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<blockquote data-quote="xjpaddler" data-source="post: 259329" data-attributes="member: 823"><p>yea i belive that was when hellraiser came out.</p><p></p><p>this is just my opinion ( and it dont mean much.) If you want to get a true light weight rock, heres what you do. Build some houseings, you can save at least 50lbs+ wright there. Then start going to town on the third member. I truely think you could knock 10 to 15LBs out of it if you had the proper machine work done, and used aluminum, in every area you could. </p><p></p><p>next decide what width you want if you can run 2 short side shafts then there is another 7lbs I think?? been a bit since I weighed them. If you truly want more strength then go with some OEM chromo gundrilled 16 splines</p><p>there is another couple pounds. A lot of people have been doing a few things to the inner and outer c to get some weight out of them, Im not sure that I would want to loose weight in this area, seams that is a weak point to start with?? </p><p></p><p>this next step some may not agree with, but it was my plan. Take the spindle and have it turned down to accept the 14b hub, not only do you get 8 lug but you also got a much lighter hub, and the ability for easy disk brakes if desierd. Or stay with pinion brakes and keep the weight even lower. Theres also some weight to be shaved on a 14b hub as well.</p><p></p><p>if a person was to truly build this axle I am confident it would weight a good bit less than a stock dana 60. My next rig is going to be built with the intentions of hill killing, I plan to do the 14bolt rock hybrid useing 16 spline shafts and 14b hubs Trying to use all stock componets except the drive flange. Dont know if it will be as light as a rock( Could be ) but prety sure it will be lighter than one in stock form.</p><p></p><p>the main reason for going with the hybrid is its easier to build around, I want to have lots of up travel!!! time to jump some ****!!! the other reason is because they dont seam to eat up as much power as rocks do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xjpaddler, post: 259329, member: 823"] yea i belive that was when hellraiser came out. this is just my opinion ( and it dont mean much.) If you want to get a true light weight rock, heres what you do. Build some houseings, you can save at least 50lbs+ wright there. Then start going to town on the third member. I truely think you could knock 10 to 15LBs out of it if you had the proper machine work done, and used aluminum, in every area you could. next decide what width you want if you can run 2 short side shafts then there is another 7lbs I think?? been a bit since I weighed them. If you truly want more strength then go with some OEM chromo gundrilled 16 splines there is another couple pounds. A lot of people have been doing a few things to the inner and outer c to get some weight out of them, Im not sure that I would want to loose weight in this area, seams that is a weak point to start with?? this next step some may not agree with, but it was my plan. Take the spindle and have it turned down to accept the 14b hub, not only do you get 8 lug but you also got a much lighter hub, and the ability for easy disk brakes if desierd. Or stay with pinion brakes and keep the weight even lower. Theres also some weight to be shaved on a 14b hub as well. if a person was to truly build this axle I am confident it would weight a good bit less than a stock dana 60. My next rig is going to be built with the intentions of hill killing, I plan to do the 14bolt rock hybrid useing 16 spline shafts and 14b hubs Trying to use all stock componets except the drive flange. Dont know if it will be as light as a rock( Could be ) but prety sure it will be lighter than one in stock form. the main reason for going with the hybrid is its easier to build around, I want to have lots of up travel!!! time to jump some ****!!! the other reason is because they dont seam to eat up as much power as rocks do. [/QUOTE]
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