Scott's Patrol Progress

[redcagepatrol]

does the front hold up?

aren't fj80 rears a bigger R&P than v6? is that an option?

The front holds up. I've only broken a stock short side inner (on Upper Heldorado in Moab) and the lincoln locker... After I broke the stock shaft I swapped to chromo inners and changed the FJ80 Birfields to 300M units

I do believe that if I actually spend money on GOOD gears and a locker they will hold up, but I've repaired cracks in the housing two or three times - and a few of the stud holes (that hold the third member) are stripped out.

running a Ford 9 offers other advantages. I can carry one cheap spare third member for both rigs, very upgradeable, can weld anywhere for links.

Those True-HI9's have been holding up pretty good in competition in the past two years. There was one gear ratio that's not very strong and I think that those guys always heat treat the gears also. I know that Twisted Customs runs them for everything and they are still on top...

[uglyota]

diamond housing + heat/cryo/300m gears + start building something new to put v8 and mogs in

edit: $850 housing, $250 for R&P + treatment

[eight]

I'd just drop a lp 9" in. What would it cost for one with a detroit and 35 spline shafts? Cheap and easy to get replacement parts also.

How long do you have to wait for replacement majic voodooed V6 toy gears or hi9 gears if you break them?

[redcagepatrol]

The Toyota T-case has a pretty high rear output so the rear driveshaft angle sucks, and that helps break T-case output shafts.

a built Ford 9 lp is a good $1600+, the TrueHI9 is like $2200 - so it's $600 for extra driveshaft clearence.
http://www.truehi9.com/
they also have the MEGA9 that I just saw on their website:
http://www.truehi9.com/megahi9.html
cool stuff...

[davido]

Make a rear out of this.

http://houston.craigslist.org/pts/960712043.html

Quick change. Just what you need.

[Graystroke]

cheap problem solver
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/pts/955734075.html

[tigweld]

I thought they had discs

[william_ace]

i thought disks were standard on alot of things now but they arent

[tigweld]

what truck's are they not standard, not any of the big three.

[TMatheaus]

chevy, they were for a while then they went back to drum

[J Cooper]

I thought they had discs

07 they started using disks in the rear.

[uglyota]

it could also be off a 2x4. Too wide anyway

[redcagepatrol]

I'm kind-of stuck on the Ford 9. I really like the Toyota stuff but don't have a hard-on to keep my drivetrain all Toyota. If i'm going to put a new axle in this rig, it will have 35 spline chromo shafts so I never have to worry about it again.

[uglyota]

hard-on?

[redcagepatrol]

hard-on?

fixed

So what axle housing should I get?
Ballistic fab - $400 + $99 to get the 3/8" face
http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/..._123-1608.html

Spidertrax - $500
http://www.spidertrax.com/3-OD-x-1-4-Wall

Diamond Axle - $900 WOW!
http://www.diamondaxle.com/rear_nonsteering.htm

Moser - $500 with ends, but $$$ for extra ground clearence
http://www.moserengineering.com/Page...ous-ford9.html

Currie - $330 housing with ends + $160 ground clearence = $490
http://www.currieenterprises.com/ces...4.aspx?id=1563
http://www.currieenterprises.com/ces...4.aspx?id=1561

Housing ends are about $90 for the pair.