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Wagoneer 44s
Mr Rock:
--- Quote from: 98xj on February 01, 2015, 06:26:52 AM ---Good info. I'll take that into account when I decide 1.if I get them 2. What I want for a locker up front. Ill probably definitely end up throwing a lunchbox in back.
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I lunchbox is fine in the rear, but for the front a selectable is the best but also the most expensive! I run auto lockers in both axles and it's no fun on the road in the snow!
find out if the 44's have chromoly shafts, if they have been upgraded then I would get them but if they are still stock shafts it may be cheaper to upgrade your existing set up and be just as strong while picking the gearing you want.
I run 36x13.5x15 Irocs with chromoly's in my HP 30 front and stock 8.8 and have little to no issues, and I wheel hard!
98xj:
They are stock shafts :-\ I'm going to meet him tomorrow, if I can get them for cheaper than he wants I think I'll get them. It's not necessarily the strength factor because I know that both 44s are hardly an improvement, it's more of what I'm getting for the price. He wants 2500 for both 44s. Front has jcr otk steering, Clayton track bar, tnt truss, comes with a set of spare shafts and a HD diff cover, newer brake parts, warn manual hubs, 4.88 Yukon gears and a mini spool. Rear has 4.88s mini spool and u bolt eliminators. Both were wheeled twice at raush Creek and he claims to have roughly 100 miles on all the parts.
If I can get them for 2 grand I don't think it would be the worst thing ever since I'd spend that on parts alone for my current axles. I'm just brainstorming tough ::) we'll see what happens tomorrow
kirksjeep:
--- Quote from: 98xj on February 02, 2015, 03:33:53 AM ---They are stock shafts :-\ I'm going to meet him tomorrow, if I can get them for cheaper than he wants I think I'll get them. It's not necessarily the strength factor because I know that both 44s are hardly an improvement, it's more of what I'm getting for the price. He wants 2500 for both 44s. Front has jcr otk steering, Clayton track bar, tnt truss, comes with a set of spare shafts and a HD diff cover, newer brake parts, warn manual hubs, 4.88 Yukon gears and a mini spool. Rear has 4.88s mini spool and u bolt eliminators. Both were wheeled twice at raush Creek and he claims to have roughly 100 miles on all the parts.
If I can get them for 2 grand I don't think it would be the worst thing ever since I'd spend that on parts alone for my current axles. I'm just brainstorming tough ::) we'll see what happens tomorrow
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What gear are you looking for? Rock and I have very similar set ups, he wheels his a lot harder then I wheel mine, but I was never afraid of the skinny pedal. I picked up a 8.8 out of a sport with 4:11 gears and a HP D30 out of a 4 banger wrangler which had 4:10's, put Aussies in both, and chromo's in the D30 for just over $1200. I also now have 4 wheel disc brakes. IMO $1500 would be a fair price for the D44's.
98xj:
Initially I wanted 4.56, but willing to settle for 4.88 if that's what these 44s are already geared to. I like the idea of picking up a couple axles already geared to 4.10 too. If I absolutely can't get a decent deal on these axles, that's a possibility I may consider.
JKSue:
--- Quote from: kirksjeep on February 02, 2015, 08:06:57 AM ---...but I was never afraid of the skinny pedal.
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My nephews still call you 'give it more gas'. ;)
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