If that isn't what you meant, then clarify it with what you actually mean. Just because it is rattling around contextually in your head and you puke it out on the board doesn't mean we see what you meant.
And if is isn't the TJ 44 then my comment is even more appropriate for other 44's. Buy a real axle if you are blowing up gear sets.
Well the jantz Jana 54 kit is only for high pinion axles, so that doesn't exactly fit a TJ Dana 44, that's why I say I wasn't referring to a TJ 44.
I was just referring to Dana 44's in general, hence why I just said Dana 44. Then when I mention the Jana 54 kit, anyone that knows it's for high pinion axles can infer that I'm referring to high pinon Dana 44's in general.
The letters you highlighted above I still believe are true, if you've got a HP Dana 44 and blow up a ring and pinion and don't want to scrap the entire axle, the Jana 54 kit is probably your best chance at not breaking a ring and pinion again, and it's not that much money to lose if it doesn't work.
There are other options to help out the ring and pinion as well.
I believe there is a small niche where a Dana 44/50/60 hybrid would be a great fit for a TJ, I also happen to think my end goals will be in that niche. Obviously there's a lot of factors that play into axle choice, but basically I think a HP Dana 44 would probably be strong enough for 35's, and a mild LS build. I know a Dana 44 housing fits pretty well in the front with my current up travel, I think I could probably make it fit a bit better given the opportunity to build a custom one and put the diff where it needs to be. I don't want to try and deal with the larger HP 60 housings in the front because I don't think I need that much gear.
So instead I'll use a late 70's HP Dana 44 Ford housing with 3" tubes. I'll cut the tubes and leave a 6" stub or so on each side. Sleeve over the top of those with some 3.5"x.25" wall tube, with 99-04 SD 60 outers and 35 spline shafts, I've even got those currie aluminum outer knuckles for it already. It'll use Dana 50 gears, with a load bolt, and ideally I'll be gun drilling all of the axle shafts to help add some twist and take some of the shock load off of the gears. This is something I think could help a lot, but isn't something you see done very often because of expense. The idea being the Dana 50 gears, load bolt and the gun drilled shafts will add enough strength and durability to the gears so that I never ever have a problem with them. If it doesn't work, oh well, I'll swap some new gears in and start creating something else.
I'm not trying to recommend this for anyone else, it is simply the result of me thinking about my situation and pouring over all my options for a very long time, and I just like doing weird oddball shit.
Idk if any of that answered your question, I just try to correct info I know is wrong, and axles are something I feel I know a decent amount about. Originally, it being that a HP JK Dana 44 axle does NOT use an 8.9" ring gear, only the low pinion JK housings do. I don't care if that's the weak point, or whatever, I just know it's wrong and there's no reason not to correct that. I felt like adding some info about other Dana 44 gearing upgrades it options since it seemed relevant to the conversation
