9:06 pm
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September 3, 2008
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Have any of you done this on your sweet dana 30s?
I have a rubicon and I need to redo my steering and thought the brake upgrade would be nice. Any thoughts?
Um...what?
4:06 am
July 15, 2005
Offline Wheel the Dana 30 the way it is and take the money and put it in a savings account until you can afford a real front axle. Lee wheeled his Dana 30 stock on 37's and never broke it. I know you have heard it before, but there a lot of people here that could tell you horror stories of the money they wasted on a 30 and then upgraded.
I dumped a couple grand or more into my 30 then upgraded to a Dana 44 that I dumped about 5 or 6K into over a couple years before going to a Dana 60. I could have built my Dana 60 twice for what I wasted on a 30 and 44…
Wheel your Dana 30 a year and decide how extreme of wheeling you think you might get into. Once you spend money on an axle, you will be lucky if you get half back out it if you decide to sell and upgrade.
"finder_87" wrote: Have any of you done this on your sweet dana 30s?
I have a rubicon and I need to redo my steering and thought the brake upgrade would be nice. Any thoughts?
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4:09 am
July 15, 2005
Offline Also, if you just want brakes, check out the master cylinder Fred and I now have. I haven't tried mine with 40 inch tires yet, but I know they would probably work great with a Dana 30 and 35's or 37's. It is about $300. Much less work and cheaper than a WJ conversion.
"finder_87" wrote: Have any of you done this on your sweet dana 30s?
I have a rubicon and I need to redo my steering and thought the brake upgrade would be nice. Any thoughts?
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5:36 am
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September 3, 2008
Offline Thanks for the reply. I figured that was the response I was going to get. I just like living in denial. 🙄
Um...what?
6:26 am
I'm building a HP Dana 30 and I've read about that WJ Knuckle/brake conversion. I liked the idea and its one of a few choises I'm considering for my biuld. My rig is a daily driver so I don't want to drive back and forth to work with 40 inch tires and Dana 60's. There will come a day I"ll retire my jeep and buy me a commuter car and maybe go for 60's (for the jeep not the car) 🙄 Everyone says to go with the 60"s and I"m sure that's very good advice, but everyone also seems to have started with the 30,44 or similar lite duty axle. I wouldn't want to break tradition. jeep (just empty every pocket) 😀
1:41 pm
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July 10, 2003
Offline I think running a Dana 30 is fine. It should last for a while as long as you drive smart (not like Rob). I wouldn't sink a bunch of money into it, because if you need to upgrade, it's better to sink that money into something bigger. When I ran a D30, all I did was gear it and throw in a cheap locker. It served me well with 35" tires.
I used to wheel a lot. . .
3:24 pm
"rick-rock" wrote: My rig is a daily driver so I don't want to drive back and forth to work with 40 inch tires and Dana 60's.
Why not? Tires would get pricey so I could see holding off on them, but I wouldn't hesitate on putting 60s into a DD. I drove my 60/10.25 combination to work today. 😀
3:37 pm
July 15, 2005
Offline My 40's actually drive better on the street than my 37's ever did..Tire price is what keeps me from driving it a lot.
"Bender" wrote: [quote="rick-rock"]My rig is a daily driver so I don't want to drive back and forth to work with 40 inch tires and Dana 60's.
Why not? Tires would get pricey so I could see holding off on them, but I wouldn't hesitate on putting 60s into a DD. I drove my 60/10.25 combination to work today. 😀
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5:46 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline Having a 30 vs. a 60 isn't related to daily driveability (new word). My 60 has the same turning radius as a 30 and, because of the other work I have done to it, it handles better than my 30 set up did.
That being said, I ran a 30 with 37's. My wife's jeep ran a 30 with 37's. We both ran ARB's, and hers had a manual hub conversion. I ran Barett, the Rubicon (including soup bowl) and fordyce without any breakage. I did blow up a u-joint in the snow however on my 30. Proper maintenance and not over using the locker will extend the life of your front end.
Good luck either way.
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