I have had endless good times with broken axles on my max lv last winter running RI factory rubber tracks. I come to the conclusion that the benefits of having tracks is great until you have to figure out how to get it home with power to only one side.for those of you that had been there it does not matter how big you and your friends are, your not pushing that darn thing that would be almost as easy as working on it. Any way I have only recently learned about the unavailable axle support brackets, I always thought they were extra support for a snow plow. After trolling the forum it seems some of the community swears by them . I called RC at RR he does not have any and informed me that RI is out of business so I will have to make them. I am guessing it would defeat the purpose if they were not close to exact to the inside alinement of the axles probally help with premature bearing wear. so the part I'm not sure of is do they go against the tub? Or on the outside of the bearing cages? I assume outside of the bearing cages closest to the wheels??? Any and all feedback is appreciated. Thanks sherman