treeslayer2003 said:
+1 i like the 203. and i like the 44fbj. combo always worked well for me.
I don't hate, but nor do I like the D44FBJ axle. If I get the time, all my 4x4's will be full time by the end of this summer. The nice thing about the 435/203 combo, is with practice you can double clutch the transfer from hi to lo, and back while moving. effectively Giving you 6 forward gears. do 1 to 4 in lo, drop the maijn back to 3rd, and transfer to hi, then to 4. The higher lo ratio of the 208, and 241 make it much harder since you have to drop the RPM's by 2/3, before doing the double clutch, and transfer shift, much trickier to do without loosing too much ground speed. And you have to drop the main tranny to 2nd.
But thats me, I ride all my trucks hard, and put them away wet.
chau8238 said:
My buddy has a part-time conversion kit in his 76 K10, I know it's chevy, but same t-case pretty much. He normally will drive about 100 miles or so and will occasionally just throw it in lock mode to lubricate the chain and front output. He has manual lockouts on his front axle. I wish my 203 was part-time, can't say how many times the full-time (unlocked) won't go up a hill or through something he can make in 2wd just because one of my front tires will start to spin. But I'm already in the works to swapping the 203 for a 208, so that's my fix for it.
With the 203, you just reach down, and grab hi-loc. No need to stop. Ive gone years with out ever using either hi-loc, or low-loc.
If a K10, can make it up a hill in 2wd, that a full time cannot, there is more to the story. Lick a limited slip, better treads, weight, something. Best thing chebbey made, was the 14 bolt & Gov loc.