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If you go through water deeper than about 6" it will get into the swivel housings, collect at the bottom and rust the lower bearings.
As long as you accept that you will be changing those bearings more often than Imelda Marcos buys a new pair of shoes, it is alright upto the axle breather, and in fact over it for short periods: just keep changing the diff oil.
If the car starts to float, and you have to wait for water to get in to sink down enough to give the wheels grip, it is too deep :laugh:
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there