You may not have chosen to be so snide to Blaine if you knew his background and what he does for a living. And for your first response, there's a big difference between running 37's and 33's or 35's. If my f/r Dana 44's with chromoly alloy shafts and CTM u-joints were up to 37's I'd be running them instead of the 35's I have wisely limited them to.
I actually have a fair idea of his background and what he does for a living. My first response was respectful and I really did want his input on a viable alternative to an upgraded ball joints if the dynatracs have design issues. (a problem I personally have yet to experience but that's just one case of good luck) his reply was quite sarcastic. The first thing he did was attack my tire size choice. I'm not the one in this thread who needs ball joints. I was simply trying to learn from his experience.
The second thing he did was play dumb about knowing there's different grades of auto parts. I'm sorry but ether we all give him too much credit or again he's being sarcastic for no reason. I don't have time for ether option frankly.
The third thing he did was to say that I went about fixing my tow rig wrong. That's fine its his opinion but I don't have the money to retube an axle when a couple of ball joints will fix it to perfect factory specs. I also can't find a junk yard axle around here for that truck or I'd go get that but so far it's not an option for me.
I defer to the guys knowledge but when I ask a legitimate question and get sarcasm and basically no answer how would you respond? Perhaps he should know something about my background, setup, and knowledge base before giving me attitude?
And after all that I still don't have any more information than I started with. He thinks Spicer is better than moog, that's great, he hasn't yet said if they pay labor on warranty work. And it's been my experience that in this climate moog and factory last about the same amount of time.
As to tire size: where you live and wheel has a big effect on what tires your axle will support. I was recently in Hawaii and the guys I was wheeling with there told me that no one runs over a 4.88 even in a jk axle as they tend to have high failure rates even on 35s. Here its normal to run 5.38s with no gear issues at all. So while 37s on a 44 may not be an option in your area its common here on jk axles and on a tj 44 while it's pushing the limits its quite functional depending on how you drive. The only axle issue I have with my current setup is a leaking arb and regular inner seal failure. So I'd say in my case 37s are fine.
Again though, what did my tire size have to do with the question of what would he recommend instead of the dynatrac joints? I was more than willing to take in what info he was willing to offer. What I'm not willing to do is roll over when he gets his panties in a bunch and feels the need to try and beat on someone. I had more than enough bullies try that in high school, I didn't accept it then and nothing has changed now.
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There must have been a time
when we could have said no.
