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badfish05 badfish05
New User | Posts: 2 | Joined: 03/08
Posted: 03/09/08
08:46 PM

looking for a straight axle what do you recommend it is A 94 gmc 1500 4x4  


 
orangeone orangeone
New User | Posts: 17 | Joined: 03/08
Posted: 03/10/08
07:21 PM

cant go wrong with a dana 44, lots of aftermarket and plenty of strength  


 
GM1tonOfFun GM1tonOfFun
User | Posts: 204 | Joined: 11/07
Posted: 03/11/08
01:49 PM

A Ford D44 so you have the differential on the driver side, as long as you don't go bigger than a 35" tire for hard wheeling and don't put a locker in it.  Use a Ford D60 if you will be using 38" or larger tires.  For really hard wheeling a D60 for 35" tires and up.  


 
badfish05 badfish05
New User | Posts: 2 | Joined: 03/08
Posted: 03/11/08
06:38 PM

Im probably going to use a dana 60 but what should I do about the rearend its stock. Is that bad for your front axle to be a heck of alot bigger than your rear?  


 
GM1tonOfFun GM1tonOfFun
User | Posts: 204 | Joined: 11/07
Posted: 03/12/08
01:07 PM

Put a 14 bolt in the rear.  The 9.5 semi-floater (good for up to about 38" tires with alloy axle shafts) or 10.5 Full Floater (will have no problem with 44" tires with alloy axle shafts).  


 
1978k-20 1978k-20
User | Posts: 54 | Joined: 05/08
Posted: 05/21/08
03:23 PM

make sure you match your gear ratios in the axles  


 
SnoMan
Enthusiast | Posts: 611 | Joined: 03/08
Posted: 05/21/08
08:24 PM

GM1tonOfFun:
Put a 14 bolt in the rear.  The 9.5 semi-floater (good for up to about 38" tires with alloy axle shafts) or 10.5 Full Floater (will have no problem with 44" tires with alloy axle shafts).

Before I would spend the time and expense to use a 14 bolt 10.5 with expensive alloy shafts I would simply round up a AAM 11.5 or D80 and use it as it is a lot stronger stock than a 10.5. The 11.5 and D80 have about a 2 inch diameter input spline on pinion vs 1.75 for 10.5 and 1.875 for 9.5. Alloy shafts are not without a catch in that as rear axle is designed, they kinda act as a fuse and fail before more a more catastrophic failure occurs. When shafts are beefed up too much you are flirting with more expensive failures hence the reason I suggest simply using a 11.5 or D80 to begin with.  


 
ennis ennis
New User | Posts: 12 | Joined: 05/08
Posted: 05/25/08
07:59 PM

geeze every time i reply to a post it seems like SnoMan thinks the same way as i do. heck if you want to really get some pull, then go with some rockwells  


 
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