Originally posted by Tornado230
Brake upgrade is already in the working tickler, but on hold while I evaluate the financial offset vs. benefit of hydroboost vs. G-wag junkyard booster. Since I have until July, I'm leaning towards the hydroboost, but if I find myself in a time/money crunch and the trip depends on it, the dual diaphragm booster is my given fall back.
As for the axles, I'm confident that a D44 will handle the highway travel to Ouray with the camper, and the camper will come off in Ouray for the trails. If I've still got the D44s, they will be completely gone through with new wheel bearings before I put my loved ones lives on top of it. Even so, axle upgrades are always on the radar!
Since J-20 axles in western WA are made of solidified angel tears and orphan dreams, they generally sell at a slightly higher rate than plutonium and are even harder to find. What I'm looking for every time I swing by the boneyards up here, is a matched 10b-f and 14FF from a 3/4ton chevy. I'm a fabricator and have the super secret recipe to offset a 14FF to match the stock offset in the D44 (to clear the gas tank, near as I can tell from the half hour I was able to hide under the truck today). The downside of this is I'll have to come up with MORE money for wheels and tires. Right now I have two sets of tires and wheels for the truck as it is, one that I just bought last June. Having bought three sets of tires in the last year and two just for the J-10 I'm just not thrilled at the prospect of buying more, but will if I can afford it. The other downside JUST IN TERMS OF THIS TRIP, is that anything but J-20 axles will pretty much necessitate lift, and I don't want lift with a slide in camper on the interstate.
Thanks for the feed back though! God only knows how much stupid stuff I've done because nobody ever idiot checked me. It's easy for me to get "wrapped around the axle" over something and miss things that are obvious...or at the very least, sensible!
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