FRONT AXLE Upgrade - HP DANA 30 in the JEEP Wrangler TJ | Budget Crawler Ep 26 

Plenty more to come! Trust me, nobody wants to see this thing done more than I do haha

Thanks! Plenty more to come!

You know it! LOL

For now I’m trying to keep the jeep as low as possible. I like to wheel in rocks and off camber situations so the lower I can keep the jeep the better

Sounds like a good build list! TJ Fest sounds like a good time, hopefully the world will be back to normal by then!

Always!

Thanks! More to come!

Thank you Samuel!

Can’t argue with that!

Thanks for following. More to come!

I kept the old components and will likely go the route you suggested next time I bump up tire size, but for now I’m happy running the factory style steering setup with the 33s. Thanks for the input!

Sounds like a good project!

@@dironaa trying to get some cash together. Plus it's 5 hours from me long haul . But most I find or around 5000

@@larryalexander4833 It can be tough to find a good deal on these things. If you're not in a hurry my advice would be to wait for one to show up a little closer. I hate driving far to buy things because I usually feel obligated to buy even if its in worse shape than expected, otherwise I end up feeling like I wasted a trip.

Thanks! Plenty more coming!

Thanks! Will try!

Now lets hope there won't be another 6 month hiatus before the next video haha

The next video should be along in 6 months or less haha

Good buy!

Think I'll hold onto it for now but will keep you in mind!

That hadn't crossed my mind but I'll consider it. The 8.8 is sitting under the jeep with the factory trac bar bolted to an Artec truss with the mounts in the factory locations, so I assume (although I haven't measured) that the axle is centered under the jeep right now. Good to know, this is the first CAD axle I've dealt with. Was it difficult to adapt the CAD to a jeep which I assume didn't come with it from the factory? Still need to have a rear driveshaft built before this thing can get back on the road so I can't comment on the 4.88s yet, but I honestly wasn't unhappy with 4.10s on 33s so I may not be the best one to ask LOL

@@dironaa I bought the Ballistic Fab brackets to install an 8.8 in mine but found a D44 that I could not pass up. We put an 8.8 in my brother's TJ and I did not like how the narrower axle looked and after days of researching I found where some were spacing them over, which helped with driveshaft vibrations that some say that can not eliminate due to the dual angles. I just bought a 4x4 Posi-Lok kit that manually engages the CAD

I’ll start be saying all 33s are not necessarily 33”. The size printed on the sidewall off my General Grabbers says 33x12.5 but if you get out a tape measure they only have a diameter of 31.5”. Some brands may have an actual diameter closer to 33”, some may not. To answer your question yes I’m still on stock suspension with a 1.25” body lift (made my own but I’d recommend buying the Savvy Off Road body lift) and trimmed flares. I’ve come very close to rubbing a tire on the trimmed flare but haven’t actually rubbed yet. I say trim your flares and give it a try. If it looks like you won’t have enough clearance while you’re off road then install a small body lift and add a high clearance belly skid while you’re at it.

They’re due for a regularly scheduled removal and installation soon

Yes, they're tapered. I think you'd run into clearance issues with anything that sticks up higher than a flat arm too

Yes, things snowball fast! I wouldn't be surprised if we hit 10k by the time rocker and corner armor are on

True. The “budget” build probably should have ended before the axle swap

I hear that... I could have easily wrapped a few things up and called it done before the new axles but couldn’t pass up the deal on them!

@@dironaa I'm trying to hold back 2 snowballs coming down hill at me fast.... My Jeep and mom's Jeep. Sigh.