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Old 07-08-2008, 05:11 PM   #15 (permalink)
Big Dave
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If you don't need the 4x4 and have to have the half-shafts to keep your wheel bearings together, the surgery gets more serious. Pull the diff and ring gear. That will lose all the friction from the front drive. At that point you may as well remove the transfer case and lengthen the rear drive shaft.

Most folks are not that radical about MPG - yet.
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