JUNKYARD AXLE SPOTTER'S GUIDE: GEMS FOR MORE AXLE BEEF

摘要

OF ALL THE POSSIBLE COMPONENTS THAT CAN BE PULLED out of a junkyard and used to make major upgrades to your 4x4, axles are arguably the best. They are easy to inspect and easy to pull, and best of all they're usually pretty easy to identify. Most 4x4s come with adequate axles for a stock application, but once you throw bigger tires and a locker into the equation, the stock axles just won't cut it with many platforms. There are all kinds of possibilities for upping axle beef, from using 3/4- and 1-ton axles in 1/2-ton trucks to cross-pollinating better designed axles from a different make or model into your own 4x4. Junkyards usually sell complete axle assemblies cheap compared to other components, and if you're lucky enough to find one in good shape with the ratio you want, the cost of an upgrade often isn't much beyond the price of the axle itself.