My axle build thread
12-09-2011, 01:34 PM
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I know you are sticking with your d30 man but have you considered a pr44? I had all my parts ordered for my d30 gears lockers sleeves gussets shafts etc.. but I started thinking real hard on what size tire I was going to be running (37 in toyos) and wondered if the d30 would hold up. Needless to say I returned those parts and ordered a pr44 with ARB 5.13s and chromoly shafts. It all depends on how you wheel your rig I tend to get heavy on the throttle now and then thats why I went this route. On a side note I will have a brand new 2012 d30 for a little nothing here in about a month.
12-09-2011, 02:50 PM
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Cant wait to see how it turns out and your thoughts on the trail with it. I of course have the D30 in my sport and will be looking at a way to beef it up as I have too many hobbies (and kids) to drop the coin on a pr44 or 60. But with future thoughts of a hemi I may just save up and go with a 60 or something, but time will tell and I have no patience. Good luck on the build.
12-10-2011, 12:05 PM
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One thought. I have done some research on axle sleeves adn trusses. You should consider putting a preload on the axle prior to welding the sleeve and truss. Better for the axle to have a bit of a frown that a bit of a smile. Especailly since the smile is what the truss and sleeves are trying to avoid.
However, I'm just gonna measure the axle to assure its straight and weld the truss right on, don't want any funny tire wear issues.
12-10-2011, 12:07 PM
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JK Freak
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Cant wait to see how it turns out and your thoughts on the trail with it. I of course have the D30 in my sport and will be looking at a way to beef it up as I have too many hobbies (and kids) to drop the coin on a pr44 or 60. But with future thoughts of a hemi I may just save up and go with a 60 or something, but time will tell and I have no patience. Good luck on the build.
12-10-2011, 12:09 PM
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JK Freak
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I know you are sticking with your d30 man but have you considered a pr44? I had all my parts ordered for my d30 gears lockers sleeves gussets shafts etc.. but I started thinking real hard on what size tire I was going to be running (37 in toyos) and wondered if the d30 would hold up. Needless to say I returned those parts and ordered a pr44 with ARB 5.13s and chromoly shafts. It all depends on how you wheel your rig I tend to get heavy on the throttle now and then thats why I went this route. On a side note I will have a brand new 2012 d30 for a little nothing here in about a month.
However, I REALLY think this D30 is gonna be pretty damn tough by the time I'm done..
Stay tuned, parts list and plan should be up by next Friday
12-15-2011, 12:24 PM
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Suscribed. Good luck man! I'm in the same position right now, just waiting for some final parts to show up and the weather to dry up so i can start welding. I'm doing inner and outer sleeves on the D30 as well as an inner and outer C gusset top and bottom which are also in addition to a truss (most likely homemade), and LCA skids. 5.13's and an Aussie. Now you have me considering sending the gears off to get treated per your earlier post, thanks for finding that!
12-16-2011, 04:52 AM
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I'm watching this one closely. I'm deciding on building up my 30 in next week or so. Don't have the 4k to put into a pr44 but would like to get some use with my 37s. Don't have the ability to homemade my own gussets I will have to do pure jeep or Evo or something.
