Towing Question

Reed

Reed

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Using a dana 35 as an axle on a trailer, is the gearing in the axle going to matter at all when towing? If it is should we remove the entire carrier, or just the pinion?
 
just pull it don't sweat it
 
If you pull the pinion, you'll puke all the gear oil and burn up the bearings. If you pull the carrier so the bearings don't burn up, the axle shafts won't stay put.

Trailer axles are cheap... why fuck around with it?
 
Well, my friend is trying to build a towable grill for tailgating and the like, and since we are in college he is tryin to stay cheap and I have a spare 35 laying in my parents backyard, if we can do it without messing with any of that stuff then that's what we'll do
 
Pull It

Leave the axle as is...it'll work fine,:beer: gears won't matter as long as pinion yoke don't interfer with anything.

Especially for a grill or something, probly not haulin' it cross country are you?

SERIOUS TAILGATER....14 Bolt haulin' a Weber on Wheels

:beer:
 
Na, not accross country, prolly just to Chattanooga for apps third national championship :bounce: :bounce2: Just a simple 55 gal drum cut in half with 2 propane tanks. We are thinking about putting it on some 35's that I have under my deck tho :bling:
 
I have and have had trailers with the truck axle in them. No issues. Another hint. If you leave the E brake cable on it, you can use it to keep the trailer still with no rolling when you are cooking!
 
389Stroker had an "offroad" trailer with a Toy steering axle under it... the plan was for onboard 12V to power a winch motor (at the pinion) & linear actuator (between the knuckles) so it could be disconnected from the rig (in case of "stuckness") and be driven/steered away on the 35"s...

Pretty sure it was never completed, but I haven't heard from him in a long while...
 
Reed said:
Using a dana 35 as an axle on a trailer, is the gearing in the axle going to matter at all when towing? If it is should we remove the entire carrier, or just the pinion?
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Pull the ring gear and Pinion gear put a freeze plug or plumbers plug where the pinion was refill with oil and run it.
BUt you could save about 200 lbs or more going with a trailer axle and new for a cooker can be had for 80$ or so, or just do the stub shafts for 12-15$ each.
 
What about pulling the carrier, removing the ring gear, and re-installing the carrier without it. Leaving the spider gears and pinion in. The pinion gear would seal the housing, and the spider gears and carrier would support the axles, but there would be alot less rolling friction?

Just a thought, and I saw it hadn't been suggested. Feel free to tell me what I have overlooked and why I am retarded.

-Tim
 
pull it as is. wont be a problem.
How many trailers do you see running around that used to be a truck bed?
I have one myself.
The lil pinion just spends round and round...think of it as a 4wd with drive flanges and no front DS...

May add a minutia of drag to spin the gears...
 
saw one once that had an alternator bracketed to the axle and connected to pinion with v-belt, to charge trailer batteries going down the road. Don't have any idea if it worked or not, saw it in a parking lot.
 
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