Front Axle...

[Redneck Youth]

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?

 

[88_Eddie]

that's your differential and no, there arent any fixes. besides lifting it and putting bigger tires on it to increase the ground clearance

 

[wakingtowinter]

Yeah, most people shave that off for more clearance. I would just take your grinder or plasma cutter out and go to town.

 

[DRanger024]

Yeah, most people shave that off for more clearance. I would just take your grinder or plasma cutter out and go to town.

 

[adsm08]

Here is your fix:

 

[88_Eddie]

Yeah, most people shave that off for more clearance. I would just take your grinder or plasma cutter out and go to town.

which would then be immediately followed by a "My 4wd won't work..." or "bad grinding noise coming from up front..." thread....lol

Here is your fix:

that still wont solve the problem, he'll just drag the diff when he is running over cars. i think this is the fix:

 

[rangerbum]

Now how in the heck is a toy/model tank going to solve his problems 88eddie?

 

[ranger_mclaren]

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.

 

[bbbb51]

Theu just showed the 14 bolt mod a week or so ago on extreme 4x4.

 

[--weezl--]

Now how in the heck is a toy/model tank going to solve his problems 88eddie?

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)

 

[88_Eddie]

Now how in the heck is a toy/model tank going to solve his problems 88eddie?

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.

Theu just showed the 14 bolt mod a week or so ago on extreme 4x4.

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.