redrider2911
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- Yakima, WA
I posted my pictures and design in here and more pictures to come.
Big Red said:60's are really overkill on a XJ...but then again if you are serious about wheeling and running 60's....I doubt you even have a XJ anymore at that point (unibody, clean sheet metal,...U know a grocery getter). :shocked:
vetteboy said:Well, I sorta beg to differ. Mine ain't all that far gone...
and I still managed to blow up stock 60 stuff reliably until I upgraded it to alloy shafts.
As an aside, 5.38s are now field-proven for the 14-bolt.
adamusmc2002 said:Total bada$$!! I think I read about your buildup, but hadn't seen that picture, of it in it's element. Those 42's?
in2fords said:Get to the point where you are wheeling in places and start blowing 30's. then redesign your suspension and build a mild d44
in2fords said:this is true.
I meant put in a stock 44 and once blown then upgrade to heavier duty.
I do over build my rigs, hell my BII had a v8 and was on 60's! but I will leave a axle stock untill it blows and then build the hell out of it. Ofcourse I live on a Island that I can drive completley around in about 4-5 hours so getting home is never an issue.
Jeremy
MisterFubar said:It can be done, but you have to find some deals and shop around. I picked up a low pinion dodge D60 kingpin for next to nothing(I needed a passenger drop and I didn't want to retube), put an ARB in it, 35spline outers, high steer arms, new R&P, new brakes, drive flanges, bearings, seals, etc... for around 2200. The only things that aren't new is the housing, tubes, inner C's, knuckles, and hubs. I had about 1800 in the Scout II D44 front I built, and it didn't have an ARB. Had I built an 44HD it probably would have been a little cheaper as the Scout brakes aren't exactly cheap.
If you are building one from the ground up, a 60 isn't that much more if you can find a cheap housing.
Your mileage may vary. :greensmok
yeah i thought about running this combo high pinion d60 i was going to take the d60 from a 4X4 F350 and the 14 bolt from a 3/4 or 1 ton chevy truck withe a ruffstff specialties swap kit that allows you to shed the drums for K20 rotors and calipers this is a bombproof combo for mor info look up fourwheeler magazines article B.O.B blazerI'm pretty sure that I've spent less building my D60/14B than I did my D44's. Sure the D60 front costs more to build than a 44, but putting a 14 bolt in the rear makes up the difference... slap 200 bucks worth of disc brakes on it, throw a CHEAP detroit in(or weld it) and you are golden.
yeah i thought about running this combo high pinion d60 i was going to take the d60 from a 4X4 F350 and the 14 bolt from a 3/4 or 1 ton chevy truck withe a ruffstff specialties swap kit that allows you to shed the drums for K20 rotors and calipers this is a bombproof combo for mor info look up fourwheeler magazines article B.O.B blazer