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First and foremost get yourself a good hitch and front bumper or tow hooks,skids,and then go for the 8.25 (cheaper than a d44) and lock that. Last but not least.. go with longarms for flex and ride comfort.
Have you shimmed the rear axle?
Maybe your drive shaft angles are off.
Possibly see if the front driveshaft is the problem.
First and foremost get yourself a good hitch and front bumper or tow hooks,skids,and then go for the 8.25 (cheaper than a d44) and lock that. Last but not least.. go with longarms for flex and ride comfort.
I read horror stories but hate to put 2k in a dana 44 with lockers in a jeep I paid 500 for.
Thanks!
Ok, some help please
I've had a shaking in the vehicle starting at 55mph and up, its loud and very annoying. The whole vehicle shakes and all the panels rattle. It shakes under throttle, off throttle and in neutral. There was no shaking at all with the stock lift.
if you plan on going on trips out to no where you really should replace your rustys track bar, mine broke a month ago turning into a parking spot at the bar. And look into a place for a spare tire. And FWIW my roof rack makes absolutely no noise but I have a gutter mounted style. Nice rig and good luck with the build!
oh yea, car-parts.com should help you find a Dana 44 near you.
I'm sure there will be differing opinions, but I'd think long and hard before I changed out the stock cooling system. Radiator, perhaps, for an all aluminum 2 row, but keep the stock fan clutch system and electric fan, if equipped. If you don't have an electric fan (came with a/c), then get one for a junkyard, for year 97 or newer.
I went down the triple electric fan route (NOT Webdog's) and it failed miserably. We spent a boatload of time fighting cooling issues, and it was mostly resolved by going back to the stock setup. My Heep lives in Death Valley, so we've got you beat in the heat department by a little bit.
The only potential cooling upgrade is to use a fan clutch from a ZJ (not heavy duty). It locks up at a higher percentage of pulley speed. the downside is the Jeep will sound like a 737.
If you want the sordid details of all that we did to deal with desert cooling issues, let me know. I even have spreadsheets with thermal readouts of the various things we tried.
David Bricker / SYR
could be your motor mounts. ive had that problem recently, new pair of mounts would fix it, i cant think anything else now that you have checked all that
give us more info on that.. the triple fans were going to be one of my next mods.. not sure who i was going to go w/yet tho..I'm sure there will be differing opinions, but I'd think long and hard before I changed out the stock cooling system. Radiator, perhaps, for an all aluminum 2 row, but keep the stock fan clutch system and electric fan, if equipped. If you don't have an electric fan (came with a/c), then get one for a junkyard, for year 97 or newer.
I went down the triple electric fan route (NOT Webdog's) and it failed miserably. We spent a boatload of time fighting cooling issues, and it was mostly resolved by going back to the stock setup. My Heep lives in Death Valley, so we've got you beat in the heat department by a little bit.
The only potential cooling upgrade is to use a fan clutch from a ZJ (not heavy duty). It locks up at a higher percentage of pulley speed. the downside is the Jeep will sound like a 737.
If you want the sordid details of all that we did to deal with desert cooling issues, let me know. I even have spreadsheets with thermal readouts of the various things we tried.
David Bricker / SYR