Thank you for this video. I have been wanting to do this forever but haven't seen any information of anyone doing this other than Carl jantz video. With the rcvs I trust this set up more than a stock Dana 60 front end. Rcvs are incredibly strong and make the larger ring and pinion with it.
Yeah its going to be nice. The only thing I would worry about is the D44 balljoints but its going in a TJ with a V8 so its not the lightest rig but not so heavy either.
@@spankranchgarage ohhh you're right. The 44 basically has the same size ball joints as a Dana 30. When I swapped my Ford hp 44 in I noticed the ball joint seperation was less than a Dana 30 as well... Jeep axles have the ball joints pressed into the axle housing where old school floater front ends typically have the ball joints pressed into the outer knuckle, not inner. Not sure if that changes the strength or not
@@adrianlaverick8040only for the uppers AFAIK. Considering the old school steering axle d44s have the threaded preload adjustment on the upper ball joint I'm not sure the ball joint eliminators are worth it on this particular axle. They have a true upper and lower ball joint, not the telescoping ball joint up top like most jeep axles.
Alot of work for 0.5” more ring gear on a front end that the ring gear likely isn’t the weak link? Unless he’s running custom big bell 35 spline rcv shafts or something. Cool to see something a little more unique though. The jana/jantz stuff is cool.
I agree the R/P probably isnt the weak link. The tiny ball joint spacing is. You really cant fit much CV bell or U-Joint in there. The customer is doing 30 spline inner/outer RCVs which will be pretty stout. If this was for my rig I would of started with a superduty D50 and shaved it to have D44 like ground clearence. There cheap and plentiful and share all the SD D60 outers and BJ spacing.
Intriguing idea to use a 50. I have always wanted to build a reverse rotation 44 for the rear of my flatfender. But perhaps the Dana 50 would be better like you mentioned.
This was a cool one. Nice job wearing safety glasses too. Cool boring head too. Just simply amazing
Thank you for this video. I have been wanting to do this forever but haven't seen any information of anyone doing this other than Carl jantz video. With the rcvs I trust this set up more than a stock Dana 60 front end. Rcvs are incredibly strong and make the larger ring and pinion with it.
Yeah its going to be nice. The only thing I would worry about is the D44 balljoints but its going in a TJ with a V8 so its not the lightest rig but not so heavy either.
@@spankranchgarage ohhh you're right. The 44 basically has the same size ball joints as a Dana 30. When I swapped my Ford hp 44 in I noticed the ball joint seperation was less than a Dana 30 as well... Jeep axles have the ball joints pressed into the axle housing where old school floater front ends typically have the ball joints pressed into the outer knuckle, not inner. Not sure if that changes the strength or not
@@spankranchgarage at least for the old school dana 44s (like this one you are working on) they make ball joint eliminators which would help I think
@@adrianlaverick8040only for the uppers AFAIK. Considering the old school steering axle d44s have the threaded preload adjustment on the upper ball joint I'm not sure the ball joint eliminators are worth it on this particular axle. They have a true upper and lower ball joint, not the telescoping ball joint up top like most jeep axles.
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Always killer content!
this is awesome i wish i wouldve seen this months ago.
Well done. You are an inventor and a problem solver.
Badass dude, love the machining content, slowly getting my mill and lathe to where i want them this is good motivation :D
Its a game changer! With determination there arent many limits to what you can make.
well done!
Well done man
Alot of work for 0.5” more ring gear on a front end that the ring gear likely isn’t the weak link? Unless he’s running custom big bell 35 spline rcv shafts or something. Cool to see something a little more unique though. The jana/jantz stuff is cool.
I agree the R/P probably isnt the weak link. The tiny ball joint spacing is. You really cant fit much CV bell or U-Joint in there. The customer is doing 30 spline inner/outer RCVs which will be pretty stout. If this was for my rig I would of started with a superduty D50 and shaved it to have D44 like ground clearence. There cheap and plentiful and share all the SD D60 outers and BJ spacing.
Intriguing idea to use a 50. I have always wanted to build a reverse rotation 44 for the rear of my flatfender. But perhaps the Dana 50 would be better like you mentioned.
Just wondering why he didnt' want to go with a Jana K4 kit?
That kit is low pinion only if I understood correctly. Would be great for a rear axle maybe.
Great job! Liked and subd🤘
Thank you!