Advice needed for axle swap / upgrade

[jjvw]

For what you are trying to accomplish, I would stick with your axles. You have a LP30 and a rear 44. They are fine for the task of a 35" tire with intermediate wheeling. I would re-gear, add some type of selectable locker, chromoly shafts, install a currie or savvy short arm lift, install a SYE and TW drive shaft, Currie steering and slap on the 35". For extended lines in the front, get a set of YJ lines from any supply house. They are longer than TJ lines.

Once that's all done, get an alignment and have fun.

We know that a Dana 30 can be made to survive places like Johnson Valley. If his intermediate wheeling doesn't frequently exceed that, he should be quite fine with what he has.

 

[Andy-WhiteTJ]

We know that a Dana 30 can be made to survive places like Johnson Valley. If his intermediate wheeling doesn't frequently exceed that, he should be quite fine with what he has.

That was my point. I guess I wasn't clear.

 

[zackcj7]

So trussing the Dana 30 isn’t advisable? I thought that part of the issue with the Dana 30 is the thinner axle tubing that can be prone to bending?

That's a JK problem, not a TJ problem

 

[cpwolf]

For what you are trying to accomplish, I would stick with your axles. You have a LP30 and a rear 44. They are fine for the task of a 35" tire with intermediate wheeling. I would re-gear, add some type of selectable locker, chromoly shafts, install a currie or savvy short arm lift, install a SYE and TW drive shaft, Currie steering and slap on the 35". For extended lines in the front, get a set of YJ lines from any supply house. They are longer than TJ lines.

Once that's all done, get an alignment and have fun.

I would do all of this but the YJ lines, there are a couple issues that the Dorman extended lines don't have, and you get the same extended length.