4x4 noob needs help!!!

[mongoose]

Well, some off road help...

I'm looking at buikding a new truck, prerunner/FDR special and have a couple questions.. Now I have a bunch of old blazer crap that I was going to use, and was wondering what the difference bewteen dana 44 and the stock 10 hubs/spindles are? Should a really try and seek out a 44 set up or can I use the 10 bolt stuff? I'm hoping to be 3000lb running(v8 s10), so it's not a pig by any means.. Also, since I'm not using the spindles are designed can I hack off the outside bit as I don't need the locking part of the hubs? That doesn't support the sindle in anyway right? So just make a new cover for it to keep everything clean..

Anyone?
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[OLDCHEV4X4]

Some say the 44 and the 10 bolt are the same strength, some say they arnt. I am in the "they are the same" crowd.
You cant "hack" the hub off, If that's what your talking about. You can leave the lock out off and put a full time cap over the hub.

[obijuan]

6 lug Dana 44 and GM 10 bolt front axles are dimensionally identical from the knuckles out.

Also why even run axle shafts? Then for that matter why a solid axle in a prerunner?

[mongoose]

im not running any front axles... I'm wanting to run the spindle part only on my own fabbed up spindle instead of running a cast 2wd piece.. see pic... That's also why I was asking if I could chop off the rest of the hub.. as the bearing that hold it on are way in there.. I'm just afraid of the nut working loose and the bearing coming apart/falling out on me.


the one I'm doing would be the one on the right...

[obijuan]

There's not much spindle showing after both nuts and lock washer are on there. But I like the replaceable common part idea.
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