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Why does the front axle and.. skid plate deal... hang down so far on my truck? it makes it look like in the front theres about 6 inches of clearance... any possible fixes?
 


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that's your differential and no, there arent any fixes. besides lifting it and putting bigger tires on it to increase the ground clearance
 
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Yeah, most people shave that off for more clearance. I would just take your grinder or plasma cutter out and go to town.
 
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Here is your fix:

 
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wakingtowinter said:
Yeah, most people shave that off for more clearance. I would just take your grinder or plasma cutter out and go to town.
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which would then be immediately followed by a "My 4wd won't work..." or "bad grinding noise coming from up front..." thread....lol

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Here is your fix:

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that still wont solve the problem, he'll just drag the diff when he is running over cars. i think this is the fix:
 
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Now how in the heck is a toy/model tank going to solve his problems 88eddie?
 
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actually you might be able to shave some off I've seen it done on the GM 14 bolt because of the sher size of it. They make a shave kit for the 14 bolt you half to cut the bottom half to diff off and weld in a flat piece of metal with a custom cover. then you half to shave the outter edge off the ring gear to make it flat too. I've never seen it done on a D28 or D35 but it prolly could be done. :dunno:
 
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Theu just showed the 14 bolt mod a week or so ago on extreme 4x4.
 
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rangerbum said:
Now how in the heck is a toy/model tank going to solve his problems 88eddie?
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Lol!

The shave mod could probably be done without shaving the ring gear (which I not done properly, would result in a bad ass vibration)
 
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rangerbum said:
Now how in the heck is a toy/model tank going to solve his problems 88eddie?
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a real tank, not a toy tank. it would help b/c it has no diff to drag. if it does drag, you just back up and blow it up.


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Theu just showed the 14 bolt mod a week or so ago on extreme 4x4.
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i saw that, i thought it was pretty cool.

i dont think there's enough room to do it on a d35 or d28, be cool if someone did it though.
 
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