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Originally Posted by justinh
other than him not having manual hubs what is so different from your set up when you were/are running ifs with 35's? i am just trying to understand what it is that you don't think is going to work....it shouldn't be clearance, he should have plenty of that, he has already made the motor mount lift work once, he is now just moving it higher... is it something with the t-case?
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Originally Posted by sschaefer3
It does not work for me. I break axles. I am installing a Dana 44 in a week or two.
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Originally Posted by sschaefer3
You go to my threads and seriously irritate me.
I just want to state and I do not believe this will work. I do not want to dance with you on the internet. I'm done.
I also will not sell you my front diff, even if you have the money. I don't want it part of this project.
YOU e-mailed me first. Over and out, signing out. Don't e-mail me if you don't want me around.
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Originally Posted by justinh
other than him not having manual hubs what is so different from your set up when you were/are running ifs with 35's? i am just trying to understand what it is that you don't think is going to work....it shouldn't be clearance, he should have plenty of that, he has already made the motor mount lift work once, he is now just moving it higher... is it something with the t-case?
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Originally Posted by redplastic2p3t
best of luck with the 35's and the ifs, i beleive steve is right, you go to lock the front with 35's its gonna have some probs, even though my junk is straight axle on 35's ive not locked it yet for the reason i dont want to bust anything apart till i replace the birfs and inner axles, if i were you chris, id wait till you straight axle your truck to step up to 35's, btw your truck is gonna come out nice, hope to see you on slick rock this time!
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Originally Posted by ravencr
I'm not doubting that there is more potential for breakage with the 35" tires, but he's been running them for quite some time, and one break is not a big deal in my opinion, but maybe that's just me. I may not ever lock my front end, because my truck will go just about anywhere I want it to now. I'm not saying it won't ever happen, but if I do, it'll probably be a solid axle swap instead just because of the cost of the IFS ARB setup.
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that was what i was hoping him to answer for me as well. i understand that he broke an axle or two with 35's but it didn't seem like he was breaking thme any more frequently than anyone else who was front locked with 33's.
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we'll see how mine hold up at the next tellico run. by the way, do you still have that 1st gen rollbar for me? i know it has been awhile but i still want it!
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Originally Posted by Cebby
Flex does not necessarily equal traction.
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P.S. What was this statement in response to?
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Originally Posted by justinh
that was what i was hoping him to answer for me as well. i understand that he broke an axle or two with 35's but it didn't seem like he was breaking thme any more frequently than anyone else who was front locked with 33's.
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Originally Posted by redplastic2p3t
yup its put away, remind me before we go and ill take it down
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You should also consider a few other things that steve had w/ the 35's when he broke stuff. He was running aftermarket upper a-arms that were like 1/4" longer than oem. This made the lower alignment camber adjustment swing all the way out. this in effect extended the entire assembly out by 1/4". now add to that the fact that he was running oem coils w/ the arms that give more droop. that pulled the axle out of the joint even more. when he broke, he broke an INNER joint. can you say grenade? my opinion is that the arms allowed the axle to droop too much and also pushed the axle out so far at full droop that he began to lose contact area in the joint, putting all the pressure of the locked 5.29's and 35's on a smaller pressure point, eventually leading to failure. that's the main reason he got rid of the bling bling arms and used some modified oem arms.
more than anything, he's just tired of ifs. why is he going sas? because he can. because he knows how to do it himself. because he's wheeled the ifs to the extremes and knows that now he's limited by it. because he want's to stay on top of the pile and have a sas runner on 35's w/ only 3" of total lift. because he's schaefer and it will bring him notariety because everyone will be talking about the ifs king going sas. personally, i think it's answer #1: because he can.
more than anything, he's just tired of ifs. why is he going sas? because he can. because he knows how to do it himself. because he's wheeled the ifs to the extremes and knows that now he's limited by it. because he want's to stay on top of the pile and have a sas runner on 35's w/ only 3" of total lift. because he's schaefer and it will bring him notariety because everyone will be talking about the ifs king going sas. personally, i think it's answer #1: because he can.
