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Originally Posted by mrmaxrebo
Yep that right. The front is wider than the rear so your tires don't track in the same tracks as each other. My dad worked in a 4x4 shop when I was younger. He told me thats why they did it. As for the turning...I could see how it would allow you to turn the front wheels that much more.  |
I'm also aware of the double track theory and I think it has some weight but I've also heard from knowledable old guys that this is also an old wives tale.
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Originally Posted by Medicanman71
hahaha, for get swaping axles for a few inches... that's crazy
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One way to swap if you want matched width without spacers is to swap with a D60 in the front and a van 8-lug 14-bolt in the rear which puts you at about 70" flange to flange. This will set you about three inches wider than a 1/2 ton D44 front.
Here's the ultimate in decadence... I didn't want to build mine up as a 3/4 or 1 ton. Too heavy for what I was after and you really need 35" or better to have any sort of clearance under a 14-bolt rear.
I too didn't want spacers or mismatched offsets... My 12-bolt was dead and I didn't think beafy enough to warrrent a rebuild.
In a moment of weakness I called Dynatrac and spec'd out this matched-width D60 rear with disks and a Powr-Loc 70% limited slip. With 16x8" rims and metric 33"s the tires fall perfectly at the edge of the wheel wells. Just the way I wanted it. I wouldn't recommend this for the faint of heart... cost me almost twice as much as I originally paid for the Blazer...
Please don't flame me for building with a check book... I spent a lot of my blood and sweat on it too.
This truck handles way better than it used to... but I've got lots of mods into it so I can't say if the matched track has anything to do with it.
This pic has a pretty good angle on the rear...