I have a dana60 rear with 9" outers and disk brakes, 35 spline moser shafts and a spool
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No, you are making the front too much work. No need to retube, just cut the tube (chop, saw, grinder, hack saw, whatever), then cut the weld off of the knuckle on the piece you cut off and beat the tube out of it (I did it with a sawzall). Then beat the end back on the cut off tube and weld it on - total cost - $0
For the shaft just go to the pnp and get a wagoneer shaft for the long side, cost about $20 - $30
I got stock shafts and I carry spares, haven't done enough wheeling to break but the last guy that tried to follow me did bust a birf
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