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Hey we all have to learn at some time lol but we all do remember that, keep up the videos you all owed it and that is just as important if not more than being right all the time lol just don't let it happen again 🤨 lol kidding
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Surprises, conflict & resolution, spooky scenes, beautiful scenes… it’s got everything. If getting down… I mean if eating cookies in a yurt is on your bucket list, make it happen, sister.
Why are you guys pushing it so hard if repairs are tight? I don't do any rock climbing, so forgive my ignorance. It is mainly clay and mud around here. While I would love to go to some 37's, it just doesn't seem reasonable to go over 35's.
It really is just to seem if we can. 🤣😅🤷🏻♀️ we know the likely things to break and independently, they’re not terribly expensive so we’ve saved enough to pay the price when it does.
I was in Vernal earlier this year, and a friend slowly crawled down a steeper hill while making a turn with all of her weight on the single front axle and the snap was so loud!! Sooner or later, you'll definitely break, even if you it easy on 37's. She was on 35's, and she wheels light. I would say it took 4 years to break though, but it did sour the rest of her day 😏
... OMG !! ... The pics of this woman at the start scares the hell out of me ,, I think I'll just wait here ...lol ..San Juans are beautiful !! The camera doesn't do it justice !! .... Looked like a good time ..
When I looked up gear sets for my D30, the one gear manufacturer stated that the gear set was not guaranteed with tires bigger than 33". Since then, I have seen 1 Jeep that ran 37s on a 30, but that guy doesn't really go off road, so I am still curious if those tires on that axle will really break gears under modestly aggressive driving. When I looked up the same gear set for my D44, there was no tire size limit listed.
We blew up a set of gears shortly after we switched them out. 😅 That being said, I also really got in it and I bounced it, which we know is a killer. I don’t think it was the tires as much as that. Since then, we’ve done some wheeling and have been intentional with the gas pedal, and it’s all good…so far. 😊
Just stumbled on to your channel! Really enjoyed your video... but I have to say that I'll try really hard to put on a surprised face...37"s with a dana 30 is a ticking time bomb...we made it over a year on 35"s with a V8, but we wheeled very carefully. Hope to see you out on the trail
@@Expedition-FullSend it will help I did put hd ball joints in mine and it gets wheeled so hard I exploded the rear 44 diff new arb sitting in the e garage now waiting on me
Hey can u guys help me I’m a total newbie so I have the 2018 Sahara jku. It’s got 35 inch tires and I don’t really wanna go higher until way later and so I got Dana 44 in rear and I think it’s 30 in front. And I was thinking of strengthening the front axel would that be good for 35s for off roading??
Dana 35s are a lot stronger than what they used to be. I have been running 37s for years on a Dana 30 and 35 and off road it pretty hard. But I know how to drive where a lot of people don't understand what breaks an axle. If you control the wheel spin and don't bounce it you will be just fine.
😂😂 ok I have to admit this is my first video I have watched! I have to say I am now addicted watchin my cousin F stuff up! 😂 no seriously loved the video! Wish I was there in person but this will have to do for now! I’m so proud of where you are in life Jana! Keep livin it up! ** YOU CAN DOOO ITTTT** ( if you know you know) 😂 love you! Catch ya on the flip side hopefully sometime soon!
The D44 is now called a M220 & the D30 is now called a M200. It is still unclear to me if there is a physical difference, or if it was just a name change. Depending on if you get a manual transmission or an automatic, the rear axle on the sport changes. The automatic gets a D35/M210. The manual gets a D44/M220. They both still get the same small D30/M186 up front. When I looked up gear sets for inside the axles, the manufacturer of the gear set for the D30 indicated that 33" tires were the max for their gears. The Willy's, Rubicon, etc get good axles front & rear, as well as different gear ratios. If you have your VIN number, you can look up the build sheet for your specific Wrangler & find out which axles it had from the factory & often also the gear ratios inside the diffs.
I ran 37’s on a Dana 30 for 10 years. Changed the axle shafts and gears to 4.56. Did most of the trails in central California including the rubicon. Never had a problem with the Dana 30. Don’t try to bunny hop rocks and you will be fine
Now that the side and spider gears are already trashed, you guys should throw in a lunchbox locker and see what breaks next.... For science! I've always thought those lockers have to be way stronger than the stock side/spider gears.
We love science! 🤓👩🏫🧑🏫 We actually thought about that, and got close, but after talking it through with our offroad shop, he advised they are not great if the vehicle is a daily driver. We’re not rich so here we are, going back with the same gears again to see how long that’ll last!
If you go with a Teraflex full float kit on dana 44's you will end up with 44 / 60 axles. Dana 60 outers. 4.88 gears should be your max. Because anything lower you end up with a pinion gear the size of a peanut. You don't want that. Ypur pinion gear will fail eventually. This is a copy of what us old ti.ers did back in the day with Ford 9 inch and 60 outers. A JK 44 has an 8.8 inch ring gear just a smidgen less then a 9 inch. It works.
Thank you! Yes, we had her back and going before the next weekend. I did a little wheeling in AR with my girlfriends a few weekends back (not for content, just pleasure this time), and it all seemed fine. We'll know for sure in a couple weeks when we go to SMORR for the Great American Crawl sponsored by Rockstar and Mickey Thompson. I know you're moving, but you should try to go if you can squeeze it in!
@Expedition-FullSend I saw some pics of yalls Arkansas trip looked like fun! we are trying to make it to SMORR GAC 😅 also trying to buy a house now and between our move in August and that will be the deciding factor if we can make it or not.
I been running 37’s with d30 for over a year now, I did change the gears to 4.88. So far is good. My 37 are actually lighter than the 35’s I had. Only time will tell! 😎
Yes, after catching our mistake, we learned that you are correct. I had originally been told it was a D35 by someone who owned a JL. Turns out, that only applies to JLs. I just assumed it was the case for JKs too without taking the time to confirm. I bet I won't do that again! HAHA
Hi there! We have 5:13 gears in this Wrangler. That killed the MPGs when we were running 35s. When we went to 37s it brought the ratio down which brought the RPMs down which then brought the MPGs up. With 35s the RPMs ran about 3300 at highway speeds but going to 37s brought that down to around 2700. That's a HUGE difference in effort hence the increase. Does that make sense?
