Its being pushed by a semi-smogged 2bbl 351 with 120K on the clock, and a 435-208. There is not a lot of all out rock wheeling to be done out here. Mostly Trails of varying terrain I would put it in the 80% risk of Body damage 'mild' catergory.
In my expirance, they seem to hold up pretty well.
We have a club member that wheels(and DD's) a 94' F-250, with a 351 in it, that I welded the diff up in a last year. Right away it broke the inner shaft, harsh break, at a 45* angle. that was running 35" geolanders. However, this year he has wheeled it HARD, with 35" boggers on it, and nothing has broke yet.
I assume you mean the 38*11 or whatever boggers? Im gonna say you may be ok. I put a locker in my old D44TTB and immediately (5 minutes into the trail) exploded the center ujoint (which was new), but the D50 has a bigger ujoints so it might be ok. Was running 36" iroks at the time. Go easy on it, definitely dont jump it, and you should be ok. Definitely check that center ujoint after a wheelin trip. Maybe even tack weld the caps in palce so they cant spit out.
I wouldnt buy a locker for it, id save up and spend that cash on a D60 instead.
Yup. 38.5x11s. I have no intention to waste money on the 50 by buying a locker.
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