compleckz's ranger build

[bobbywalter]

hopefully/ not hopefully.... i'll be breaking 60 shafts within the next year or so

oh you will be killing 60 parts for sure too. i killed some 30 splines and fawked up some hubs, lucky thing the d50 hubs work cause the ones i found new were 270 bux. but the d50 rotors are a bitch to get off here in rust ville...

 

[86ford]

Damn dude, WTF? Just get the friggin 60 already!

I seriously wonder why the hell he keeps breaking shafts on 33s.

86

 

[bobbywalter]

I seriously wonder why the hell he keeps breaking shafts on 33s.

86

pull your shafts tomorrow and inspect them carefully




you will probably think....these should be ticking?

 

[compleckz]

as bad as this sounds.. i want tim to start exploding shafts with his new locker.... so he will understand where i'm coming from, lol

but honestly, most the guys that seem to think i beat my truck too hard... have b2's, reg cabs 4cyls, and/or gen 1's.. a little different weight distro over the front axle than my gen3 ext cab 4.0 auto, i'd think...

and also, as long as the d35 holds up sometimes.. i'd REALLY hope a 60 shaft would last me over 6 months, lol... i wouldn't increase tire size MUCH... 36 max... 38 MAYBE, if i chopped the fenders massive.

 

[bobbywalter]

yeah....my truck weighs over 3500 pounds on just the front axle(currently)



with the d35 it was still 2900

 

[86ford]

pull your shafts tomorrow and inspect them carefully




you will probably think....these should be ticking?

The joints only have a few trips on them and I will have spares this weekend when I wheel for 10+ hrs. If I have a joint failure I will pass it along to you guys. My LUCK has been to good to be true. I anticipate failure is not far off now. I would almost rather break a joint/shaft then replace them since I am welding in my caps.

86

 

[compleckz]

yea i go straight for shaft failures, never busted a joint.. (760x's since the day i broke the spiders/replaced with lockright..)

 

[Maverick]

and also, as long as the d35 holds up sometimes.. i'd REALLY hope a 60 shaft would last me over 6 months, lol... i wouldn't increase tire size MUCH... 36 max... 38 MAYBE, if i chopped the fenders massive.

Yeah but then when you're out wheelin, and you have that one obstacle in front of you that's laughing at your multiple attempts, you'll be thinking "Hell, I have a D60 now. I'll give it another shot and hit it just a little bit harder" Before ya know it you'll have a bucket full of broken 30 spline stub shafts and hubs

 

[compleckz]

Yeah but then when you're out wheelin, and you have that one obstacle in front of you that's laughing at your multiple attempts, you'll be thinking "Hell, I have a D60 now. I'll give it another shot and hit it just a little bit harder" Before ya know it you'll have a bucket full of broken 30 spline stub shafts and hubs

quite possible, but obstacles around her are generally rock faces, and i never hit rock hard.. honestly the only time i go hard, is when i'm stuck.. i wheel alone 75% of the time...

so once i get the winch on, i think that will be the greatest Dana 35 strength increase i can achieve, lol

 

[94STXRanger]

Dude i love your truck.
Makes want to actually keep mine and get a DD car or something.
Good work.

 

[compleckz]

Dude i love your truck.
Makes want to actually keep mine and get a DD car or something.
Good work.

thanks man, as far as a dd car, i highly recommend it!

i got a $300 beater subaru.. check the flex! lol

takes me to school everyday at 25-29 mpg, its awd, 5spd...

takes its beatings offroad:

very fun in the snow!

and still cleans up nice to go on a 6 hr round trip drive to the cape!

 

[bobbywalter]

The joints only have a few trips on them and I will have spares this weekend when I wheel for 10+ hrs. If I have a joint failure I will pass it along to you guys. My LUCK has been to good to be true. I anticipate failure is not far off now. I would almost rather break a joint/shaft then replace them since I am welding in my caps.

86

joints??

shafts...look at the splines...just look at them....


















i have busted 3 t cases since i put the 60's in and a shit ton of d shafts and axle yokes.

44's and 42's just are a bad idea, just have to get lockers and drive smarter


AND NOT BECAUSE OF BIND

 

[compleckz]

ground the tacks off

pshh thats reusable!

close up of break

dropped off the shaft to get tacked.. (found an acceptable spare stub)..
will put the beast back together tomorrow..

 

[PickupMan04 FX4 L2]

ground the tacks off

pshh thats reusable!

close up of break

dropped off the shaft to get tacked.. (found an acceptable spare stub)..
will put the beast back together tomorrow..

Ok, so id probably torch my rig if i kept breaking axles like you do! i really thought those d35's were stronger....


And holy wow! ive never seen more kaboomed warn hubs! Hell id do a SAS before i reworked the 35's..

Bada$$ truck though! keep up the good work!

 

[machinist]

man you need my 60 way more then i do...