Looks like you have loads of room for hydro assist. If you mount the fixed end on the diff cover and run it over toward the knuckle seems like it would work. Those air springs/shocks sure make for a clean install. Did you do a 35 spline ox?
i did my best to keep clean lines. the TB had to be almost unnoticeable behind the drag, they had to be exactly the same length, no extra clutter. i'm a tad OCD about stupid stuff.
no, i did not do 35 splines, it's all fogged in my melon. i subconsciously kept building the rig bigger even though i was made aware the axles were sub par for the task.
it's a whole long story of not listening to some and following another to a place of smoke and mirrors and BS.
not taking advice, happenstance, missing details, second guesses and denial.
bottom line is i just didn't dig deep enough b4 i jumped into the hole.
a handful of guys would say slap 37's on there and roll it.................while others say ha-ha good luck.
to fix this issue in my mind and be confident i feel i'd need 4500$ to upgrade the front (locker shafts and 60 c's) and another 3500$ for the rear (locker, shafts and FF kit) just for 37's.
lot of work and money for a target just 1 step up.
i have the room, i have the suspension, why bother that cost and labor to get 1 step, when i could get a jump up for a fraction of that cost if i used production axles.
production axle? 1 might ask. sure i got hung up on all that shaved crap for about 2 wks.....then pops up this thread of WOD/Cranes new rock bouncer with it's un-shaved monster dif's hangin down there, which gets me thinkin.
i hear mention of guys wreckin shaves and leaks . none of that's any good.
now these WOD guys made this rig to slam into the side of every nasty, muddy, rocky, log infested bounty hill around at top speed and they don't worry 1 dam bit about the diff hangin there. why am i gonna worry about a little bump or drag at 2mph now and then.
and the "jump up" can get me to 39's. with just a few upgrades............that gets my belly up more and almost negates the diff size from the rolling radius standpoint vs a 35" wheel on a Dana 44.
so here i end up at un-shaved big ass cheap to buy production axles.
i still want an HP (this points to the 05^ ford 60) up front and an LP in the rear w/ pinion guard is fine by me (14 bolt), the 10.5 ford rear is not bad but the 14 has more market support .