baby steps wey. you're getting in over your head to quickly. for 3xs and always on the road go with arbs or anything else selectable. supposedly lunch box loxkers don't work well with large tires. I would say detroit it, but on the road you probably wouldn't like it. whatever though it is your money. wasted but still yours.
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Hey Turtle,
Can you give us some examples of a "catastrophic failure" ???????????????????????????????
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I have no desire to search for catastrophic failures on the interrnet but they exist...
Any thing over 33's and you increase the wear to the point where you should expect to replace them every year... with 37's expect every 6 months... THen the mounting surfaces start to wear out where the ball joints press into... It is very common and the biggest reason to upgrade from a dana 30 to something bigger...... -
heard good things about http://www.drivetraindirect.com axles are a few hundred cheaper than some other guys, and i have a set sitting in my garage atm.
Sal
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I have no desire to search for catastrophic failures on the interrnet but they exist...
Any thing over 33's and you increase the wear to the point where you should expect to replace them every year... with 37's expect every 6 months... THen the mounting surfaces start to wear out where the ball joints press into... It is very common and the biggest reason to upgrade from a dana 30 to something bigger......I would tend to agree with turtle...on my HP30 running 36" Iroks I was replacing unit bearings and balljoints once a season. I also helped in one instance of replacing balljoints on a rubi D44 in a motel parking lot after it pulled apart on the trail.
--Ian
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im always late and wrong but here you go, some specs for you
QuoteDisplay More8.8 Specifications:
Disc Brakes/Rotors - A great upgrade from the drum brakes on the D35..
5 Lug on 4 1/2 Wheel Studs
31 Spline Axle Shafts (Stock Dana 35 is 27 Splines)
3.73 Gear Ratio
The axle shaft strength tested by Warn Ind:
Ford 8.8= 6,500 (lb. ft.) = Stronger than the Dana 44
D44= 4,600-5,000 (lb. ft.)
D35C= 4,000-4,300 (lb. ft.)Weight (complete assembly w/ brakes etc.): 174 lb.
O.D. of tubes: 3.250".
Tube thickness: .250"
Ring gear diameter: 8.800".
Ring gear bolts: 7/16" dia. (qty. 10).
Pinion diameter/splines: 1.625 / 30.
Axle shaft/splines: 1.320 / 31.
Overall width 59.625" (the F8.8 is .950" narrower then a Dana 35).
Bolt size (U-joint flange to yoke) is: 12 x 1.75 x 30 mm
Centerline of housing to C/L of pinion difference is 3.875" toward the P/S.
(This measurement is 2.5" offset to the P/S then a Dana 35).this is cut and pasted from a good friend of mine
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