PuffTheMagicDragon
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I’ve got a 2006 1500 5.7 2wd 3.55 with open diff. Recently purchased an aluminum bass boat that I keep stored in my basement garage. To get to that garage I have to drive up a dirt/grass path. Easy enough when dry, not so much when damp/wet, thanks to 2wd with an open diff. The path does not get muddy, but does get slick as its Georgia clay.
Option 1: Been thinking about picking up a used 3.92 axle with LSD from a junkyard. Going rate is ~$450 around my area for axles with 100-120k miles. Would the LSD help with traction on wet grass and wet dirt? Not looking to go mudding in this thing, just enough to drive through a slight uphill path pulling a 2500-3000 lb boat/trailer. Also worried about stock LSD performance and tendency to go *Boom*. Post 06 models had beefed up C clips with less tendency to come lose correct?
Option 2: Take the 3.55 open diff axle from my spare truck and throw in a Yukon TruTrac or similar aftermarket LSD and upgrade to 3.92/4.10 gears for giggles. I have tools and time to do a gear/diff swap, but have never done one. Cost would be ~$900 for the swap, plus running the risk of inexperience ruining a set of gears requiring time labor and money again.
I would personally prefer option 1 for financial and simplicity reasons, however I would like everyone’s opinions on whether option 2 would make more sense and result in a longer lasting axle and better performance for what I need it to do.
Thanks in advance,
Jeff
Option 1: Been thinking about picking up a used 3.92 axle with LSD from a junkyard. Going rate is ~$450 around my area for axles with 100-120k miles. Would the LSD help with traction on wet grass and wet dirt? Not looking to go mudding in this thing, just enough to drive through a slight uphill path pulling a 2500-3000 lb boat/trailer. Also worried about stock LSD performance and tendency to go *Boom*. Post 06 models had beefed up C clips with less tendency to come lose correct?
Option 2: Take the 3.55 open diff axle from my spare truck and throw in a Yukon TruTrac or similar aftermarket LSD and upgrade to 3.92/4.10 gears for giggles. I have tools and time to do a gear/diff swap, but have never done one. Cost would be ~$900 for the swap, plus running the risk of inexperience ruining a set of gears requiring time labor and money again.
I would personally prefer option 1 for financial and simplicity reasons, however I would like everyone’s opinions on whether option 2 would make more sense and result in a longer lasting axle and better performance for what I need it to do.
Thanks in advance,
Jeff