Doing R & P and locker in the D35

[97fordrunner]

I am gonna do a gear swap from 3.73 to 4.88 and adding a loc rite to my D35 and am wondering if necessary can I put the outer axles in and run it without the carrier or is removing the carrier taking away to much of the structer of the beam?

 

[Hahnsb2]

You mean pull the carrier and reinstall the pig without it and still drive it? I'd take the whole pig and axle shafts out too and drive it like that. I don't imagine normal driving without a pig would be bad for it.

 

[pimtool]

I drove without axles and pig for 2 weeks with no problems.

 

[Evan]

As long as you leave the pinch bolt tightened down you should be able to drive with no 3rd member or shafts just fine.

 

[97fordrunner]

Thanks guys, I'm not sure I'm gonna need to but if I run into a issue I wanna make sure I can still drive it while I get parts. I thought however that I'd need to re-install the outer yokes so the hub assembly was sealed up

 

[Evan]

Thanks guys, I'm not sure I'm gonna need to but if I run into a issue I wanna make sure I can still drive it while I get parts. I thought however that I'd need to re-install the outer yokes so the hub assembly was sealed up

You can just stuff a rag into the hub to keep dirt out. Even if you got stuff in the hub, they're easily cleanable with some brake parts cleaner.

 

[97fordrunner]

ok thanks