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Originally Posted by island911 View Post
oh, and again, how is a solid axle better off road?
Durability.

No sissy rubber CV joint boots under there to get torn to shreds. Or sissy CV joints at all.
Drag a diff over rocks and it still functions as new.

Hard-core guys that build pick-ups for serious off-road duty toss the independant front suspension aside and stick solid axles under them. The only real advantage is durability, but durability is pretty valuable when miles from civilization.
Old 02-19-2012, 06:48 PM
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