cdw25271
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- Ripley, WV 25271
Could someone tell me the good or bad on tj dana 44 front ends. I understand they should bolt right in an xj. I looked but couldn't find any info on here anywhere. Thanks
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Tj Dana 44 Front End
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Yucca-Man
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- Castle Rock, CO
The good: It bolts right in. It's got decently strong outers. The ring gear is larger than the D30.
The bad: Those outers are the same ones (297-jointed) that XJs have run since 95/96. The ring gear, while larger, is low-pinion and therefore not as strong as the same in high-pinion would be. Therefore, the LP D44 r+p are roughly as strong as the HP D30 r+p used until the 2000 model year XJ. It would be an upgrade over the LP D30 in the '00 and '01 XJ though.
Could-be-good: Locker and 4.10s
The bad: Those outers are the same ones (297-jointed) that XJs have run since 95/96. The ring gear, while larger, is low-pinion and therefore not as strong as the same in high-pinion would be. Therefore, the LP D44 r+p are roughly as strong as the HP D30 r+p used until the 2000 model year XJ. It would be an upgrade over the LP D30 in the '00 and '01 XJ though.
Could-be-good: Locker and 4.10s
sintax
NAXJA Forum User
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- Corona, CA
Jim pretty much got all of the major points there.
Some more bad points are... no manually locking hubs, expensive (pretty much as pricey as building a real HP 44 axle. The rubicon D44 front axle is pretty much a hybrid axle and has some funky stuff dealing with the carrier or R&P gears. I dont recall what it was but something had to be shimmed really heavly to make things work right. Maybe someone else can chime in.
-Scott
Some more bad points are... no manually locking hubs, expensive (pretty much as pricey as building a real HP 44 axle. The rubicon D44 front axle is pretty much a hybrid axle and has some funky stuff dealing with the carrier or R&P gears. I dont recall what it was but something had to be shimmed really heavly to make things work right. Maybe someone else can chime in.
-Scott
- Location
- Terra Firma
It's also a low pinion.
Yucca-Man
NAXJA Member # 683
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- Castle Rock, CO
Already covered that, thanks...Eagle said:
BrettM
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- michifornia
this has all been covered in just the last few days: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=29505
you'll find that most topics here have been covered extensively already, the search button is your friend
you'll find that most topics here have been covered extensively already, the search button is your friend
cdw25271
NAXJA Forum User
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- Ripley, WV 25271
Thanks for the info. I did do a few searchs for dana 44 and tj 44 and xj 44 and all i found was couston built axles. Maybe the next time someone has a question about tj dana 44 front ends this thread will come up since it is in the title. I have a dana 30 w/o disco and used warn hub conversion with inner warn axles also, 4.56 gears and a lockright locker just have to get it together. Sounds like i have a better setup already than the dana 44 tj.
- Location
- Terra Firma
Sorry. I missed it 'cause you mentioned it under ring gear size and I was scanning.Yucca-Man said:
