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Building a hybrid axle?

I'm in the process of building one right now for my jeep, I have a big housing cut were the tubes press into the stock banjo housing,have gotten the 14 bolt tubes with the stubs stillattached turned to put into the housing,have gotten the hubs turned down for the 5x5.5 bolt pattern and rotors and studs put in. I'm trying to find a 35 spline detriot for the 9" that is in my price range-free cheap? I have gotten around to making the sleeves to line it all up also. I think it will be pretty good in my jeep don't really think it would be bad in something alittle large either.
 
first off, sorry for reopening this subject of axles. My buddy's dad ownes a used car dealership and told me he had lots of parts off chevy and ford trucks and only a few from dodges. He told me he thinks he has a couple 9" axles, couple hi pinion 60s, and he knows for a fact that he has some 1 ton axles(60 and 14blt). He said he could pretty much get me any axle i wanted for cheap to free. My buddy also has a 220 welder and we both know how to weld but we want to make tuff/light axles for my blazer. My school can also get any size or type of tubing i want for my axles(that'll probably cost a little)
i want light axles because i'm planning to loose some weight for snow wheeling(float on top of snow), but i still want them to be stong enough to bash or handle my 383.
Is clearance on the hybrid 69 an issue?
what would be the best hybrid axles with best clearance?
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i thought the spidertrax was specificly designed for rockcrawling?:confused: thats what there add says.... why are they a bad choice? also what about for other things like muddin:D or things people do besides just rock crawling cause lets face it, rock crawling isnt the only use of these rigs...:eek1:
 
Yeah, I forgot that most 9" housings are "sheetmetal". Spidertrax (and probably just about every 9" housing manufacturer) will probably work fine for your.

I was thinking of a 9" housing I saw a racer build that had very thin walls (and wouldn't work well in our application).
 
sandypants said:
also what about for other things like muddin:D or things people do besides just rock crawling cause lets face it, rock crawling isnt the only use of these rigs...:eek1:
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How much do light weight and axle clearance matter in the mud?

I've heard that some people prefer more weight in the mud because they can get more momentum going in.
 
so you think it would be strong enough for a k5 that loves the mud? maybe since im in the AirForce i doubt mud will be the only terrain i will see. i know its hard to build an all perpuse truck but i think i can have a stoute drive train and just addapt the suspension etc.

any who im getting off topic, so you think they will be good enough for what we all do? and have the advantage of being light too?
 
wight and what not really can depend. i wouldnt say im an expert.... just a guy the drives through it any time any place i can. weight sure can help but i dont want to just blast through everything and make it just cause of momentum know what i mean? plus in Fl we have sand and lots of it!!! so i was thinking this kind of axel would be a good route
 
sandypants said:
so you think it would be strong enough for a k5 that loves the mud?
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The 9" center section will be plenty strong (though I've heard something about some of the stock cases being weak, there's lots of aftermarket support for that).

I'm unsure how strong the stock 9" housings are, if you are going to use an aftermarket housing I would just call the company and they can steer you in the right direction.
 
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