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ttb opinions pleze
is my ttb 44 axle gunna hold up to the 38's i got sitting in my basement?
going to be street driven 90% of the time.
i have heard that it is just as stout an axle as the solid 44.
going to be street driven 90% of the time.
i have heard that it is just as stout an axle as the solid 44.
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If you look long enough, you will even find a person or two that will claim that TTB axles are as strong as straight axle D60's, but we know this not to be true. The reality is that the TTb axles are weak units, just because of thier many moving parts. I mean, the more joints you have in a drivetrain, the more possibilities for failure there are. That being said, the TTB is just not a very desireable unit, now this would be for a driver that is going to see medium to heavy off-road use. If your ride will see nothing more than rush hour traffic, and the biggest obstacle it will ever see is a full parking lot at the Home Depot, then you should have little trouble with breakage, I mean it would be pretty difficult to break a front axle or something if the thing never gets put into 4wd.
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you'll be fine for street driving....you'll probably go through alot of ball joints....but thats to be expected. TTB's aren't bad....i beat the heck out of mine till i did my sas in my 95, never broke anything till i hit a rock doing about 30 through a mud hole....and actually i just bent stuff....didn't break it. If your offroad alot...swap it out...otherwise you'll be fine....oh...except for bad tire wear...
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personnally myself and my 89' f250 have'nt had any trouble with worn/broken parts
or bad wear on my tires 315-75-16's and a 4inch lift and I use it about 50-50 on
off road, maybe being cautious off road and preventitive maintenance helps alot.
or bad wear on my tires 315-75-16's and a 4inch lift and I use it about 50-50 on
off road, maybe being cautious off road and preventitive maintenance helps alot.
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I have worked my TTB in the 84 over pretty hard on more than one occasion... typically it involves a truck buried in the mud up to at least the axles, a little beer buzz, and some ***** that says my 300 six won't get em out. You know how the rest of it goes... It's pride thing son! I am running 33s on this truck... soon to be 35s, I did find a crack in the driverside arm where the diff center chunk bolts in. I'll just weld it up and add a few more gussets. I did break a radius arm on the driverside once... the stud was pretty worn out, it was bound to happen. I would think 38s would be a bit much for hard wheeling. I really get a kick out of those Chevy boys with there 1/2 ton Z71s with 6" suspension lifts and 3" body lifts running 38s. I watched one kid blow both CV shafts and crack the aluminum diff case in half on his truck trying to pull somebody out. The front tires made 2 full rotations, then bam! Parts were flyin 
! That is a perfect example of someone who doesn't know what they have. Any woo yeah I wouldn't be afraid to run those tires if you are mainly driving on the street... it'll look sweet.
! That is a perfect example of someone who doesn't know what they have. Any woo yeah I wouldn't be afraid to run those tires if you are mainly driving on the street... it'll look sweet.
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have fun keeping balljoints and wheel bearings in it...also keep an eye on the frame where the drop brackets bolt to it, also keep and eye on those bolts, they like to come loose
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Well if you were closer to KY I'd sell you my 3/4 ton axles out of my 79' for $250, but CT is a long haul. I'm with Roadkill, run em till you break em then worry about it. I just hope you dont depend on this truck to get you to work. Thats why ford made 4cy 5 speed rangers. Everybody knows that.
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Originally Posted by mando jake
Well if you were closer to KY I'd sell you my 3/4 ton axles out of my 79' for $250, but CT is a long haul. I'm with Roadkill, run em till you break em then worry about it. I just hope you dont depend on this truck to get you to work. Thats why ford made 4cy 5 speed rangers. Everybody knows that.
But after we got the new motor in my bronco, we started playing with the ranger. them 2.3s are tough but they don't don't like 9grand rpm drops and donuts. Anybody got a motor for a 92?
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> i have heard that it is just as stout an axle as the solid 44.
Until you have the wheel cranked under power.
If it was me, I would sell the 38s and buy some 33s if I was going to run a Dana 44 even 10% of the time off road. Plus, where you live, nice 33s with a lot of siping would probably be better in winter time.
FWIW: Breaking axle shafts in any Ford TTB is no fun to repair while off road to get the vehicle off the trail and back on pavement. If you go off road with 38s, I would bring a buddy vehicle.
Until you have the wheel cranked under power.
If it was me, I would sell the 38s and buy some 33s if I was going to run a Dana 44 even 10% of the time off road. Plus, where you live, nice 33s with a lot of siping would probably be better in winter time.
FWIW: Breaking axle shafts in any Ford TTB is no fun to repair while off road to get the vehicle off the trail and back on pavement. If you go off road with 38s, I would bring a buddy vehicle.
