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Post by 86taco on Jul 15, 2007 15:52:53 GMT -5
Anyone ever welded a toy front end with the stock birfields? I dont play in the rocks because I dont have the gearing and cant afford cromolies, I know about the driving in the snow and ice and turning and all that. I just want to know how the axles will hold up to just the trails. I have been wheeling the same open front end for about 3 years now with the 35's and havnt broken anything yet, besides the stock front shackels but those are long gone.
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Post by rockcrawlintoy on Jul 15, 2007 22:19:08 GMT -5
i wouldnt do it.
Drew
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Post by snorkleman on Jul 15, 2007 23:17:59 GMT -5
x2 on that
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Post by 86taco on Jul 16, 2007 8:28:43 GMT -5
Thats what I figured yu guys would say. I was just thinking about it, but was kind of wary. I beat the crap out of my IFS and never broke a shaft but was lucky. Now I dont have to get on it as hard. I just crawl around the trails.
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Post by 81 tuff truck on Jul 16, 2007 23:31:07 GMT -5
i dont know about the front end but the rear of mine is welded and trust me i give it hell till i smell shit or hear glass break and its held up fine .anyways ill ask around for you
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Post by rockcrawlintoy on Jul 17, 2007 2:33:05 GMT -5
i dont know about the front end but the rear of mine is welded and trust me i give it hell till i smell shit or hear glass break and its held up fine .anyways ill ask around for you apples and oranges man |
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Post by toycrawler on Jul 19, 2007 19:34:20 GMT -5
the front of mine is welded, and i havent had any trouble with it yet. but i will do it the right way when i have the money to buy a locker.
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Post by 86taco on Jul 20, 2007 14:51:42 GMT -5
How long have you had it welded? Does your rig see a lot of rocks? If my truck was strictly off road I would weld it. But I cant pull a trailer with my other toyota.
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Post by 81 tuff truck on Jul 21, 2007 0:55:05 GMT -5
do you ever go in the snow cuz from what i have been told if you do you wont to lock up the front end or you'll hate it
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Post by Sean on Jul 21, 2007 10:28:02 GMT -5
I have been running a welded front for about a year. I put in chormo longs after grenading a birf while trying to climb a hill in the snow. I made it to the top but when i hit the snow bank the birf shattered like glass. It probably didnt help that it was -40 out.
Running the longs i have had no birfield woes. Instead now the weak link is the hubs. Again in the snow while trying to reverse out of a snow covered field I blew the hub clean off, shearing the 6 hub bolts and the dowel.
But man when it aint broke it climbs like a billy goat. Im not complaining, carnage is all part of wheeling. I break something every other time i go out. I actually break more parts in the winter then i do rock crawling in the summer. The greater wheel speed required for snow driving is hell on parts.
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Post by toycrawler on Jul 24, 2007 14:44:43 GMT -5
How long have you had it welded? Does your rig see a lot of rocks? If my truck was strictly off road I would weld it. But I cant pull a trailer with my other toyota. i have had it welded for about 5 months, and rocks is all it ever sees. and it is also my daily driver. so far nothing has broken and i am happy. |
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Post by ckingfire on Jul 27, 2007 14:05:36 GMT -5
Welding doesn't affect daily driving unless the front axle is engaged, correct?
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Post by Sean on Jul 27, 2007 15:49:09 GMT -5
Welding doesn't affect daily driving unless the front axle is engaged, correct? correct. |
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Post by Shibby24 on Aug 6, 2007 6:11:20 GMT -5
Welded the front of mine. Run 33x13.5's. It has 4 or 5 wheelin trips on it, combination of mud, dirt, rocks. No breaks yet, but birfs are getting a little noisy. I wouldn't go back though, I like the extra traction. I'll just get longs when I break one.
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Post by 86taco on Aug 6, 2007 15:31:45 GMT -5
Thats what sucks! I cant afford longs  I am doing a exo cage right now but thats not costing me anything. |
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