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In my opinion, buying your first hpD60 front is better than losing your virginity. Definitely excited about this one and I want to build it right before putting it into the rig.
I drug home a '79 hpD60 snow fighter front for $400 that was bastardized with all sorts of goofy leaf spring mounting ideas a few weeks ago and I've slowly been parts collecting to put it into my 5500lb s10 truggy. The idea is to continue wheeling the front d44 and swap axles after this wheeling season. The s10 is flat bedded with an LS1, 4L65 and np241 t-case currently with 37x12.50 Nitto Trail grapplers on a hpD44 F250 front and FFD60 30-spline rear with factory 4.10's. First wheeling trip of this season and I snap d44 shafts, thus the slow build up of a '79 hpD60. This truck has seen 27's, 30's, 31's, 35's, 37's and next year my wife is stealing my current 37's so I'll be looking for something in the 39-40" range.
Anyways, the question at hand is what else should I be upgrading in the hpD60 front to guarantee I will be able to drive the truck 3hrs home after a long weekend of wheeling? I wheel gently, but I like to crawl in the rock gardens. All I've bought so far are 35 spline outers (non chromo) and I picked up a DIY knuckle plating kit from Ryan at Rydelfab.com who sells them on the PBB.
To do list:
I drug home a '79 hpD60 snow fighter front for $400 that was bastardized with all sorts of goofy leaf spring mounting ideas a few weeks ago and I've slowly been parts collecting to put it into my 5500lb s10 truggy. The idea is to continue wheeling the front d44 and swap axles after this wheeling season. The s10 is flat bedded with an LS1, 4L65 and np241 t-case currently with 37x12.50 Nitto Trail grapplers on a hpD44 F250 front and FFD60 30-spline rear with factory 4.10's. First wheeling trip of this season and I snap d44 shafts, thus the slow build up of a '79 hpD60. This truck has seen 27's, 30's, 31's, 35's, 37's and next year my wife is stealing my current 37's so I'll be looking for something in the 39-40" range.
Anyways, the question at hand is what else should I be upgrading in the hpD60 front to guarantee I will be able to drive the truck 3hrs home after a long weekend of wheeling? I wheel gently, but I like to crawl in the rock gardens. All I've bought so far are 35 spline outers (non chromo) and I picked up a DIY knuckle plating kit from Ryan at Rydelfab.com who sells them on the PBB.
To do list:
- decide on a locker (E-locker, detroit, Grizzly)
- Once locker is decided upon, choose manual locking hubs or drive slugs for 35 spline outers (E-locker will get drive slugs, manual hubs for OX/detroit)
- Figure out which high steer arms to buy that have the connecting piece of DOM to the factory knuckle tie-in
- Figure out a steering ram/hydro assist option for high steer
- Buy or build a diff cover, or use stock cover with a chin guard