I'm tossing the idea around of sleeving the D30 when I get my gear install done. Still waiting for front 4.56 gears so I have some time to deliberate.

Any thoughts as to whether they are worth it? Price is right sub 80 bones but how hard are those bad boys to install?

 

it's cheap insurance and if you have the means to do it

 

To me, it really depends on your long term goals. If you're just planning to do light to moderate wheeling and stay at that leverl, the sleeves (and gussets) may be the perfect choice. If you plan to build a durable rig that has 35s or 37s, you may want to save your money and go a different route. If your budget is tight, you may want to look at someone's already built 30 and then save for the good stuff. Modded 30s are pretty easy to find and much cheaper than building them yourself.

 

Exactly!

It is not a hard install but will take some time. It gets real expensive if you have to pay someone to do the work for you.

 

Cool. Thanks guys.

That's what I was thinking. Parts are cheap (gussets and sleeves) labour is the killer. I'd love to do it myself but my welding skills are something less than professional.

I've got to see if I can find a local welder to do it at a reasonable price.

When I bought the gussets I didn't realize it would be a couple hundred to get them welded on!

I love doing all the work myself but this is one area where I could really F it up.

Looking at it now perhaps I should have done a PR44 up front and left the D30 alone. Hmmmm

 

The local junior college is one option for cheap welding. If you oversee it and tell them how to do it, the cost is near zero. Instructors are always looking for real world applications to weld so students unerstand the skill can be applied in many different fields. They'd probably do it for $40 and could do both sides at the same time.

Using a high school shop class is also free, but the quality is not consistent.

Just a thought.

 

Good cheap way to get it done. But I am not entirely confident in the idea of kids learning to weld on my vehicle.

 

That us a good idea about the local trade schools.

The only caveat I can see is rhe axels would have to be removed and they probably aren't tooled to do the removal.

The trusses would be no issue though. I'm gonna look into that.