Key is not in the ignition, and there is a hidden kill switch to the starter in the vehicle.
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Key is not in the ignition, and there is a hidden kill switch to the starter in the vehicle.
Not much of a update but scored a tool box of craigslist. Big enough to hold spare axle shafts!
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Little update, Had the fan hub bearing go out on me. Found someone that had a NOS for 50 bucks. Saved me about $430 by finding it. Should be in tomorrow. Hope to put it on this weekend and start welding up the truss, installing ball joints, gears, and new chromo axles then installing the long arm lift next week.
I am tired of looking at all these new parts sitting on my shelf....
In about two weeks ill be ordering new rims and rubbers with my tax return.
35x12.50x13 baja claws and summit nomad wheels
Any particular reason you want to run the claws? Just wondering. I don't see many people run them except for big tube buggies running the really wide ones.
Sand, that's where my mj spends most of its time. The tread pattern to me looks like it is a perfect mix between road friendly and offroad performance with sand. Even the side wall will help in sand at lower psi's.
you going to run them backwards like a lot of sand guys do?
Nope
Got some work done to the new d30. Welded on the truss and upper and lower C gussets. Also added some plate to the lower control arm mount and boxed in the passenger side coil bucket.
This is about as strong as a D30 can get I believe.
Next on the list:
- Put the new chromoly ball joints in
- Attach and drill the Knuckles for the tapered 1 ton steering
- Install the 4.10 gears
- Install the Chromoly Axle Shafts
- Paint
- Install brakes,and diff cover.
Hopefully I can get this all done with in the week and this time next week Ill be pulling the old axle and putting on the new long arm lift.
Here is a before and after
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And here are some more shots of the axle
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Made up my mind that I'm going to go ahead and order some lockers while I'm here. Thinking a spartan for the d30 and I think a limited slip will be best for the rear.
Why not locker in the rear and limited slip in the front, that seems like the more common way people set things up. I would think the locker would be stronger than the limited slip. But most people would probably toss that D30 for a ford 8.8 or 9" and weld it.
I don't think locking the D30 is a good idea, even with chromos.
That's what I'm going back and forth on, how to set it up. The truck spends most of its time on sand, and I drive it every where I wheel. So my concern with a locker in the rear is how it will react to 3 hour trips of hwy driving. I have been looking at a limited slip for the front of it but I feel confident that a the axle will hold up to a locker.
I think it will hold up as long as I don't drive with a lead foot. The weakest part of the axle is the ring and pinon now. The rest of it is as strong as a d44. And if it breaks it breaks..... Just means a 9 inch and a hp 44 will be the next step.