Which rear axle would you choose?

What would you pick and why?

  • Currie TJ 35-spline HP Dana 60

  • Strange housing, Barnes TJ brackets & Tru Hi9 35-spline center

  • ECGS 489 30-spline Dana 44

  • ECGS 31-spline 8.8

  • Something else?!


Unless your driveline angles are really jacked up I would stick with a low pinion option. A stock 44 fitted with JK gears (not truly needed but you are already there) and quality axle shafts will be more than adequate for a V8 and 33s.
 
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@mrblaine would the super 35 still be a good idea if he decided to go with 35's one day? I ask because I'm running 35's and considering my options as well.
 
Hell you might as well go all out and run a kingpin Dana 60 front and either a 60 rear, corporate full floater, or a Sterling full floater

You wont break those overlanding
 
@mrblaine would the super 35 still be a good idea if he decided to go with 35's one day? I ask because I'm running 35's and considering my options as well.
I am not Blaine but the Super 35 will work well for most people unless your driving style resembles that of an east coast rock bouncer.
 
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@mrblaine would the super 35 still be a good idea if he decided to go with 35's one day? I ask because I'm running 35's and considering my options as well.
Yes, tons of people wheel with 35s and a Super 35 axle. Unless you drive like a dipshit you have nothing to worry about.
 
@mrblaine would the super 35 still be a good idea if he decided to go with 35's one day? I ask because I'm running 35's and considering my options as well
I'm not mrblaine but the Super 35 was specifically designed jointly by him and Mac McMillan at Superior Axle to handle 35" tires with a locker on even the notoriously tough rock crawling trails in Johnson Valley CA where it was tested extensively.
 
One thing to note about the Dana 35 is that the ring and pinion strength difference compared to the Dana 44 equates to approximately one ratio change. For example Dana 35 4.56 gears are approximately the same strength as Dana 44 4.88 gears. There are things I consider a must do to get the most out of a Dana 35 like using a crush collar eliminator and using ring and pinion sets with the larger ring gear bolts as well as not using any factory carriers as the ring gear flange is known to flex allowing the bolts to loosen.
 
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Simple sentences from a simple mind. Mental midgets I suppose made them.
Mrhp - you are not bringing anything to this thread that we couldn't get from a 6th grader. Why don't you go watch wrestling and leave the grownups alone?
 
And your comments are constructive? One usually projects their own shortcomings onto others. A few of you here seem to fit that bill.
 
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From mrhp:

"Simple sentences from a simple mind. Mental midgets I suppose made them."

"Isn’t it obvious @mrblaine?"

"And the bolt pattern."

"A third grade response from a third grade perspective."

"Mrblane, he Asked for my opinion, not yours, cupcake."

"If it wasn’t mrblanes idea, it was a bad one in his self important, egotistical, neurotic mind."

"Ain’t he a piece of work!"

Constructive? That's funny. I don't care who you are. You obviously have an issue with mrblaine. Take it off line.
 
Simple sentences from a simple mind. Mental midgets I suppose made them.
I'm not even going to try and read your mind. You brought up a bolt pattern issue, what are you referring to? Oh, learn to use the quote function so we don't have to guess who you are talking to.
 
I'm not even going to try and read your mind. You brought up a bolt pattern issue, what are you referring to? Oh, learn to use the quote function so we don't have to guess who you are talking to
Maybe if you were half as smart as you think you are, you would be able to connect the dots. Playing the victim must be your way of life. Poor you.
 
Mis-direction and victim. Pretty typical for a keyboard cupcake like yourself.
 
Mis-direction and victim. Pretty typical for a keyboard cupcake like yourself.
Will you unwad your panties for 5 seconds and just type out the whole question about the bolt pattern you are referring to as being incorrect? And, this is the last time I'm going to dick with you about this so do it or don't but stop being a moron.