8 lug question

JSEsterly

JSEsterly

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ok another stupid question..since i was giving a lot of thought to the soa.. got to thinking about upgrading axles.. might as well right? Anyway.. I want an 8 lug.. thinking that with my suburban (tow vehicle) 14 bolt I would be able to match tire/rims and always have an extra spare tire and parts... but I'm worried about ground clearance. What other axles would be an 8 lug that I can look for? pretty sure dana 44 has one from a chevy?
 
JSEsterly said:
ok another stupid question..since i was giving a lot of thought to the soa.. got to thinking about upgrading axles.. might as well right? Anyway.. I want an 8 lug.. thinking that with my suburban (tow vehicle) 14 bolt I would be able to match tire/rims and always have an extra spare tire and parts... but I'm worried about ground clearance. What other axles would be an 8 lug that I can look for? pretty sure dana 44 has one from a chevy?
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Dana 44 3/4 ton
GM 10 bolt 3/4 better if 1989-91 30 spline
For the rear the 14 bolt is cheep or you could go dana 60, 70 or 80
Some of the new AAM 10.5 rg and 11.5rg 14 bolts in the dodge are cool and have disk in the rear
same for the gm 14 bolt.
Ford had an odd 8 lug so just make sure you got the same all around.
Jon
 
Ive driven my jeep stock for years..and never really gave much thought to serious wheeling.. due to money.. but i would like to get way more involved.. so im a newbie at this. Can you give me a few options on what kind of vehicle these would be on?
8.8 was narrored down to the explorer 95 or newer with disc w/4.10 and lim slip- is close to a yj length.. how about with these others? d44/60/70/80s?

jon thanks for the dodge idea..is the dodge lug placment the same as the gm 14 bolt?i like the disc option with the 8.8, but i was willing to forgo the disc to have the same rims for both rigs. thanks for the help!
 
Are you really going to run the same size tires on your tow rig and trail rig? As for axle parts, I don't hear a lot of people blowing up tow rig axles, more trannies and engines. I would stick with something easy like an 8.8 swap. They are cheap, easy to find, and pretty good. Since you are new to wheeling don't go overboard. You will be a much better driver and have more fun if you start easy and then go hardcore. A fullwidth swap or rockwells you would only have to do once, but then you will have a hard time learning how to chose a good line and handle the rig. The 8.8 is a great axle, I am not trying to talk you out of going big or anything else. I know that I broke a 35 twice, went full widths and now I am back down to learn how to handle the rig. Once I learn where to put the tires and how to put them there then I will build up and be a trail only rig.
 
Down&Dirty said:
A fullwidth swap or rockwells you would only have to do once, but then you will have a hard time learning how to chose a good line and handle the rig.
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ah, your just driving to gracefully. Its a 1 ton - get a good diff cover and drag that tater plow. :flipoff2:
 
Down&Dirty said:
Are you really going to run the same size tires on your tow rig and trail rig? As for axle parts, I don't hear a lot of people blowing up tow rig axles, more trannies and engines.
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My tow rig is getting a 4" lift and 35's here in the next weeks.. i plan on running similar or same height on my YJ.

Good point on the blowing up tow rig axles.. but im thinking more of the spare tires.. since i want to upgrade my axles, why not upgrade to match? I will probably put many more miles on my DD tow rig than the YJ, so I will have plenty of tires to rotate, (using the spares)
 
My thought, was that I would rather run a tire on my tow rig that is more road friendly, and actually rated for the load that I am putting on it. Plus if you are towing your rig everywhere your tires on the YJ will be good for a very long time. Better to have great offroad tires on it and keep the tread up, then to start running bald ones to save some cash. I would probably run some 35 AT's on the tow rig, and then some 35 mud terrains or something similar on the YJ. I think it is a good thought to be able to do full swaps between the two, but in reality they are two seperate vehicle with two completely different uses. This normally dictates different tires. From what I have seen 8-lugs can be had, or made but cost more money. Probably equal to the price of a 2nd spare for both rigs.
 
Down&Dirty said:
My thought, was that I would rather run a tire on my tow rig that is more road friendly, and actually rated for the load that I am putting on it. Plus if you are towing your rig everywhere your tires on the YJ will be good for a very long time. Better to have great offroad tires on it and keep the tread up, then to start running bald ones to save some cash. I would probably run some 35 AT's on the tow rig, and then some 35 mud terrains or something similar on the YJ. QUOTE]

Your exactly right, I plan on AT's for the burb and MTs for the YJ. The only tires that would get rotated onto the burb would be the spares.. i didnt want to rotate the YJs onto the burb... but of course now that you mentioned it, i didnt take in account the Yjs were going to have mts sooo i'd only have 1 spare to rotate.. but I'd still have a spare..well spare.
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8 lug 10 bolt

I would go with a 8 lug 3/4 ton 10 bolt. I just pulled one from under my scout. I was running 38's with no lockers and i did not have any problems.
 
Holy necrophelia batman
 
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