Chris Tobin
New member
Ya it's beefy stuff, but I plan to jump the truck and run it VERY hard off road. Hopefully in some desert races once it is finally finished. And jumping with a 7000-pound truck would be real hard on the stock AAM11.5.
The axle tubes are pressed into the housing then basically riveted to secure them from twisting. I suggest welding the tubes to the housing to prevent any twisting from your torque and traction! The Dodge axle tubes seem to be about 4-inch diameter throughout where many of the GM tubes neck down from 4-inch at the housing to 3.5-inch the rest of the way and we didn't want to risk bending them in the desert. Since we were retubing them already it was a nobrainer to go 4-inch the whole way and beef it up by going from the factory 1/4-inch up to 1/2-inch wall tubes!
We also went with Branik Motorsports 300M double splined axle shafts to handle the abuse of landing with 37-inch tires and beadlock wheels spinning. They offer great products and can build shafts to fit any needs, AND they are VERY competitively priced. http://www.branikmotorsports.com/axle.htm A lot of pullers have swapped to their axles and have had great results. You should check them out if you haven't ordered your shafts yet.
