What rear end and why?

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Recent threads have made mention about what rear ends people are running...so lets here it.
I run a 8.25 with a Detroit locker and crmo shafts , rolling 33 MTR's. I have yet to break anything (I hope I don't regret typing that!!) I don't have any plans (yet) to run anything else, either tires or diff.
What are you running and why?
(and before anyone says I only run puss trails...don't... :laugh3: I think a number of you have been with me wheelin' before!!)
Rick R :sunshine:
 
Jump This said:
Recent threads have made mention about what rear ends people are running...so lets here it.
I run a 8.25 with a Detroit locker and crmo shafts , rolling 33 MTR's. I have yet to break anything (I hope I don't regret typing that!!) I don't have any plans (yet) to run anything else, either tires or diff.
What are you running and why?
(and before anyone says I only run puss trails...don't... :laugh3: I think a number of you have been with me wheelin' before!!)
Rick R :sunshine:
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I had 8.25 29 spline and no slip and when going to 33's I got d44 cause:
1. I didn't want c clipped axles
2. I wanted 4.88's
3. I wanted to get rid of that lower lip that always seems to catch on everything (even though I shaved it pretty good, it still hung out there)
 
I'm runnin a Dana 44 rear, I decided to upgrade last winter when the pinion bearing went out on my D35, the reason I got it was it was a bolt in and I couldnt find a 29 spline 8.25. Some time this summer it will get a either a spool, lockrite or some sort of selectable locker.
 
29 spline 8.25" with yukon shafts and a detroit. 33x12.5 BFG muds. No problem with the setup yet, and I don't plan to change it.

I would like to have the D44 for C-cliplessness (I like that word) but it isn't worth the money to me.
 
D44, larger axles bearings, explorer disc brakes, 33 spline chromoly shafts, and a Detroit with 4.89 gears.....................

-Mike
 
I know the limitations of the 8.25.
1. you can only run up to a 4:56 r/p.
2 29 splines are as big as you can get.
3 C-clips
4 They came stock.
But I know my limitations as well
1. I only run 33's
2 4:56 with an auto works better than 4:88's and a stick. (or at least as well)
3 I couldn't even tell you why C-clips would bother me. I carry a spare axel.
4 I'm a cheap bass turd.
Rick R :sunshine:
 
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3 I couldn't even tell you why C-clips would bother me. I carry a spare axel.
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With a c-clip axle you have to pull the diff cover and the cross pin to be able to remove the c-clip in order to remove a shaft. The clip is the only thing holding the axle in place (drum brake) and if you break a shaft it could just slide all the way out and leave you dragging on the brake parts.

-Mike
 
I just installed a d44 over the weekend. 4.56 gears, detroit locker, and 33" xterrains.

I run this because I was afraid to run 33"s on a locked d35.
 
I have a 31 spline Ford 8.8 in the works... I'll probably put a Detroit and 4.88s in it.

Pros:

-Stronger than a Dana 44
-Disc brakes
-Virtually unlimited gear selection (no carrier break either)
-Good aftermarket support

Cons:

-c-clip axles - but with disc brakes, what does it matter?
-Axle tubes can rotate on the carrier (not anymore, Ron welded those on for me. Thanks Ron!)
-Low ground clearance (not anymore, it's shaved. Thanks again Ron!)


That being said, I just beat the crap out of my old dana 35 yesterday on the "Backway to Crown King" trail outside of Phoenix without taking any bypasses (rated a good 3.5 after the rains last spring washed out parts of it). I'm running 33s and a Lockrite locker and have had ZERO problems with that axle in the four years I've been wheeling it. It's the older non-c-clip, full floater model, so maybe that has something to do with it. I know I'm on borrowed time with 33s on there, though...
 
Mike L said:
With a c-clip axle you have to pull the diff cover and the cross pin to be able to remove the c-clip in order to remove a shaft. The clip is the only thing holding the axle in place (drum brake) and if you break a shaft it could just slide all the way out and leave you dragging on the brake parts.

-Mike
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SH*T!!
Now I gotta' drain fluids....pull covers....cross pins.... :rattle:
I HATE WHEELING!!! :mad:
Have we not seen pictures of people with small trees tied to the side of
thier rigs just to hold the darn wheels in place?? :lecture:
I honestly didn't know......anyone got a spare 44 lying around?
Rick R :wierd:
 
Well I am one of the few that think there is absolutely nothing wrong with the 8.25.. So what if its c-clip, convert to disc brakes, alloy shafts, and stop worring about it..

Now with that said.. I have recently installed a 9" into the rear of my xj, only because I was given the axles originally for a trade... I went with the strange nodular third, detroit locker, 4.88's, and warn full float kit with explorer disc brakes.. I liked the setup except for the detroit I was sold would not unlock at all, making it the noisest diff I have ever heard... Since then I have gone to a true trac in the rear with going back to 410's for better fuel mileage... I drive this rig almost every day, and sometimes accross country for work... So I wanted something absolutely reliable...

When the money permits, I will change the third out for a true hi-9, and finish my hp44 install...

Just my .02$ worth....
 
mgolden said:
...-Axle tubes can rotate on the carrier (not anymore, Ron welded those on for me. Thanks Ron!)
...
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Oooop. Crap. I better wait to get started on the homebrew until after I'm done welding next time. :D

--ron
 
Running the c8.25 27 spline with stock shafts and stock posi that came with the towing package. havent broken anything yet but then again havent hit any major trails. but wait does the "frame twister" at hollister hills count? hahahahaha just kidding that thing is vagina like.
 
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I know the limitations of the 8.25.
1. you can only run up to a 4:56 r/p.
2 29 splines are as big as you can get.
3 C-clips
4 They came stock.
But I know my limitations as well
1. I only run 33's
2 4:56 with an auto works better than 4:88's and a stick. (or at least as well)
3 I couldn't even tell you why C-clips would bother me. I carry a spare axel.
4 I'm a cheap bass turd.
Rick R :sunshine:
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Then why did you ask? :confused:
 
I have an 8.8 on 315/75/16s soon to be a HPD60 shaved on 37s.

With the 8.8 on 315/75/16s I have 10.5" of clearance.

Cal has approx 10.3" of clearance with a 8.25 on 315/75/16s .
Mark (Grzz701) has 11.75" of clearance on 35s with a shaved D60.

What's your cleance and set up too?
 
I run a shaved 35 spline HPD60 (Tera60R) with a Detroit and 5.13's with Explorer disc breaks. The reason for running this axle is because I never want to break.

Running any particular axle successfully depends a great deal on what trails are run regularly.
 
I'm running a d44, 4.88 with a detroit and 30 spline chromo shafts. It's fairly strong, it was bolt in, and in the unlikely event i break more shafts than I carry spares, its very likely others will have parts i can borrow. It's less common to find overstock of 8.8, 9" and d60 spares on the trail. I haven't measured the ground clearance with it yet (we ran out of daylight installing it) but I will do so tonight.

I was very happy with the 29 spline 8.25 and no-slip, but in the progress to go bigger/better/stronger, I needed deeper gears and stronger shafts.

-C
 
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