Still hasn't been torn down, but i got my hands on another set of front shafts and i am going over to a friends house with 40 acres and lots of obstacles. Curious to see how long it will take me to bust them shafts again

:chiefwoohaw::sonicjay:

today

I sheared all but one bolt on each side of that shackle bracket on either side today. I used 3/8 grade 5 bolts, now they will be grade 8

i also toasted another LF axleshaft, i really need to buy some chrome moly shafts and get weaker hubs. My hubs are the ones that are all metal and indestructable. I need to get the weaker hubs and several spares that way i can just change the hubs quicker and less costly then shafts and joints each time

 

when i tear it down, i'll be replacing the front welded spiders with an aussie locker. I think with the aussie and chrome molly shafts i should be able to make the front survive longer then one trip

 

And some lifetime "junk hubs". Move the weak point already.....so we can wheel more than 20 min. at a time. :tonka: I will say, you gave it hell until it broke. :sonicjay: That stuff was nasty!

 

It better to test it some place close to home then to be out of state wheeling it.

The truck is sweet looking in person and work very well. :thumb:

 

Looking Good.

 

cool build

 

i got a bunch torn back down today, the front axle and suspension torn out from under neath it and the Front axle stripped to the bare housing. I got some pics but my comp is being gay tonite so i'll load them tomorrow.

I'm debating on tires, i currently have 36x13.50 15 bias Iroks on 15x10 rims and to be honest in the Michigan terrian i haven't been to happy with them. Even in the lightest of mud they seem to just Ball up into slicks and regardless of wheel spin they just do not seem to clean very well. I have been debating on getting a set of 38x13x16 TSL bias on some 16x8 rims and seeing how those do. Any opinions?

 

Ask fullsize4life that is what he runs.

 

I've been very impressed with mine

 

i say get the tsl's they are good in everything i loved mine when i had them

 

heres my LF shaft from this past sunday

wheres the ujoint?

 

heres the work i got done today,

pretty much totally stripped the front axle down, still debating on shortening the Pass side to EB length or keeping full width. Opinions?

 

i'll have to shoot him a pm and ask him, thanks rich


heres another angle on my front axle

 

why did you take it out. why not just fix it in the truck?

 

i'm stretching the wheel base about 2 inches and pushing the front axle forward, and i may narrow the pass side to EB length as well

 

Aren't you breaking everything with your 36's? Even going chromo, you would be back where you started once you increase tire size. Just a thought. That being said, I have 36" Swamper SX's and like mine and have a D30 front and my brother in law has 39.5 Swampers on D44 and 9" without breakage... so far. Cool build and B2!

 

my iroks measure out to be 36.8 tall mounted and the TSL's measure 37.8 to hieght will not be that big of an increase. And i bought my iroks new and they are still in extremely good condition so if i got close to what i paid then i would only need $100 or so to upgrade to the TSL's. Also by going to a 16" rim, later if i ever decide to go with a HD D44 or even a D60 then the 16" TSL's will clear the brakes unlike 15" rims.

 

yep another shaft, i think with it
welded
OE shafts
unbreakable ford hubs
5-760x joints (i haven't had the cross shaft fail yet, but have broken the caps)
36x13.50 Iroks on 15x10's (iroks that measure with a tape at 36.5+ and 14+ wide)

is alot of my prob. even taking it easy i am still having problems

so my new set-up will be
38x13x16 TSL's
16x8
Chrome moly
weaker hubs (that way they are the weak link)
Aussie locker
and i am undecided if i'll stay with the 5-760x's or not

 

I think it was the HD lockouts like you said.

 

I got a nice solution in the marketplace :naughty: , cheaper than buying alloys

 

stay fullwidth!! nothing more kickass than a small rig on fullsize axles

 

my 38-13-16 tsl tires are for sale if you want them. Shoot me a pm and I we will talk.

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got a little done today, i ground off my coil mounts from my frt axle and also took the wedges off the pass side so it can cut it down to EB width (this is why i chose the 77 D44 instead of the 78-79 D44's)

 

well i made a deal with XJ4Life and he now has my iroks and i will now be sporting 36x12.50 15 TSL's with some custom grooving done by xj4life. Heres a pic of the tread.

i'll be dropping the front axle housing off to get id shortened on the pass side to EB length. then once taxes come back i'll be getting chrome moly shafts and hopefully building my ext radius arms. Then i can put it back together and wheel it.

 

i'll be dropping the front axle housing off to get id shortened on the pass side to EB length.

Why are you not doing this your self? It is really east to do :thumb:

 

i found somebody that would do it real cheap who has done several before.

 

I bet I know who!

 

I bet you do, i seen where you got your 9" from as well

got some different rims and got my TSLs mounted up......also dropped my axle housing off to have the right side tube shortened to EB width. So i will no longer be full width up front. I had to many problems with the really tight trails that i wheel. I kept running the RF tire into trees and similar.

 

I like being fullsize. In fact i wish i was bigger......LOL

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I like being fullsize. In fact i wish i was bigger......LOL

so when are you getting rockwells:naughty:

 

got the rear put on the B2, man i cannot wait to get this thing back on the trails

 

bored waiting for parts to get in so i made a slide show

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pON-ofdnO-Y