what is the easiest wat of telling? because the guy before me did wheel it. he may have swapped it.

 

Lp on the left hp on the right

 

ok looks like the high pinion has more fins on the outside. that nice. easy way to identify thanks again man.

 

LP usually cases trouble when you get over 3 inches or so. It can cause drive line vibes or DW even with a double cardan joint. Most people get adjustable upper arms and try to compensate for this by raising the pinion angle, but then you loose caster and proper alignment. So your always walking a thin line between drive line vibes and crappy steering asnd handling.

 

No what you are looking for is where the driveshaft bolts up. That is the pinion gear. If it is below the center line of the axle tube it is low pinion. If it is above the center line of the axle tube it is high pinion. High pinion helps some with driveshaft angles on lifted trucks, and keeping them higher up further away from dangerous rocks.

 

well it needs to stay a daily driver. so idk what to do here

 

yea i noticed that too. ill go take a look now

 

yea its the lp

 

Yeah, Pirate has the most in-depth and comprehensive tech info of any forum on the net if you ask me.

The D30 will hold up just fine to 33's. I'm still running stock shafts in mine and I have an ARB up there as well. I would advise getting an aftermarket diff cover to increase housing rigidity and protect any locker/gear upgrades you do. Also, if you're gonna wheel the **** out of it, you may want to consider a truss like this one; http://tntcustoms.com/dana30nondisconnect.aspx.

 

What you want to do is think about what your gonna use the truck for. How many times are you gonna wheel per year, is it a daily driver, how many miles a day do you drive, family or kids, etc etc.

That being said your profile says 33's with 5.5 " long armed....Sounds like you have a capable rig as is. I think you said you bought it that way, I find it odd that someone would put money into the rig like that and leave in a d35 in the rear. You might have a 8.25 and not realize it.

You need to find a balance between drivablilty and off road worthyness. Alot of people run lockers on DD's but for example if your gonna only wheel it once in a while whats the sense in sinking the money into them?

Something you may want to look into if you dont have it already, is armor, good under armor and rock rails, will help u push a lil harder but survive the day and be able to drive home at the end of the day. Also diff armor and heavy duty steering ar enice upgrades.

Is there a problem with your rig or are you looking for a reason to wrench on it?

And most importantly come join us in April at Rausch Creek.

 

wait your from p-burg? im from washington haha. anyway rausch sounds great. but i am gonna use it daily and make it a weekend warrior. and im going off the identification chart that its a d35. im takin it over to ok when i get it reg/insured. i know the owner of the place and went to school with his son. so im gonna have them do a once over and tell me what i need ( bushings, gears, lockers, so on so forth.) the kid i bought the jeep from seemed dumb so i doubt he even looked up things on forums or anything. im just trying to fix his dumb mistakes

 

if you have the 8.25 in the rear lockers are limited for that axle. ARB's Air Locker is just about the only controllable locker you can buy for that axle. the other choices are a Detroit Locker or Power Trax. which neither are really good for a DD. they can be used on the street just take your foot off the gas when making turns.

 

well i have decided on arb air lockers. they were in my f350 and i know the beast and how it work hahah. they have never let me down so ill stick with them

 

Yeah I'm in P burg....I have a garage in Martins Creek, PA about 10 minutes from my house, so your welcome to come over and use the space if you don't have a garage or talk jeeps. I've heard ok4wd is a really good shop but they are expensive so knowing someone is awesome. I've never been there but I would like to stop in sometime and just look around.

 

nice. ill have to take you up on that some time. lift and stuff? but actually you would be suprised. their work is expensive but i have found parts there like shocks and other stuff thats cheaper than most places on line. my shocks i just bought for example. 55 online was the lowest i found they have it for 41.99. didnt have shipping to worry about it and they had it next day. but their show room is really sweet.