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That would be awesome, a true Rubicon XJ. They should also make the D44's full D44's instead of the D44 centersections with D30 and D35 shafts and outers. I never saw the logic in a hybrid axle like that.
 
DutchVDub said:
That would be awesome, a true Rubicon XJ.
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You need to buy these, slap them on your XJ, and confuse the hell out of people.

RUBICON stickers
DutchVDub said:
They should also make the D44's full D44's instead of the D44 centersections with D30 and D35 shafts and outers. I never saw the logic in a hybrid axle like that.
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Dutch, Luv ya man, but ya got me confused there................and you mentioned that a couple times before?

The 44 I transplanted under my XJ is one out of another XJ, and it is identical (other than width and spring pads) to the Scout II 44 sitting on my garage floor for my dad's CJ-7.

30 spline axle shafts, bigger drum brakes, and bigger axle tubes. I can attest to that as I had a tough time getting my slightly used ubolts into the holes on the ubolt plates when installing the 44. I have never heard of a rear Dana 44 hybrid with Dana 35 outers on a Jeep? :dunno: I know there has been custom setups for the front axle............



Back on subject; the Beast is back today.
Apparently they lied to me beginning of the week. The tech rep told me last Monday that Chrysler was just going to replace the tranny as they were unsure of the damage that might be awaiting to rear its ugly head after the initial damage. They did not..........

Apparently; "Chrysler has a 70% parts policy; if it is more than 70% of the parts that are bad, then they replace the whole thing. So instead their "best" tranny tech rebuilt the thing with replacement parts by hand and inspected every inch of the tranny to make sure it was okay. This is better than the assembly line as things can slip through in mass production and that is why we were so unlucky to have a failure so soon in the first place. So this is actually a good thing because it had personal attention and detail in the assembly.

............at least that is the line I was fed.

Although when I asked him if it fails again would they replace the whole thing? He skirted the question and said; "You have a lifetime power train warranty!"
Overall they were good to us even though my poor wife was utterly embarrassed driving the KIA rental. Even our neighbors came over to ask what happened and where was the Commander? :shhh:

We will see now, hopefully I won't bring this thread back from the dead in the next, 3 months, 6 months, 12months...........................Hasta
 
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pssshhhhh



you act like were gonna let it die!!!!!!!!



those rubi stickers would be pretty funny...if only i had a cool/capable jeep i would do something like that...
 
Jawa said:
Hehe, that's 'cause Dutch was referring to in4aride's post about making a Rubicon XJ. :twak:
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I know that goofball! :twak: .........ack at ya! :greensmok

Dutch has mentioned that before and in reference when I was talking about my 44. I have looked everywhere on the net and all the parts I see listed, description lists, and articles talk about the Rubicon 44's having 30 spline shafts front and rear, and nothing mentioning weak hybrids of D44 centers, D35 outers, so I am still baffled :dunno:

Here is an article concerning the JK Rubicon 44's from Fourwheeler mag; (Apparently they are even beefier than the TJ RUBICON AXLES which were 30 spline shafts as well which btw are interchangeable with my XJ D44.)
As of press time, Jeep was still determining what to call the JK's upgraded Dana 44 axles, which are beefed up in so many areas that nothing is interchangeable with the TJ. This new axle, which we'll call a Dana 44 hybrid for now, has bigger axletubes, bearings, ring gear, and pinion stem; the Unlimited also gets a standard Dana 44 hybrid in the rear-30-spline for Sahara and X models, 32-spline for the Rubicon-while two-doors get a standard rear Dana 35 (30-spline). Front axles are either Dana 30 (27-spline) or a Dana 44 hybrid (30-spline). Rubicon models also get new electric lockers with magnetic activation instead of the pneumatic operating axles on the TJ. When the JK Rubicon lockers are disengaged, the diff is open, as opposed to the TJ Rubicon, which had a rear limited-slip. Other models can be upgraded to a Trac-Lok limited-slip in the rear. Rubicons and automatics have 4.10:1 gears stuffed in their axles, while everything else gets 3.21:1s standard with 4.10:1s optional.
 
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Skully said:
You need to buy these, slap them on your XJ, and confuse the hell out of people.

RUBICON stickers


Dutch, Luv ya man, but ya got me confused there................and you mentioned that a couple times before?

The 44 I transplanted under my XJ is one out of another XJ, and it is identical (other than width and spring pads) to the Scout II 44 sitting on my garage floor for my dad's CJ-7.

30 spline axle shafts, bigger drum brakes, and bigger axle tubes. I can attest to that as I had a tough time getting my slightly used ubolts into the holes on the ubolt plates when installing the 44. I have never heard of a rear Dana 44 hybrid with Dana 35 outers on a Jeep? :dunno: I know there has been custom setups for the front axle............



Back on subject; the Beast is back today.
Apparently they lied to me beginning of the week. The tech rep told me last Monday that Chrysler was just going to replace the tranny as they were unsure of the damage that might be awaiting to rear its ugly head after the initial damage. They did not..........

Apparently; "Chrysler has a 70% parts policy; if it is more than 70% of the parts that are bad, then they replace the whole thing. So instead their "best" tranny tech rebuilt the thing with replacement parts by hand and inspected every inch of the tranny to make sure it was okay. This is better than the assembly line as things can slip through in mass production and that is why we were so unlucky to have a failure so soon in the first place. So this is actually a good thing because it had personal attention and detail in the assembly.

............at least that is the line I was fed.

Although when I asked him if it fails again would they replace the whole thing? He skirted the question and said; "You have a lifetime power train warranty!"
Overall they were good to us even though my poor wife was utterly embarrassed driving the KIA rental. Even our neighbors came over to ask what happened and where was the Commander? :shhh:

We will see now, hopefully I won't bring this thread back from the dead in the next, 3 months, 6 months, 12months...........................Hasta
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Skully that is dealer speak for you ain't gonna
get a new transmission but the lot boy isn't busy and we have a transmission book so he will fix it :>{)))
 
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