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badfish05
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Posted: 03/09/08 08:46 PM
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looking for a straight axle what do you recommend it is A 94 gmc 1500 4x4
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orangeone
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Posted: 03/10/08 07:21 PM
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cant go wrong with a dana 44, lots of aftermarket and plenty of strength
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Posted: 03/11/08 01:49 PM
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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.
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badfish05
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Posted: 03/11/08 06:38 PM
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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?
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Posted: 03/12/08 01:07 PM
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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).
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1978k-20
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Posted: 05/21/08 03:23 PM
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make sure you match your gear ratios in the axles
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SnoMan
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Posted: 05/21/08 08:24 PM
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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.
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ennis
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Posted: 05/25/08 07:59 PM
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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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