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Offline gearhead1985B

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dana 30 warning
« on: March 08, 2010, 06:02:18 AM »
Don't ever drive on a dana 30 with out at least having the stub shaft securely in place your wheel will fall off and bad things will happen i will post pics tomorrow and explain more later
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Re: dana 30 warning
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2010, 02:03:51 AM »
How many times are you going to loose a wheel?
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Re: dana 30 warning
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2010, 03:11:36 AM »
so im guessing the ball joints came apart or what exactly broke
2000 XJ Sport 6.5 inch TNT Longarms, 36" IROK Radials, HP dana 30, Ford 8.8 aussie locker, 4.10s, front bumper with stinger and 9500 mile maker winch, Rock Sliders, OBA. full exo cage, chopped.
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Re: dana 30 warning
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2010, 06:02:39 PM »
Attempt 10 if you remove the shafts on a d30 the unit Bearings will come a part and when they do they will cause your wheel to fall off and when it goes you will need new calipers and rotors and pads to prevent all this from happening you should make sure you have good axle seals so you don't pack mud in your diff and cause it to lock up and when it locks up do not remove the shafts you will have to leave the stub shafts in place so your unit Bearings do not come apart when this happens your $150 repair becomes a $450 to $600 repair so i think it will be looking for a set of d44's
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Re: dana 30 warning
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2010, 06:08:50 PM »
Now that only goes for the YJ's right?  I have had my TJ's front axle shafts out like 3 times and have never had a problem with them or anything else like that.  Sorry for the bad luck.  That sucks.
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Re: dana 30 warning
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2010, 06:29:27 PM »
No they all run the same style unit bearings and they will come apart i drove about a mile and then lost all breaks then my wheel fell off i had to fix it in the middle of the road just so it would move so tonight i am picking up new unit bearings and just putting the stub shafts in and looking for new axles i want locking hubs
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Re: dana 30 warning
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2010, 06:45:29 PM »

You just have to learn this trick....   :D

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Re: dana 30 warning
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2010, 01:53:12 AM »
2000 XJ Sport 6.5 inch TNT Longarms, 36" IROK Radials, HP dana 30, Ford 8.8 aussie locker, 4.10s, front bumper with stinger and 9500 mile maker winch, Rock Sliders, OBA. full exo cage, chopped.
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Re: dana 30 warning
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2010, 02:29:16 AM »
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Re: dana 30 warning
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2010, 02:51:23 PM »
The final tally on what i broke every thing attached to the axle on the driver side and the passenger unit bearing the carrier bearings pinion seal pinion bearings
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