After welding the spider gears, do you have the option of changing the diff gears? I want to lock this rear up to ride some trails now, and upgrade to 5.29's after I get some other stuff done to it.

It's on a 1980 short wheel base, tight budget, trail only truck.

 

80foot is a pretty long wheel base

 

ima say no...but im not 100% sure...just 99.9% sure

 

As long as the carrier and ring gear are not altered by the welding of the spider gears, should be possible to change out the ring gear after wards.

 

this is true^^^

forgots about that..lol..i got to thinking..and yes as long as you dont mess with the carrier or the ring gear..you should be fine..just be careful..lol