I know if you grind out the knuckles on the 40s you can run 60s birfs....but can we grind out the knuckles on our 60s to runner bigger 80 series birfs?
80s birfs
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I was just reading about a kit to convert a Toyo birf setup for our gen LCs with a U-Joint setup. That would be great to be able to stop popping birfs I bet, not that it's ever happened to me before. Look it up in 4 Wheeler Magazine.
They are nuts. And trying to sell something.GLTHFJ60 said:
Switching to a D44 U joint only leads to more broken U joints..
Consider this, you can replace the stock Birfs with CTM joints and the Alloy Shafts. Unfortunately, you have to rework the shafts to fit in a Cruiser housing.. Which makes the 44 yokes and shafts weaker than the birfs again (at a much greater expense)
The only conversion that makes sense is a set of Bobby's birfs or if you really want bullet proof (for 30 spline) you go for bobby's 30 spline inners and birfs..
Which is cheaper than the U joint kit..
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Brotha Mace... I am getting longs. But the 80s birf is bigger. So why not use a birf thats got more meat to it? I was just wondering if the application was possible since the bell to the 80s series is thicker.
Just for the record I believe the Dana 44 conversion kit mentioned above is from Randy's. I don't see why you'd want to do this - I'm going with the Bobby's 4340 30 spline birf and inner 4 piece set when I rebuild my front axle.
If you think you might actually push the limits of a 30 spline set you could look into somether that either 4Wheeler or Peterson's has in their current issue. They're building a Dana 60 front axle for their project Titan and they're going to run torque fuses in their driveshaft. The concept being that at a certain load the fuses blow instead of breaking something expensive and hard to replace in the axle. They claim that the fuses can be replaced in 10 minutes. Kind of interesting. I don't have any need for it however, 30 spline is really overkill for me.
If you think you might actually push the limits of a 30 spline set you could look into somether that either 4Wheeler or Peterson's has in their current issue. They're building a Dana 60 front axle for their project Titan and they're going to run torque fuses in their driveshaft. The concept being that at a certain load the fuses blow instead of breaking something expensive and hard to replace in the axle. They claim that the fuses can be replaced in 10 minutes. Kind of interesting. I don't have any need for it however, 30 spline is really overkill for me.
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eeekk you would K5 it all the way down the back Mace.
Owell it was just a thought...i was thinking if i was odering longs might as well get the biggest ones they got
( bell size)
Owell it was just a thought...i was thinking if i was odering longs might as well get the biggest ones they got
( bell size)