Buick skylark, it's the same body style as a chevelle though. It's my bosses project vehicleIs that a Chevelle or 442 or something behind the Firebird? My buddys dad had a white firechicken like that. I think it was a 67 or 68 maybe. He blipped the throttle pulling into the gas station one day and ran it through two chainlink fences out onto the next street.lol The throttle stuck when he blipped it. His dad was PISSED!
Well he was right lol. It's raining in my area today which is very rare and I wanted to get the wrangler dirty, so I headed out to the wash and on my way leaving I had to go up a hill and I heard something snap.Coming from Ford for a long time to Jeep. I'd stay away from the 8.8LSD if you are going to put 35's or larger. They clutch pac shims go into a notch cut into the carrier. It makes it weaker there. On the 8.8s in the F150 and full size Broncos, these would shear at those cutouts when put behind the V8s and big meats. I had to rebuild a few of them.
Bob K.
My old rear tire carrier stopped me from completely flipping over when I wa going up a hill that was too steep, and I was stuck on the rear tire carrier and had a hard time getting on all fours again lol. My tailgate sustained a lot of damage, and my old tire carrier and bumper are toast. Everything always goes wrong on my jeep and I don't understand whyMan that sucks.. Ive never heard the term "turtled" before but I already like it. What is it though?
I think your definition of "hard on a vehicle" differs from mine. Maybe you should be driving a tank, lol. Hope you get it running soon.My old rear tire carrier stopped me from completely flipping over when I wa going up a hill that was too steep, and I was stuck on the rear tire carrier and had a hard time getting on all fours again lol. My tailgate sustained a lot of damage, and my old tire carrier and bumper are toast. Everything always goes wrong on my jeep and I don't understand whyI've broken 4 different rear ends, 2 dana 35's, dana 44, and now the "tough" 8.8. I'm not even hard on my vehicle
Compare to many people I go wheeling with, I'm very easy on my Jeep; however, I would take a tank in a heartbeat :rofl2:I think your definition of "hard on a vehicle" differs from mine. Maybe you should be driving a tank, lol. Hope you get it running soon.
It is a great axle, nothing broke or got messed up except the limited slip, I'm waiting for an ox locker to match my front. I think it broke because the very muddy hill I was going up made me really spin my tires then one tire got full traction on a rock while the other tire was still spinning, then I heard a loud snap. I had to put the stock axles back on that have a 3.07 gear ratio for now, and that is the greatest downgrade a jeep can receive. I couldn't drive up the mountains yesterday in any gear higher than 3rd, but the dana 35 didn't break going on a pretty difficult trail.I was gonna say it seems like you have trouble with rear ends. I only knew about the D44 and 8.8.hahaha Adding 2 d35s doesnt really count though. Everybody breaks those.
I think the limited slip is the weak spot with the 8.8 though. Find yourself a full carrier locker for that puppy and it will be good to go. If you look at the the strength charts (or whatever theyre called) the 8.8 is right under the d60..
The front is my work, and I only want the rear longer so I can build a good size tire carrier soon. I might try to clean it up and sell it, or I might keep it for a while.That front bumper looks real nice. I assume you made that? I don't mind the length of the rear at all, but it is your Jeep. If you are not happy with it who am I to disagree.