Yup already accounted for bump stops. Got hockey pucks on the way.
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Yup already accounted for bump stops. Got hockey pucks on the way.
why not a tennis ball?
Cause my dog likes her tennis balls but doesn't play with her hockey pucks.:gigem:
Got some more work done on the new front axle. Was able to get it painted up and painted the track bar drop bracket, along with the knuckles. still need to drill them out for the 1 ton TRE's.
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front and rear axle are matching now!
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no aftermarket cover on the front?
He drives a lot in reverse.
Yup currently under the truck now on the bent d30
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You could've bought a set of rubi 44's or a kingpin 60 for all the money you've dumped into that axle. And at the end of the day, it's still a dana 30 with shafts the size of rebar. Just sayin
Well if I would have known that I was going to bend the front axle and have to replace it before I did the 8.8 swap, I would have just went with a full width 44/9 set up. Before I bought this new d30 I did look for a narrow width waggy 44 but could never find one. I also found a couple of front rubi 44s on CL but people were wanting 1500 bucks for them. Plus The shafts and tubes in the front d30's are the same size that is in the rubi 44s. The only strength gain to the rubi 44s would be the ring and pinon size.
And when It comes down to it I have spent under 1500 on a fully rebuilt, locked, beefed up, and geared d30, VS. spending 1500 on a wore out stock rubi d44.
A built dana 30 is just fine. A lot of people use the "coulda bought a 60" argument. It's true, you probably could buy the 60. But you have to replace the rear axle to match the front. Are you going to put a 60 on shortarms? No, so now you're into a 3 link. New driveshafts? New wheels? New tires if you bump to 16/16.5/17" wheels? Add a couple grand over what he has in that 30.
Build the 30, wheel the 30, realize it does have limitations, bring spares, have fun. :D
Oh ya, there's always some other jeep dummy looking for a built dana 30 when you're ready to sell and upgrayedd. :D