Existing Axle Upgrades and Tire Size

[kaorder22]

I have an 82 with the stock dana 30 front and a AMC 20 Rear that has up graded one piece axles shafts and a detroit locker. I do eventually want to up grade and do an axle swap but that is nowhere in the near future. So my question is if I up grade my front axle shafts and I also want to add a locker in the front, can I run 36's or 37 inch tires. I am currently running 35's. I will be doing some wheeling but nothing to extreme. I still have the stock 258 and will not up grade that until the axle swap happens. I am also still going to utilize the stock T5 for now and the dana 300 transfer case.

 

[okjeep]

gears and lockers offer the change to break parts. Upgrading the D30 axle shafts to alloys and adding quality spicer joints is the best way to go. Upgrade your lockouts with lifetime warantee'd warn lockouts gives you a good fuse to protect your axle shafts. You can upgrade to the internal lockouts for better protection.

I mention warn lockouts as they tend to break before superwinch lockout in my experience. Buy an extra set so if one breaks while wheeling, you are not out any fun.

To run the 37's, some 4:56 or 4:88's will be the ticket with the 258.

 

[kaorder22]

Already have the cheaper warn hubs and I am already running 4.56 gears. So I need to look at (for the front) better warn hubs and alloy shafts. I am also thinking that I will but a detroit locker in the front. I do keep an extra lock out hub with me.

for the rear where I am most worried, because I broke 2 shafts on my previous jeep that was a YJ with a locked stock D35 and I was only running 35's on it.

 

[okjeep]

with gears already, i would toss in a lockright or easy locker. you can get alloys that accept D44 joints. The 5 bolt lockouts are challenging in keeping the bolts tight. That's why I suggest upgrading to the interior style like a D44 lockout. I ran the warn kit till I upgraded to a D44 (which is currently being swapped out for a super built D60).

The amc 20 is plenty strong....once upgraded to one-piece axles and weld the tubes to the center section. The weakest part is the bearings.

 

[spankrjs]

with gears already, i would toss in a lockright or easy locker. you can get alloys that accept D44 joints. The 5 bolt lockouts are challenging in keeping the bolts tight. That's why I suggest upgrading to the interior style like a D44 lockout. I ran the warn kit till I upgraded to a D44 (which is currently being swapped out for a super built D60).

Do you still have that old warn kit laying around

 

[okjeep]

Do you still have that old warn kit laying around

I don't. Sold it to a guy on Colorado when I built my D44. I do have a nicely built D44 if you are interested. The really nicely built D60 plucked the money tree pretty bare!

The D44 has two sets of alloy axles, CTM's, highsteer, locker, 4:10's, warn lockouts, SOA, ready to bolt in.....

 

[spankrjs]

I don't. Sold it to a guy on Colorado when I built my D44. I do have a nicely built D44 if you are interested. The really nicely built D60 plucked the money tree pretty bare!

The D44 has two sets of alloy axles, CTM's, highsteer, locker, 4:10's, warn lockouts, SOA, ready to bolt in.....

Too bad for me about the Warn stuff The 44 sounds really nice but I am going to hang with my 30 for now, especially because I already have most of the parts to build it, except the Warn hub conversion

Good luck on the sale of the 44, sounds really good, shouldnt be too hard to sell it on