Largest tire on 86 ttb

[Ozwynn]

put the D44ttb outers on the D35ttb and you're golden.

 

[bobbywalter]

Lol don't let anyone tell you that you cant do it! I used to
Run 42's on my ttb for 5 years and that truck saw some
DEEP holes at rev limiter. But I will tell you that having
My truck sas'd is the best thing I ever did and its easy.

Moral of the story is everyone here is going off what they
Read in magazines and saying it wont hold up but you
Really just have to just prove em wrong!!
If its a mud truck why spend money when you don't gotta!
(P.s. save up for a sas) hp front rear=150

boy if that aint the pot calling the kettle black!!!!


good thing about this place is that there is a real solid foundation of EXTENSIVELY EXPERIENCED RBV PLATFORM BUILDERS


i was suspicious you were looking for some sort of ttb 35 can handle 42's all day long pissing match.....and was why i asked the questions i did, the way i did, about your 302 swap inquirey...

tire type, rolling-balance condition, and actual drive cycle is critical to give advice like that...i am surprised you are getting extensive miles out of a stock dana 35 with 38's....i have seen gently driven trucks survive 38.s but this requires impeccable maintenance of the bearings and perfect driving conditions that dont require frequent hard stops at all. so maybe you drive a small amount of mall cruising quality miles. given what you report i have to assume that.

you say a ttb35 can handle this and do this....that anybody that says anything to the contrary is regurgitating shit from a magazine, which is subjected heavily to scrutiny from its readers with a vast amount of cross sectioned REAL WORLD experience no less... are simpleton idiots that need proved wrong.

well...save for the one in a million literally.... you are wrong.

worse, you are what you accuse others of....

for the average guy for street driven application, the dana 35 in stock form cant handle them 42 inch tires....even a tight set of kevlars that roll very well and true, and yet you have no experience running 42's on a ttb 35 from your postings....a 150 44 appears to be where the experience base is....and a knuckle swap from that ttb 150 for this activity to the dana 35 would be the minimum to deal with it...

PERIOD!

the problem is the intergral rotor hub assembly of the dana 35. a guy that drives with any sort of load or trailer a decent amount of miles per year...say national average...wont make that with 42's safely....

and the tire weight verse out of round of the heavier tire...not a huge problem with a radial, but a bias tire really hurts the integral hub assembly and tiny brakes rapidly for obvious reasons of being out of round till they warm up.....

i have warped several hubs from heat to the point the lugs lose hold and have to be snapped off and the rotor tossed and many times it fragged the wheel too....granted the truck was heavily loaded and i had heavy swampers to boot, but that issue is because of what it is....the work around is to put a different axle in it or the ttb 150 knuckle setup or spindle/custom brake on the later bolt on brake ttb35.... i have never failed rotors or bearings with 33's no matter how shitty and out of round they were...35's is where the issues always started. very manageable none the less...modern radial light 37's would not be a huge issue but any bias ply turns the page on it.

i am not talking out of my ass....or regurgitating some horseshit i seen on another board...i have run 40(well 39.5) inch tires on a ttb 35.....i do run 44 and 42 inch tires on my ranger....i have driven 5 k miles in a month in a half on 42's.....which are typical of 42's....(not the magical perfectly rolling ones you apparently have) and they lunched a set of bearings in my 60.....those same typical 42's on a ttb 35 would be a very unsafe situation from the start on a public road and for sure for stopping at hiway speeds. and would easily destroy the hubs in short order....i dont imagine more then a month or so of typical city driving in detroit rush hour traffic provided you used magic bearing grease and flew 4x4 junkie out to set the bearings up and a blessing from the pope..

for a trailered mud truck that goes on a ice cream or parade run through town occassionally, sure...run what you got and have fun... no one here will have a problem with that....but 60 miles at a time to and then fro....good luck with that and some 42's .



to insinuate or allude that a ttb 35 can some how handle a 42 for anything else is pathetic...especially when you have no experience with it yourself.... and actually admit a sas to your ttb 150 was the best solution.....and.yet it still has fawked up steering thats worn out and janky......

