Ok well I was just messing around thinking about my truck and I have to re-gear my front axle some time coming up. Now I wanted to add a new front diff thats a locker or a nice LS so I can do some better off roading but I don't really have any money. I wanted to know if welding the front spider gears would be a bad idea or not. I don't use the 4x4 on the road at all and I'm more into going through mud. Do you think there is any downfall to this, I do drive my truck as a DD but I don't think it would be that bad.

I don't know if this is a bad or good idea so please comment on it.

 

I could be wrong but with the manual hubs you have I would think you would be okay. You will prolly be more prone to break things in the front.

 

If you leave your front hubs unlocked you will be ok on the street. You'll have a more difficult time turning while in 4x4 though. Go with a good cheap lunchbox locker like an Aussie locker or a lockrite. They're pretty affordable and are a better alternative to welding the front IMO.

 

well I'll look into a locker or a L/S (which I would love to have actually) and see how much they are. I don't want to put an open up front because well now I have a L/S in the rear and I see how much of a difference a L/S to an open is and I really want to know what my truck can do with a nice ne front diff.

 

I would think a lunchbox locker for the front would be cheaper than a L/S

 

just remeber that a L/S is only good when both tires are on the ground, when a tire leaves the ground it acts just like an open diff

 

get an aussie locker, its a full locker for ~250-300
i just got mine in and it works great, but i would also get manual hubs if you dont already

 

Manual hubs are a must with a locker in the front. Don't even put the locker in with out the manual hubs. don't even say oh I can do it in a few weeks. Do the hubs now and the locker in a few weeks.

 

heh i just looked at his sig, hes got warn hubs

 

4x4 with a front locker is cake.. if you have no first hand experience with them dont post here say.. if it was me and i had manual hubs and no $$ weld it up

 

Yea thats the first thing I did when I got the truck was put manual hubs on it. I looked and I can get a front locker for like $300 which sucks because its going to be a little over $200 for the front gears and install kit. I don't know. Maybe if I can I'll just weld it up and deal with it. I have a l/s out back and I'd love to get one for the front too because its really nice. I guess I just have to sit and think about it.