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Originally Posted by pjwoolw
If you look at the total cost including brakes and hoses, springs and bushings, steering box and associated parts, bearings, axle u joints, seal for the D50. Even if the axle cost you a tidy sum you will be ahead in the long run doing the swap. There are some pitfalls depending on what transfer case you have. Different front driveshaft. Just the money you will save on tires and alignments will be worth it.
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I hear you. I just wont be putting that many miles on the truck. It will be for towing my race car, hunting, 4 wheeling, and hauling stuff out of the yard. I will probably only put about 3-4k miles a year on it. My daily driver is a 09 jetta tdi cranking out 40 mpg for my 100 mile a day commute.
I will probably bump the power (I thought I would not initially) however, I was looking at the oil leaks tonight after work and it looks like some of it is coming from the pedestal under the turbo. I read somewhere that this indicates time for replacement and the demon in my head started screaming so what if it has tons of power if you have to rebuild the turbo more power is always nice. However, I am always easy on the go pedal when off road.
