[Toyradio]

We are wanting to go from full time small bolt pattern to a part time big bolt pattern. The trick is we'd like to keep the diffs we now have. Is it possible to swap out the hubs and rotors? How much trouble involved. Is there more that has to be changed. Thanks guys......There you go Shorty, I asked and it's posted....

 

[Uncle Jay Tupelo]

Why in the hell would you want to The full-time system was the best.

 

[Dodge 85 RC]

What axles are talking about? Dana 44 and 9 1/4? To convert to part time heres what you need to do. For the dana 44 you need to swap everything from the knuckles out over to stuff from a part time truck. For the rear, just swap out the axle shafts and you'll be good to go.

 

[ddart]

before i changed the whole axle to a 60 i changed to part time and was always glad i did. it was actually nice to have hubs and there are a lot more wheel choices available.

 

[Guest]

are the axles the same, or do i need to use the part time axles? the reason i ask is the axles in the full time diff. have been upgraded. jaybear the reason i'm doing this is because my truck is a driver and the full time axles have a little lower gear, and the price is right. plus i have a bad pinion bearing in the front diff.

 

[Dodge 85 RC]

Full time and Part time axles are the same model(dana 44) the only thing that is different is like I said, pretty much every thing from the knuckles out. If you swap out your full time stuff(knuckles on out) to knuckles on out, from a part time Dana 44, you will have a part time axle.

 

[Toyradio]

Thats what I was thinking. Thanks guys. Now, Shorty come get the axels and get to work.

 

[TheRamChargerMan]

I'd make damn sure the outer stub axles are the same. I had to change them when I converted mine over, and then everythign else from the knuckles out.

 

[RXT]

I'd make damn sure the outer stub axles are the same. I had to change them when I converted mine over, and then everythign else from the knuckles out.

When we say to swap everything from the knuckles-out, we mean everything including the stub shafts.
The FT unit hubs have different stub shafts.

Ed

 

[Toyradio]

This has after market stub axels as well.

 

[hewpD]

Does the fulltime axle have a lowsy bearing design compared to a fulltime unit with spindles? The way I see the exploded view in the manual looks like if you blow a bearing thats just pressed in the rotor that the whole damn wheel will fall off. Btw won't the steering linkage have to be changed or modified?

 

[IntenseImages]

Does the fulltime axle have a lowsy bearing design compared to a fulltime unit with spindles? The way I see the exploded view in the manual looks like if you blow a bearing thats just pressed in the rotor that the whole damn wheel will fall off. Btw won't the steering linkage have to be changed or modified?

john,

the way it is designed, even if you blow the bearing, the odds of the wheel falling off is pretty slim, it is held on by a 1 11/16 nut as well as the hub being bolted on. also last time i removed the full time hub on one of these it took me 30 minutes with a 10 pound sledge (just cuz i didnt have the hub puller), so it is not likely they will fall off

eric

 

[RXT]

Does the fulltime axle have a lowsy bearing design compared to a fulltime unit with spindles? The way I see the exploded view in the manual looks like if you blow a bearing thats just pressed in the rotor that the whole damn wheel will fall off. Btw won't the steering linkage have to be changed or modified?

The FT unit hubs aren't nessarily a bad design, it's just that they aren't designed for use with over sized tires on off set rims.

The hub does have two big bearings, but they are set close together. Therefore they have less side to side stability. If you add in big heavy tires on offset rims, the load placed on the bearings put a great deal of stress on them and they wear out very fast.

The standard hubs with a spindle has widely spaced bearings. They too will wear out at a faster rate when using large tires on offset rims, but the entire hub assy is more stable and therefore the bearings do not have as much side to side stress placed on them.

Ed

 

[hewpD]

Thanks Ed I think thats the clearest explanation I've heard yet.