I'm interested in everyones response. I know that the big company's that push axles are Gorilla and Super ATV Rhino's.

 

I used a sti axle when I broke my factory one on my 12 s.... It was only like 110 and has been good so far. Why spend a bunch of cash when you can go something cheap and if it last year it has paid for itself.

 

Add to my OP, I buy 99% of my parts from Forum vendors. They keep us going, so I try to keep them going. There is so much mumbo jumbo about this kind of welding vs that kind of welding. Again, I rarely take the cheap way out. I am looking for dependability from a reliable vendor.

 

I know a lot of guys have upgraded due to lift kits and "S" conversions, but how many guys have high mileage on their Std, and had to replace an axle? What kind of luck and what brand? I'm not against replacing them with OEM Polaris, as these have served us very well. I am just trying to avoid a catastrophic failure on the trails, as we sometimes ride really deep into the woods. Anybody?

 

I have 1600 miles of hardcore trail riding/rock crawling with 27" tires on my std rzr. My front shafts are perfect, but I did bust a rear cv last fall and replaced the stock rear axles with complete rhino brand axles from super atv. I like em just fine. I have a bunch of runs on them since then and everything seems great. (by the way, I realize you have way more miles than me).

My opinion is that the rear axles are at more of an angle which would apply more stress on the cv's back there...that and well in general the rear is under just plain more stress and strain unless you are hill climbing in reverse awd. I dunno about you, but i would think my weak link up front would be the plastic sprag (still origional).

 

I have 3000+ miles on my stock axle on my 08 RZR and no problems. Not even a torn boot. I ride alot of tight woods and mountain trails. So far so good.

 

So far, no torn boots, and they are still hanging in there at 4050 miles. But, I have gone through several tie rod ends and ball joints that were very sloppy, but not broken. Oddly enough, all of the bad parts are coming off of the right front. I agree that the rear axles work much harder than the fronts.
Lately, I have been feeling some tightness in the front end (even with power steering) when I turn to the right. We never jump it, but we have tackled some very difficult trails that would turn most riders away. Again, I don't fault a single item on our RZR, just starting to get into a high mileage situation and want to replace them in the comfort of my shop.

 

I have 3 superatv rhino axles and they have done me good for over 400 miles now. some people have boot problems but ive had 3 and havent had any

 

kbigo, I see you replaced 3. Did they fail completely? All replaced at the same time?

 

OK i lied RMR man you reminded me it started out i broke 1 stock rear axle so i went ahead and replaced both rears with rhinos. then i went to one ride and broke a rear rhino and a front stock in the same hole now i have 3 rhinos (2 in rear 1 in front) and how the rear rhino broke is still beyond me and all my buddies belief. im thinking i ripped the boot because we rode all day long (going through alot more stuff then we normally do) and we were playing in a basic mud hole and snap there went the rhino out of no where. oh well for the price and warranty i dont mind getting rhinos until the new highlifter dht axles prove to me that they are better

 

gorilla or Rihnos? For a 2011 RZR 4

 

You may want to look into Cobras Axles there is a lot of good things being said about them, I'm calling them tomorrow.

 

WE have axles that are good quality, get no complaints and we sell them for $125 shipped.

We are averaging about 40 axles a month.

Todd

 

Ran my 09 50" through swamps , mud, snow, plowing for 2+ years on stock axles (also lifted, clutch kit, and 27" zillas at the time). Axles were still holding up great when I added SATV 1.5" forward a-arms and 30" black mambas but replaced fronts with rhinos since SATV's site and a number of posts here stated the oem's would bind with the forward arms. Since then I've put on some hard miles mudding, trail riding, and plowing. Oem rear axles are still holding up great.

I highly recommend the SATV rhino axles to anyone looking to upgrade. Fair price and great customer service. There have been a lot of naysayers about the rhino axles not holding up. My last ride was a 09 Sportsman 800HO with SATV 6" lift, rhino axles, and 32" terminators (along with a list of other goodies). It went through trail riding and swamps up to the racks in muck with no issues.