I guee I'm starting to think about prerunner stuff (I just love desert racing) and thinking of desert type strength.
If you're looking to do any fast runnin' around in the desert, the absolute very last thing you want is the massive weight of 8-lug crap hanging off the ends of your axles. You want to keep unsprung weight to the littlest amount possible.
The stock D35 is a pretty stout setup. Some have complained the wheelbearings aren't very robust, however I have not had a wheel bearing issue on mine in 22 years running 33" and 35" tires outside of some water intrusion past the seal one time, which leads me to think some are possibly skimping on quality, or maybe not setting the preload up correctly (a little too much preload can cause a bearing failure on this axle fairly easily). Another possibility is use of the pre-installed bearing races often found in new brake rotors... NEVER mix bearings & races, especially ones of different brands and/or origins.
I always buy Timken #SET37 bearing & race sets for mine (the very few times I've needed to buy bearings) and replace any existing races in new rotors with the races from the Timken sets. This seems to be the secret to making them last.
BTW, the widths are now on the front axle page.
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