Who has this done? Have you beefed the axle up in any way? Have you broken anything?

Aaron

 

from what i understand get new axle shafts and things like that to beef it up some and youll have a pretty sturdy setup

 

Do lighter tire/wheel combos help reduce the stress on the axles?

 

Yep, that's just physics. Lighter rolling mass would be less stressful on the axle's.

 

aluminum wheels are lighter than those soft 8's you have.

 

about 10 lbs per wheel i noticed

 

yup, thats why i bought my mickey thompson classic locks. i had a spare of soft 8's and ran them for awhile and my get up and mpg was terrible. i'm fine now. when i weighed it it was a 13lb difference between the two.
although soft 8's are really cheap.....i paid $151 a wheel for the M/T's

 

I really want to go with 35's geared and locked, but dont want to change out the 8.25. I noticed everyone say's 33's locked and 35's open diff. So I am trying to determine if its the physical mass of the wheel/tire combo or the diameter of the tire that stresses out the axle to the point the c-clip goes or the axle snaps. I know I can get a 35"/wheel combo that actually weight the exact same as my current tire/wheel set-up.

 

try and sell it man or pull the guts out for spares. id do that you can run 35s locked and wheel it no problem. i have a buddy that ran 35s and wheeled it locked like a buggy for a while. had no problems at all. snapped a couple shafts but you have two extras now!!

 

ive been running a locked 29 spline with 4:56s w/ 35x12.50 on 15x10 steel beadlocks. its holding up great.

 

I have steel wheels, 35" super swamper SSR's and an aussie locker on a stock 29 spline 8.25. Its been that way since 2007. I drive hard and have not had a problem yet (knock on wood).

 

My 8.25 has 4.88's and a Powertrax No-Slip in it and its been holding up find to my 35's. I did notice my Powertrax is missing a tooth but it doesn't seem to affect it and it hasn't broken yet so I'm not overly worried about it.

 

I just got my 8.25 regeared with 4.88s, im ordering the powertrax noslip and 35" MTZ in a week or so. How hard do you wheel? I dont wheel that hard but how hard is hard lol (I seem to be saying hard alot here) anyway, Do you romp it, wheel it, or baby it?

I also put another dana 30 with 4.88s and an OX under it too. I hope that puppy holds up as well lol, what tires are you running as well?

Thanks man