Mildest SAS.

[crbnunit]

I feel like theres three chicks tuggin on my balls in different directions.

Dude! You have three chicks. What are you bitching aobut?

 

[littleredrangerhood]

I feel like theres three chicks tuggin on my balls in different directions.

Better than three dudes.

 

[Broaner]

I was kinda beginning to think that as well. The 35 has stood up to two years of my BS in stock form with 100k on it. With a nice service of every part it should do it again for another 5 years.

Reckless? Yes, but only endangering myself because there aren't any other crazy @ssholes out on the roads.

A nice small two up sled is in the works for next season. Looking to spend below $3k. ATV's lick my balls in any snow worth fucking around in.

If anyone really worked three chicks you think I'd have time to do anything but keep them all happy?

 

[JohnnyU]

Reckless? Yes, but only endangering myself because there aren't any other crazy @ssholes out on the roads.

Quite the contrary; Emergency vehicles, DOT/County/Town trucks and private contractors are likely out trying to clear the snow. I'm not going to start in on that argument.....

 

[brendank]

ATV's lick my balls in any snow worth fucking around in.

Wanna bet?

 

[Broaner]

I've had my share of time on ATV's in the snow and it was less than impressive. A sled can do everything 10x better in the snow than any quad can do .

Also, I'll continue to hold my opinion that lettin loose for an hour during a viscious blizzard is not endangering others. I don't do it around other vehicles whether they be civilians, plows or emergency vehicles. A cop stting in a driveway waiting to get called somewhere is not being endangered by my "antics". Loosen up a bit. The best way to deal with winter is to embrace it.

Pics up of the latest snow adventure. She took it like a champ.

At this point I'm keeping the D35 TTB but putting all new serviceable parts in and 4.56's with an Auburn. Gonna be buying that with my tax return. Anybody have a good list of all the parts that I should be replacing or upgrading while I'm in there?

 

[4x4junkie]

Anybody have a good list of all the parts that I should be replacing or upgrading while I'm in there?

Spicer balljoints (use the good ones... "Pro series" or something like that)
Spicer #5-760X axle u-joints (don't substitute anything else here, try to find specifically the Spicer 760s)
Warn "Jeep" hubs
Replace all seals

Also, do the full-circle clip mod on the u-joints.

Should keep you going for a little while anyway.

 

[4byRANGER]

either do a high clearance lift on the D35/D44 or put some 4wheels tracks.

Mattracks & Litefoot - All popular models of 4x4 vehicles catered for with additional adapters being added regularly. this is what you need!

 

[Born24wheel]

Another option instead of sas(which is a lot of work for just a daily driver) is to swap in a D44 TTB out of a 80-96 which is a lot beefier. Theres an article about this in the tech library. If its just ball joints that are the problem, those are relatively simple to replace with some buddies. If you do consider the sas though, i'd stay with coils, easier swap and nicer ride, especially haulin down a dirt road. Just my thoughts.

 

[mkpecor]

if your gunna flyin down roads in stuff, i would stay with coils. any thing you put in your rig can be broke.

 

[solid93x]

you also don't have to use heims or j joints, I'm using bushings. and it rides great.

 

[thoughtcriminal]

Really, I don't know if an SAS is for me. This thread is more or less to determine that. Ultimately I'd like to have a very capable and versatile truck. Very capable to me means good in all weather conditions; I love going for a drive in a blizzard when most others don't dare and the occaisional off road adventure be it through snow or a simple trail. Hauling @ss down a dirt road is one of my favorite activites followed shortly by bombing through a field covered with two feet of snow. At this point this truck is my DD and its got a really straight body on it so I don't wanna go messing it up just yet on rocks or extremely technical trails with trees and such.

So, my thinking for the SAS using a D44 is that everything that I've had problems with so far is beefier and will stand the abuse better. Am I correct in thinking this?

sounds like your wants are really just a locker, some performance shocks/springs and some better tires.
A solid axle will not help your grip in snow.
And if you want to do a lot of high speed field bombing, sas is a BAD idea. There is a reason desert racers use independent suspension setups rather than solid axles.

Yes, a D44 is beefier internally. so its gonna hold up better with larger tires. but you still don't want to run huge tires on it (36s would probably be ok if you don't slam on the gas a lot)

 

[alaskan155]

wonder what he has done to his truck in 7 months....