but we are the ones spewing untrue horsehockey... that we found in a magazine?....a magazine that is subject to scrutiny?...much more then most web forums....





hey...some free advice as to your sas 150 if it was not done already...and if its a 1/2 ton dana 44...at least put some k 20 or other 3/4 ton outers on it and put a real steering setup on it that is intended for 42's if it will exclusively run 42 or bigger tires.....

which should not involve simply a 1/2 ton steering box either....emulating the steering from something equipped with 42 in tires is a good starting point for that.




at this extreme, its criminal to make the suggestion you have...you should be ashamed of yourself.

 

[bobbywalter]

i know the 42 is not the op intent...but tracking from this clown would lead to some sort of 42 support and my intent is to limit the honestly ignorant.

 

[swynx]

Jeeze bobby. Somebody pushed your button. Couldn't just say he's full of it?

 

[bobbywalter]

too much


i thought it was worthy of a full of shit with explanation.

 

[swynx]

Agreed. You answered some of the lingering questions in mind for me.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

I could grenade hubs at will with 36" TSL's on my TTB35. I had to fully weld my U joint caps in to the shafts to keep them from egging out.

If you have the plans of putting larger axles under the truck, by all means get your tires and have some fun till it won't go no more.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

What you do with it and how you drive it has a ton of effect on how it is going to work.

"offroad" isn't very descriptive.

Crawling through soft spots fixing fence is "offroad" and not very taxing on the powertrain.

Rockcrawling with a heavy foot is also "offroad" and is very taxing on the powertrain.

I don't have a locker and don't flog the crap out of my D28 and so far in 13.5 years it has asked for nothing but brakes. It has worn 31's with a V8 for the past 3 years. I have fun with it but am far easier on it than others.

 

[bigmark303]

Im going to second Bobby here about road commuting with larger tires on the TTB of either flavor. Personally I have no experience with the TTB28 but seeing as its engineered with the exact same concept as the TTB35 id conclude with confidence that results are the same between the two with the TTB28s smaller parts being weaker to start.

I myself have run 35s and 38.5s now on the TTB35. All in the past 3 months but plenty of time on them.

I noticed on the truck I have been daily driving that the wheel bearings are the issue. That truck has 33s still and when they were fitted I repacked all the bearings and everything was in good order to start. 6 months later the outer bearings started to go, then the inner bearings. This truck had 15,000 miles on it since going from the stock 29s to the 33s. Repacked everything with new bearings, rotors, and pads while I was at it. 3 months into it the outer bearings are starting to go again. Im respectful but not at all forgiving on the truck. It hauls 1000lbs at least almost every day all over the place on the highway, through the woods, in the city, wherever.

The other truck ive been running the 35s on is strictly for off road use. I have about 1,000 miles in the woods on that truck between 35s and 38.5s. Not a single issue yet with any part of the TTB35. That truck does not see the road at all. Every mile is in the woods seeing as I drive right through my back yard or across the street to the state forests. Im respectful with that truck but I make it go places and with bias ply Boggers both in 35 and now 38.5 im sure id bring upon any issues rather quick. Those tires are brutal on the truck and rather violent in the way they always get traction and almost never slip. The truck has a locker and Detroit true trac so all four are almost always engaged with little in the way off an out for the power when I get into binding situations.

If something is going to give id say the combo of lockers and Boggers would do it to a stock TTB35 and Ford 7.5 rear. Have not had an issue yet and I repack the bearings every trip out on top of check every u joint to make sure the bearing caps and clips are still in place.

 

[bIIjr]

Well I didn't do the 38's but I did go 36 in tsl sx father inlaw gave em to me. So heck ya why not lol. I need to do some clearance mods now. I do have to ask about the firewall issue. I haven't experienced it yet but would spacers help with this ? I got a 8.8 to throw in but need a front axle yet

 

[bIIjr]

I got to drive the b around the other day and ran over a tree. The rear doesn't bother me. I don't think I hit the fire wall. But if I remove the wheel wells in the front. What things would I have to worry about ?