boots are holding up..
I bought these axles to have worry-free wheeling trips with my 35's, and even if I did break and axle, the life time warranty was very appealing. Shortly after installing my RCV axles I noticed that at full droop they were burping grease, not unheard off or a big deal.. so I replaced the factory clamps with worm-gear clamps (after getting the OK from the RCV team that this wouldn't void warranty for whatever funky reason).
A bit later, my drivers side boot developed a tear. I was pretty consistent with pumping in some of their RCV Molly grease regularly, and eventually got tired of doing so, and ordered replacement boots with more grease (not all that cheap.. probably $100 worth of materials all said and done). Replaced both outer boots and installed new wormgear clamps.
Long story short.. I developed another small tear in the boot which made me irritated.. it didn't hold up too long. It's possible that the wormgear clamp is causing the tear at full steering lock, though i've never had an issue with factory boots. Anyhow.. I've asked RCV a few times about the warranty, and every time I was assured that 9 times out of 10, if I didn't willfully destroy the axle, that they would stand by the warranty.. I feel like the drivers axle has a bit of a click to it under full load in 4-lo, but this was also there shortly after I got them installed so I can't confirm it has anything to do with the boot situation.
So I guess my question is what are you other fellas doing with your RCV axles? How have the boots held up? Has anyone had to replace axles because of boot failure/clicking under warranty? I don't want to get myself in a situation where for some reason my axle ends up failing and they deny warranty because I re-booted my own axles and "didn't follow the exact process" etc etc etc.
I bought these axles to have worry-free wheeling trips with my 35's, and even if I did break and axle, the life time warranty was very appealing. Shortly after installing my RCV axles I noticed that at full droop they were burping grease, not unheard off or a big deal.. so I replaced the factory clamps with worm-gear clamps (after getting the OK from the RCV team that this wouldn't void warranty for whatever funky reason).
A bit later, my drivers side boot developed a tear. I was pretty consistent with pumping in some of their RCV Molly grease regularly, and eventually got tired of doing so, and ordered replacement boots with more grease (not all that cheap.. probably $100 worth of materials all said and done). Replaced both outer boots and installed new wormgear clamps.
Long story short.. I developed another small tear in the boot which made me irritated.. it didn't hold up too long. It's possible that the wormgear clamp is causing the tear at full steering lock, though i've never had an issue with factory boots. Anyhow.. I've asked RCV a few times about the warranty, and every time I was assured that 9 times out of 10, if I didn't willfully destroy the axle, that they would stand by the warranty.. I feel like the drivers axle has a bit of a click to it under full load in 4-lo, but this was also there shortly after I got them installed so I can't confirm it has anything to do with the boot situation.
So I guess my question is what are you other fellas doing with your RCV axles? How have the boots held up? Has anyone had to replace axles because of boot failure/clicking under warranty? I don't want to get myself in a situation where for some reason my axle ends up failing and they deny warranty because I re-booted my own axles and "didn't follow the exact process" etc etc etc.
