Good deal on 12bolt

[joshthemule]

So I found a guy with a 12 bolt rear end that has been totally rebuilt with chrome-molly shafts and an eaton limited slip diff. it looks really good and has the gears I want. He said he'll give it to me for $200. Its hard to pass up but I've always envisioned a 14bolt FF and D60 set up. What do you guys think?

I don't do any thing too extreme but i want to be able to get over the rocks if I have to. I don't go looking for rocks to crawl on and when I'm on them, I take it pretty slow. But, there's always that one situation where I might have to romp on it and i don't want my wheel and half my axle to go flying out the side of my truck.

 

[dremu]

Tossup. Sounds nicely built and all, but it's still a semifloat.

OTOH, 14bff's are pigs and hang down something fierce, so you either gotta run bigger tires, or put up with leaving a furrow behind your diff. =))

-- A

 

[muddermilitia]

sounds like a good deal, You could always do a c-clip eliminator. Then you wouldn't lose the wheel if a shaft broke

 

[pauly383]

35's with chromo shafts are fine , most of that 200 is actually paying for the shafts anyway , he is taking a loss of what he paid , I'd toss the Eaton out out though , limited slip still has SLIP

 

[pauly383]

sounds like a good deal, You could always do a c-clip eliminator. Then you wouldn't lose the wheel if a shaft broke

Not a good idea in a truck , better suited to strip cars . Leaks are common .

Disc brakes will hold in a shaft in a truck better than a c-clip eliminator .

 

[muddermilitia]

Not a good idea in a truck , better suited to strip cars . Leaks are common .

Disc brakes will hold in a shaft in a truck better than a c-clip eliminator .

Ah, I see

 

[joshthemule]

sounds like a good deal, You could always do a c-clip eliminator. Then you wouldn't lose the wheel if a shaft broke

I've never heard of that but I'll do a little research. BTW, yours is my favorite build thread to watch. I love what you got going on.

 

[joshthemule]

Also, I plan on moving up to 38s with the FF

 

[muddermilitia]

I've never heard of that but I'll do a little research. BTW, yours is my favorite build thread to watch. I love what you got going on.

Thanks