Im not trying to jam up your thread or anything but Im a little sore over this. Its kinda like me taking my nissan to a merchants tire in AZ to have them build my nissan with 1-Tons b/c they had a good deal on tires. Im going to keep apologizing but this is tech also and think this should be mentioned, any axle builder would have told you 8 lug semi float shafts is not possible. you definetly came out ahead by getting the full float set-up. Those hubs are nice.
This is more tech here but what is that axle exactly? It appears it is a yukon Case, is it a 3.25? and a yukon aluminum purple pinion support painted, with a yukon yoke. what gears are they using, solid spacer. who set it up? any warranty? and GM halfton brakes, functional yes.
There housings are nice and there hubs are nice. Is that a sweet set up for what you have in it, absolutely.
Dan @ ruffstuff's housings are as good if not better, and ruffstuffs hubs are going to be out real soon which have some unique features that I think make them more diserable.
A standard full float (ie rear 60 spindles and 60 rear hubs w/ bolt in flanged shafts or double splined shafts for quality), would have sufficed unless you were looking to save weight and im still a believer in the unit bearing FF design and think; that it is as light if not lighter than these hubs, which also gives you lug pattern options.
Dan's hubs will have lug options which will be nice.
Is there a provision in the hub slug to retain the shaft... with an ARB, open carrier, track lok and the correct length shafts they will ride on the crosspin, on a detroit they would ride on the thrust blocks most likely with no ill effect. on a spool w/ a properly machined shaft that tapers after the spline they could just slide right through to the other shaft possibly disengaging or giving poor spline engangement. So a martack should be run. i went back and looked at some pics there may be a recess cut in the cap to accept a internal c-clip like a CV shaft but hard to tell. we cut a groove .130 in from the end of the shaft for a external c-clip but we run an additional cap that he does not. we will eventually have ones more like his that do have an internal c-clip to eliminate extra parts. i just wonder if he beat us to the punch.
Since we are on the 9'' subject ballistics new semi float ends are sweet and long overdue.
Could we have built that for $2625 ya but would we probably not, we like to sell stuff thats tested and ready so people don't have to wait forever and have issues (cough portaltek). we will be releasing the FF Comp 9'' CAA in do time for around the same price.
http://eastcoastgearsupply.com/i-2763607-ecgs-comp-9-caa-full-float.html Were just scratching up the coin to get everything in house, well have unit bearing hubs, ballistic hubs, ruffstuff hubs in hand to get a feel for whats best. we have the samples for a new unit bearing housing end which will be more affordable and cost effective. I guess we could just presell and deliver very late (cough portaltek/balistic) it seems to be popular and succesful.
Alas im just jealous, I know how sweet this build is going to be and now every NC tom dick and harry is going to be trying to copy you and run out to AZ to get an axle and thats just bad for business.
I should probably come down there to check it out if you see me drilling holes in the housing just ignore me.
$2625 
does this sound suspect to anybody else, or is it just me," im a little sore too after having alot in one rearend"