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Originally Posted by ravencr
That's true, although more flex helps to keep the tires on the ground, which is obviously better than up in the air. Wouldn't you agree?
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P.S. What was this statement in response to?
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P.S. What was this statement in response to?
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Originally Posted by bamachem
You should also consider a few other things that steve had w/ the 35's when he broke stuff. He was running aftermarket upper a-arms that were like 1/4" longer than oem. This made the lower alignment camber adjustment swing all the way out. this in effect extended the entire assembly out by 1/4". now add to that the fact that he was running oem coils w/ the arms that give more droop. that pulled the axle out of the joint even more. when he broke, he broke an INNER joint. can you say grenade? my opinion is that the arms allowed the axle to droop too much and also pushed the axle out so far at full droop that he began to lose contact area in the joint, putting all the pressure of the locked 5.29's and 35's on a smaller pressure point, eventually leading to failure. that's the main reason he got rid of the bling bling arms and used some modified oem arms.
more than anything, he's just tired of ifs. why is he going sas? because he can. because he knows how to do it himself. because he's wheeled the ifs to the extremes and knows that now he's limited by it. because he want's to stay on top of the pile and have a sas runner on 35's w/ only 3" of total lift. because he's schaefer and it will bring him notariety because everyone will be talking about the ifs king going sas. personally, i think it's answer #1: because he can.
more than anything, he's just tired of ifs. why is he going sas? because he can. because he knows how to do it himself. because he's wheeled the ifs to the extremes and knows that now he's limited by it. because he want's to stay on top of the pile and have a sas runner on 35's w/ only 3" of total lift. because he's schaefer and it will bring him notariety because everyone will be talking about the ifs king going sas. personally, i think it's answer #1: because he can.
i understand all of that, i just want to know why he seems to think that chris's plan to run 35's is so much worse than his own....i know he has to be the big cheese, he is going SAS because of the SWANKY crew in arizona, they have mastered the spring under waggy SAS on their frontiers, hardbodies, and pathfinders. I understand that the IFS isn't optimum for 35's but i want to know what he views as the flawed point of Chris' plan. It seems that the only thing that Chris is doing different is avoiding the bling upper arms all together and running a bigger bodylift with a drivetrain lift. i mean a month ago when steve debuted his masterpiece chopped factory arms that was the ultimate set-up.
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i know what you're saying... i think it might have more to do w/ conversations and messages between them when steve has revealed that the ifs is weaker than a D30, and yet chris is still treading down that path, making all the time steve's spent answering q's now worthless from his viewpoint.
just my $0.02
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well that makes some more sense then. i am interested to see how long my cv unlimited shafts last with the manual hubs. i am sure this is a stepping stone for me but i won't be cutting the IFS off after my first broken shaft. it isn't practical now, one day it will be and i will do it because i want to probably more than anything.
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Steve may have been more likely to break axles b/c of the crawler, over 200:1 produces a ton more torque than the factory crawl ratio. In my opinion, Chris should be less likely to break anything than Steve b/c he will not be locked and will not have all the gear reduction torque from crawler. I think Chris's main problem is going to be the weight of the Swampers spinning and then catching traction and that will be the big question as to what if anything will break. And hey if it does, so what, people have broken axles on 32's with no locker. (I'll be there to help you out Chris )But, I don't know the whole story here either. Chris is trying something new so I applaud him for that and Steve is going SAS so I applaud him for that too.
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Originally Posted by Cebby
SAS vs. locking front diff.
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Originally Posted by bamachem
i know what you're saying... i think it might have more to do w/ conversations and messages between them when steve has revealed that the ifs is weaker than a D30, and yet chris is still treading down that path, making all the time steve's spent answering q's now worthless from his viewpoint.
just my $0.02
just my $0.02
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