thebyus
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
Getting ready to upgrade the front end. Let's just start from the premise that I do not have enough $ lying around to swap the Dana 30 for a 44, so looking to upgrade the stock 30.
I am rolling 35's greared at 4.56 on the otherwise stock front end Dana 30, spend most of the time on trails, but do some crawling now and then. I am definitely a creeper, not a gunner.
Will be adding a truss and c-gussets as well as a locker (still up in the air over selectable vs. detroit (probably really a Yukon Grizzly)), so here is the question - when I pick a locker, do I go 27 spline because the axles are relatively easy to pull from a Junk Yard when they snap, or do I go 30 spline which are WAY more expensive, but less likely to snap?
I can see the logic both ways.
I really am interested in what you have experienced, seen, etc.
I am rolling 35's greared at 4.56 on the otherwise stock front end Dana 30, spend most of the time on trails, but do some crawling now and then. I am definitely a creeper, not a gunner.
Will be adding a truss and c-gussets as well as a locker (still up in the air over selectable vs. detroit (probably really a Yukon Grizzly)), so here is the question - when I pick a locker, do I go 27 spline because the axles are relatively easy to pull from a Junk Yard when they snap, or do I go 30 spline which are WAY more expensive, but less likely to snap?
I can see the logic both ways.
I really am interested in what you have experienced, seen, etc.