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Offline museboy07

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Why do this??
« on: October 08, 2007, 05:19:39 PM »
Why do lots of people swap out there aluminum front axle housings for the steel ones when they could easily put a skid plate below the diff.  Its cheaper and way less time consuming.  Is there another reason they do this?  Are the internals stronger?
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Re: Why do this??
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2007, 05:45:49 PM »
The aluminum diff will break under stress.
Front tire gets stuck/wedged
Try and power out and the pinion will try and crawl around the ring-gear and
SNAP!!
Diffs in 2 pieces
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Offline museboy07

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Re: Why do this??
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2007, 06:32:12 PM »
Well i guess that answers my question.. ;)
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Offline Digger

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Re: Why do this??
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2007, 10:59:21 PM »
Yeah, the weakness is not from impacting the ground, but from internal stress created by bigger tires, more traction and offroading...
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