Fishboy's Weight Weenie Thread

[cracker]

I am working on a Spidertrax 60/9" to replace the 44 on the front of my junk.

Got most of the parts to build the 60/9" I am working on.

This is what I have so far in my posession but I still have more parts to come.

I will be sending back the Tera Drive Flanges as I had ordered Warns and got these instead. My shafts are Alloy USA 35spline inner and outers. My center section is a True Hi 9 due to arrive tomorrow.

Paul has been hounding me to post weights of my parts. I finally had time to (waste) to do this for him.

 

[cracker]

 

[cracker]

 

[cracker]

Here are the totals in pounds.

Enjoy Paul :wave:

 

[JeepFreak21]

How much do you have into it at this point?
Billy

 

[cracker]

How much do you have into it at this point?
Billy

Don't know...............don't really care.

 

[David Taylor]

Wow that's 20 pounds extra per side at least! That extra will keep you at the bottom of the Falls and on the strap. :smootch:

 

[Paul S]

BTT for the best thread ever in the history of threads.

Fish

 

[cracker]

Wow that's 20 pounds extra per side at least! That extra will keep you at the bottom of the Falls and on the strap. :smootch:

I'll take 40 pounds all day long as long as I don't have to deal with weak ass ball joints

 

[David Taylor]

I'll take 40 pounds all day long as long as I don't have to deal with weak ass ball joints

they are only weak if your junk is a pig. Fix that and you will find you don't need the king pins.

 

[cracker]

FWIW

I carry as spares for my front 44:

• Spare pair of complete spicer shafts assemblies for both sides(inner shaft, u-joint, outer shaft)
• Spare hub assembly
• Spare inner and outer hub bearings
• 4 Spare Warn premium hubs
• 2 drive flanges
• spare CTM
• Spare 760-5
• Spare Spindle with nut
• Tie Rod
• spare TRE
• 2 spare Warn alloy stubs

With my current front 44 weighing in at apporx 330 lbs, all these spare must take my 'axle weight' over 500#. The Dana 60 will be lighter than my current axle with all my spare parts. :illegalflipoffsmilie:

 

[CRASH]

I say embrace the pork.

If you know you are fat, accept that you are fat, and don't mind being fat, then you certainly don't mind carrying an extra case of BudLight on trail runs.

Then, when your stuck at the bottom of the falls, at least you won't be thirsty.

 

[cracker]

they are only weak if your junk is a pig. Fix that and you will find you don't need the king pins.

So your junk has been fixed?

After calling half of the industry, general consensus was ball joints are lastara when you have the option of kingpins.

Let us look at the Comp buggies which weigh 1000# lighter than your junk. They use ball joints and have to change them EVERY competition. Then they add 200# of water to add weight to their front ends. I'll take the 40# all day long.

I think I have to call it, Dave your full of shit

 

[luvrox]

I'll take 40 pounds all day long as long as I don't have to deal with weak ass ball joints

No one in their rite mind uses ball joints anymore in a high end rig do they? :moon:

 

[cracker]

No one in their rite mind uses ball joints anymore high end rig do they? :moon:

Birf expert Garry,

It seems as if Paul and Dave are really proud to build axles from scratch with ball joints.

Atleast Goat and Matt 'fell' onto their front axles (which had ball joints and they didn't have a choice).

When building an axle, no one with any common sense 'wants' ball joints when they have the option to avoid them.

 

[Beej]

I don't see the diff juice listed there. What's that gonna weigh? Another 80 lbs or so?

:dunno:

 

[David Taylor]

Pete,

It seems as if Paul and Dave are really proud to build axles from scratch with ball joints.

Atleast Goat and Matt 'fell' onto their front axles (which had ball joints and they didn't have a choice).

When building an axle, no one with any common sense 'wants' ball joints when they have the option to avoid them.

I guess you havn't talked to Ron. Looks like he will be on the ball joint band wagon as well.

 

[Jes]

Pete,

It seems as if Paul and Dave are really proud to build axles from scratch with ball joints.

Atleast Goat and Matt 'fell' onto their front axles (which had ball joints and they didn't have a choice).

When building an axle, no one with any common sense 'wants' ball joints when they have the option to avoid them.

His name ain't Pete.

 

[Captain Ron]

His name ain't Pete.

He's taller too.



--ron

 

[luvrox]

His name ain't Pete.

Shhhhhh.