SPOOL INSTALL!!!

[Ford420ci6point9]

Just got my spool for the Dana 60 front and I'm gonna install it. Gonna be so bad ass with a locked front off-road and hauling logs. Next step in a Detroit locker for the rear! Then maybe a ZF5??? So excited!!!

 

[79jasper]

Should make for some fun turning. Lol

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[Black dawg]

Should make for some fun turning. Lol

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It really isn't that bad......until you add a locker to the rear....can bind everything up and not turn.

 

[reklund]

Yer gonna wish you’d have bought an ARB!

 

[austin92]

Mud/gravel you’ll be fine, just unlock hubs on the road. Might not like it if you use 4x4 on the road after heavy snow though. ARB’s are nice but at a 10th of the cost, that spoil will be awesome. Is it a mini spool or full?


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[u2slow]

I prefer a Lockright/Detroit sort of thing for the front. With a manual trans, they unlock when you're off the throttle.

 

[Kevo1288]

I would never put a spool on a front axle if its also used on the road

 

[SebastIDIan]

Might as well weld the spider gears. Lincoln lockers are pretty much free.

 

[franklin2]

I would never put a spool on a front axle if its also used on the road

Just unlock the hubs and you are back to normal correct?

 

[Thewespaul]

You’ll be fine, driven plenty of spools/ welded gears on the street. Mostly in rear axles in drag cars but as long as you’re not using 4x4 on the street, and you know what conditions not to drive in it’s fine. It’s a simple upgrade that’s easily reversible if you don’t like it. Welding gears not so much

 

[Ford420ci6point9]

You’ll be fine, driven plenty of spools/ welded gears on the street. Mostly in rear axles in drag cars but as long as you’re not using 4x4 on the street, and you know what conditions not to drive in it’s fine. It’s a simple upgrade that’s easily reversible if you don’t like it. Welding gears not so much

Exactly. I know about unlocking both or just one when turning.

I would never put a spool on a front axle if its also used on the road

I only use 4x4 when I need it, it rarely ever does as it's a dually with pretty good tires, I mainly use it as a log hauler in my backwoods where there is some deep ****, I tried pulling a huge ass tree and I had my frame twisted so only one tire had traction, you know how that it with an open diff, so I figured why not lock it?

You’ll be fine, driven plenty of spools/ welded gears on the street. Mostly in rear axles in drag cars but as long as you’re not using 4x4 on the street, and you know what conditions not to drive in it’s fine. It’s a simple upgrade that’s easily reversible if you don’t like it. Welding gears not so much

Any advice on pulling the front carrier would be helpful if you got any.

 

[Ford420ci6point9]

Mud/gravel you’ll be fine, just unlock hubs on the road. Might not like it if you use 4x4 on the road after heavy snow though. ARB’s are nice but at a 10th of the cost, that spoil will be awesome. Is it a mini spool or full?


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full

 

[Ford420ci6point9]

Might as well weld the spider gears. Lincoln lockers are pretty much free.

I have a Chicago electric 125 flux core.... with a 110v plug to boot.

 

[compressionignitionrules]

why mess with your open carrier? just weld it. the OEM open carrier is very stout! a spool is a downgrade in strength. if you like wasting your time dive in.

have fun!

 

[austin92]

Any advice on pulling the front carrier would be helpful if you got any.

Pulling it is easy, installation is difficult. Have you ever set up gears before?



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