Nick02
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Rick-
Many, many plans for this rig, I'll list them.
Dana 44's front and rear
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On the way to SASK.
A Dana 44 is good for the front, but make sure to go full width(eight lug 1978-79 D44 f250's are highly sought after for this), there's many dak's and rango's using FSJ waggy 44's and are unhappy with the width and have to run a tire with 3" backspacing as a result. If you go full width you can run a tire with ridiculous deep backspaceing like an H1 internal beadlock rim and have them still stick inside your fenders and have lots of stress off of wheel-bearings; which is ideal for an expo rig IMHO.
Why a 44 rear? going from the Dodge 9.25" you already have to a rear 44 is a major downgrade in terms of strength and durability.
Only bad thing about those wheel-spacers are they are lug-centric, all the stress/weight of the vehicle/wheel is transferred through the lugs, when you had your wheel on your stock unit-hub it uses the hub to carry the weight of the vehicle and center the tire, and not lug nuts. However, you're never going to break them (jeeps and most aftermarket rims are lug centric), locktite the inner lug-nuts and torque to spec.
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