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So I gave this a shot - dropped of a stripped down dirty, greasy, surface rusted (though not terrible shape) 1997 hp Dana 30 to a local shop to be bead blasted. I plan to use the factory coil brackets and what not and there was no way I could reach everything with a wire wheel. I could have...

I got the d30 completely torn down, I started cleaning up the outside with a wire wheel and brush but it was miserable and with all the nooks and crannies there was no way I was going to reach everything I wanted to. Started calling around locally and found a shop that would steel bead blast in...

That was me! Haha.

A few spots today. Not a big fan of the first but to each his own. Second was pretty rad. Super clean.

And there it is, thank you! I was making the wrong assumption that the weak link was the center of the long tube, but what you're saying makes sense that it's actually at the tube/diff interface. I think @Hickey was telling me the same thing earlier but I was misreading it, my bad. No...

Whoops... I guess 7 MST

Thanks for all the input. Yep, that was my thought process. The disk 8.8 along with the larger WJ brakes in the front led me to think I should just rob the entire WJ brake system, it looks like a pretty simple swap so I figured why not. Beef up control arm mounts added to the list...

The "Grudge Match" at 6pm MST tonight sounds like it'll be pretty fun to watch.

So I think I'm going to flip it around and do the D30 first and then do the brakes all at once. Here is my current plan for the 30, any feedback is welcome. Baseline: New axle is a hp D30, non-CAD, "large" U-joint axle out of a '97 XJ Swap junk yard '99-'04 WJ brake booster, master cylinder...

Agreed.

I have to say the side by side ripping through stage 1 and straight off the course to collect the check, not even giving stage 2 a shot cracked me up ha, smart guy.

Watched UTVs earlier and currently watching the shootout which is pretty wild. The drone coverage is insane, big fan.

I got the jeep back under it's own weight this weekend. Lots of back and forth/in and out with the axle... Started by roughly setting it under the truck on top of the springs to compare pinion, t-case, and driveshaft angles to understand what direction I wanted to go w/ the driveshaft and...

Finished regearing the 8.8 - all new bearings, seals, 4.56 r/p, and LSD clutch pack. I welded the tubes to the housing and cut a little plate to cove the ABS speed sensor hole. Final patterns I never noticed it before, but while doing all this I found the Dana 35 was smiling at me (bent)...

Final setup, 6th times a charm - factory diff preload, backlash at 0.0065", and I'm happy with this pattern. Thanks again for the input. Lesson learned, I think if I would have diluted the paint it may have given a better positive pattern, everything is ~30deg right now and I think that caused...

Thanks for the feedback. I added 0.005" depth to give it a shot (deepest I've tried) and the pattern on both sides became half moon shaped with the wide side deep at the flank (not like the soft edged oval pattern seen in the previous pictures) indicating too great of pinion depth. I think...

Need an opinion on ring and pinion (mic drop)... I've noticed you can drive yourself crazy with this process, so I'm looking for feedback. This is my 3rd attempt on a ford 8.8, current backlash is 0.010" (middle of spec, new gears), and this is the pattern. I tried pinion deeper and shallower...

I just got mine and love it, that said I haven't used it for more than a handful of times thus far. I think it was @Greg that made the comment about sharp chips, he wasn't kidding, taking the effort to contain them is worth it. I found myself in this same situation a few months ago, I ended...

Any chance you have a build thread on this? SOA 4.5" lift on stock springs on a dana 35 or 8.8 or?