Good news is I made it all the way up Slickrock without a winch last weekend! Bad news is I broke a Brute Force U-joint and trashed the short side inner shaft doing it.
Good news is that I now have an excuse to upgrade. I want Dana 60 U-joints. They will be CTMs. I currently have a HP D44 with 5 x 5.5 bolt pattern, Detroit, a high steer conversion and of course lockouts. Tires are 33" now but will be 36" by next summer.
I know that this is going to be expensive. What I need is opinions about what is the best way to do this. I'm not to picky about which bolt pattern I will end up with or that wheel size to use, it just needs to be factored in in the total cost. I will also re-gear to 4.56 at the same time. More axle width would be a plus at this point as I will be lifting another 3" soon as well.
BTW I also somehow bent a 2" x .25 wall round tube long arm. For those of you building long arms, do like Beezil and use 3/8" wall tube. I will.
I know it's dangerous to ask for opinions around here, but let's here them. I need ideas.
TIA,
mattk
Good news is that I now have an excuse to upgrade. I want Dana 60 U-joints. They will be CTMs. I currently have a HP D44 with 5 x 5.5 bolt pattern, Detroit, a high steer conversion and of course lockouts. Tires are 33" now but will be 36" by next summer.
I know that this is going to be expensive. What I need is opinions about what is the best way to do this. I'm not to picky about which bolt pattern I will end up with or that wheel size to use, it just needs to be factored in in the total cost. I will also re-gear to 4.56 at the same time. More axle width would be a plus at this point as I will be lifting another 3" soon as well.
BTW I also somehow bent a 2" x .25 wall round tube long arm. For those of you building long arms, do like Beezil and use 3/8" wall tube. I will.
I know it's dangerous to ask for opinions around here, but let's here them. I need ideas.
TIA,
mattk