Axles

Alrebel_09 · Post by **Alrebel_09** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:49 am

In my 86' Bronco II the axles are dana 25 and ford 7.5. Can I run 35s on these axles without them breaking?

pigmy pony · Post by **pigmy pony** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:17 pm

Your front axle is a dana 28 and I wouldn't recomend that size tire. My holds up to a 265 75 16 about 31.5 by 11.00 I wouldn't recomend much more than that.

ranger5.0 · Post by **ranger5.0** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:57 pm

I have run 34 inch tires with a D28. I have found that you have to use finesse with it. most of the time it is the axle shafts that go. I have the same probelm with my D44 and still break the same parts.

Rockcrawler · Post by **Rockcrawler** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:00 pm

yeah its the axle shafts they brakes easy. but you can beat the hell out them jumping and running them into things. i ran a dana 44 with 36's and never had a problem and crawled it in the rocks alot. but im mr finesse its rare i floor it. Im putting 44's on right now on my bronco II and im not worried about braken my axles but i runone ton stuff now.

ranger5.0 · Post by **ranger5.0** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:41 am

I am running 36's on my D44. I have a lincoln locker stuffed in it and it only seems to break the u-joints when I am backing up at full turn.

texastud1983 · Post by **texastud1983** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:40 pm

Im like Ranger5.0, I fan 34's on my old dana 28 and it worked fine ontill I wasted my money on a locker for it. But I only busted shafts and u-joint only when i would act stupid and get the rpm's on up there. If you do bust any shaft besure to change your seals also. Once you run water in there your whole third member will go. If you run 35's get use to keepen it in 4 low.