aparke4
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Atlanta, Ga
So, after selling my old built 30/44 to Redneck, the jeep sat on jack stands for the last 6 months until about a month ago my buddy sold me his F-250 HD 44 front and 60 rear axles. Finally the full width set I have been searching for! They were under his YJ for a bit and he is going rocks - well now 9 inch/44 until the rocks are done. Ben fully rebuilt the front and rear: ball joints, u joints, seals, rear disc conversion etc. all done right. Even the yokes are set up for the jeep 1310 to 1350 U joint. So, an almost complete bolt in set of axles. Driveshafts will have to be shortened due to longer center sections of the bigger axles.
The axles are geared at 4.10. These will get re-geared to 5.13 or 3.38 and will build them around a 38-40 inch tire. The rear has a welded carrier and a 1/2 press breaked truss with 3/16 plate over the pumkin connecting the axle tubes. On, the rear all we had to do was cut old leaf perches and move them out an inch or so for XJ leafs which are from a Nissan titan providing 5 inches of stretch with Andy's Ironman4x4fab stress relief shackles. I have a new carrier for gears as well as a lockright for the 60 when i order gears/ install kits. The 44 will get a aussie locker as well. The jeep sits on skyjacker 6 inch front coils with 1 inch spacer (old coils - sagged to about 6 inches of lift total) with rear pro comp 16 inch shocks with bilsteins up front. Some other specs on jeep: 1999 xj auto, 231 with SYE, HD Engineering Uni stiffeners, hydro assist already there with a PSC ram, gen right pulley and cooler, 4.0 with 100k on it, custom tube fender and cage work, banks header, bored tb, Rustys CAI, warn winch with amsteel rope and a lot more.
The front axle is a LP but I really have been impressed with this HD 44 housing. The rollers for now are 39.5 boggers at 18 wide which are silly but they are for mock up. Eventually I want to stay in the 37-39 range until i get stronger shafts then I might go with a 40 inch tall tire at about 15-16 inches wide max. The front like I mentioned before has been fully rebuilt and is open in the diff with new warn lockouts. For ease, I went with a treks/ TNT truss for the 44. With a little massaging around the pumkin the truss fits like buttah. I got it fully decked out with truss, HD LCA mounts, HD UCA mounts, raised track bar mount and shock/ spring coil buckets and mounts. This thing is BAD and really saved me a ton of time and really took the guesswork out of getting everything right while swapping axles. The truss also spans 95 percent across so the housing will be stupid strong. The pumkin will be tig'ed to the truss and I also have the ballistic fab 44 gussets for the C's.
For long arms, I am running Andy's Ironman 4x4 Monster long arms with his upper adjustables. They are 2 inch DOM with a wall thickness of .281. Currie joints with a custom made shank of 5-6 inches long I think makes these nuke proof. Greasable bushings with zircs installed are standard. Attention to detail and craftsmanship is impeccable. He custom built these to fit with my Ironrock Offroad 3 piece truss. Simply beefy.
Here are some teasers. More pics to come.
The axles are geared at 4.10. These will get re-geared to 5.13 or 3.38 and will build them around a 38-40 inch tire. The rear has a welded carrier and a 1/2 press breaked truss with 3/16 plate over the pumkin connecting the axle tubes. On, the rear all we had to do was cut old leaf perches and move them out an inch or so for XJ leafs which are from a Nissan titan providing 5 inches of stretch with Andy's Ironman4x4fab stress relief shackles. I have a new carrier for gears as well as a lockright for the 60 when i order gears/ install kits. The 44 will get a aussie locker as well. The jeep sits on skyjacker 6 inch front coils with 1 inch spacer (old coils - sagged to about 6 inches of lift total) with rear pro comp 16 inch shocks with bilsteins up front. Some other specs on jeep: 1999 xj auto, 231 with SYE, HD Engineering Uni stiffeners, hydro assist already there with a PSC ram, gen right pulley and cooler, 4.0 with 100k on it, custom tube fender and cage work, banks header, bored tb, Rustys CAI, warn winch with amsteel rope and a lot more.
The front axle is a LP but I really have been impressed with this HD 44 housing. The rollers for now are 39.5 boggers at 18 wide which are silly but they are for mock up. Eventually I want to stay in the 37-39 range until i get stronger shafts then I might go with a 40 inch tall tire at about 15-16 inches wide max. The front like I mentioned before has been fully rebuilt and is open in the diff with new warn lockouts. For ease, I went with a treks/ TNT truss for the 44. With a little massaging around the pumkin the truss fits like buttah. I got it fully decked out with truss, HD LCA mounts, HD UCA mounts, raised track bar mount and shock/ spring coil buckets and mounts. This thing is BAD and really saved me a ton of time and really took the guesswork out of getting everything right while swapping axles. The truss also spans 95 percent across so the housing will be stupid strong. The pumkin will be tig'ed to the truss and I also have the ballistic fab 44 gussets for the C's.
For long arms, I am running Andy's Ironman 4x4 Monster long arms with his upper adjustables. They are 2 inch DOM with a wall thickness of .281. Currie joints with a custom made shank of 5-6 inches long I think makes these nuke proof. Greasable bushings with zircs installed are standard. Attention to detail and craftsmanship is impeccable. He custom built these to fit with my Ironrock Offroad 3 piece truss. Simply beefy.
Here are some teasers. More pics to come.
