I will let the cat out of the bag. Most of the people on here do not like there drive shaft because they come standard with sub par u-joints that are made in china. If you go with a je-real they use neapco u-joints that are made in the USA.
I can't speak for anyone else but, I can speak for what I have seen with my own eyes and that's gold seal u-joints failing again and again where others have not. I know some will try to suggest that I'm just "bashing" Tom Woods because they aren't a sponsor or something silly like that but, I honestly couldn't make this stuff up. Click on the video below and fast forward to 18:17. Yes, it's just one example that I am showing here but, I can assure you I have seen more instances just like it...
What kind of shaft was it that broke here? Where did it break? So there's no confusion here, the Jeep that this Tom Wood shaft was installed on NEVER got to wheel the whole week due to unrelated problems. On this last day, he finally got to hit the dirt and test out all the NEW components he just installed on his Jeep and one of which was his brand new Woody. Nobody else suffered a break here as the obstacle in question wasn't anything to write home about. The break appeared to have been a fluke or, from what I have seen many times in the past, a simple failure of a substandard part. Now, I'm not suggesting for a moment that all gold seal u-joints will fail, just that I have seen enough fail and without a good enough reason to make me reluctant to recommend them. But hey, that's just me. :yup: