rear axle, fix or forget it.

[ARhine]

small world huh?



I am going to space the rims out on it tonight and see how it looks.



I am leaning towards the 14b right now for the width match, low costs, and availability. I can always throw one in pretty easy to get me through my next two trips (300 miles to disney, OK and 875 miles to Moab, UT) and if I don't like it I can get my money back out of it for the most part and try a D80.



Wouldn't have to regear the front until I knew if I wanted to stay with it.



I can get a 1410 pinion yoke from Jess at HAD, weld on some perches, and be ready to go.

 

[pepecat]

If you're going to worry about the backspacing issue, of just over an inch on the dana 80, why not just slap on some 2nd gen steelies to compliment the 2nd gen axle?? You can go with the chrome star ones or just plane-jane so you can match the front wheels w/ufo hubcaps. They look "sucked in" or more narrow when on a stock d70 first gen axle, by about an 1nch or so