Stretched TJK (bigger rubber & extra inches)

sierradmax said:
It's been a while. Some positive news. While new axles are on order and the Jeep passed inspection, I decided to park the jeep for the winter and see if the front axle is salvageable. I carefully torched the pinion out of the housing. Old outer pinion race was .005" smaller than new. The new race could be installed no different than normal. I suspect my housing is good! Pinion lost the war, though.. :LOL:. I'll rebuild the axle and use it while I slowly build the ECGS axles.

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This same thing happened to me after my housing dried out while doing my front coil over swap. The Ultimate Dana 44 front actually has a service bulletin for it. You have to squirt oil up onto the pinion when you do initial fill. End of the first trip seized up pinion bearing.
 
B00mb00m said:
This same thing happened to me after my housing dried out while doing my front coil over swap. The Ultimate Dana 44 front actually has a service bulletin for it. You have to squirt oil up onto the pinion when you do initial fill. End of the first trip seized up pinion bearing.
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interesting. There's a FB group for gear and technical installs. Some folks there stated to run front high pinion rigs in reverse a bit, for new installs, so the ring gear can sling some oil up into the passage. Before I install the new axles, I'll point the pinion(s) to the ground and fill the diffs.
 
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Well, I reassembled the JK front and have about 100 miles on it. So far, so good. However, this arrived this week. nearly 5 months since ordering.

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So as funds allow to build the Dana 44/Dana 60 combo, I've racked about 500 miles on the originally built axles.. Front axle is doing fine, after re-gear from a pinion seize. I did wheel it a little over the weekend, for a shakedown run. No complaints, other than the PSC ram will need a skid. I thought it was protected enough but a rock did manage to find its way between the tie-rod and axle tube..

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sierradmax said:
So as funds allow to build the Dana 44/Dana 60 combo, I've racked about 500 miles on the originally built axles.. Front axle is doing fine, after re-gear from a pinion seize. I did wheel it a little over the weekend, for a shakedown run. No complaints, other than the PSC ram will need a skid. I thought it was protected enough but a rock did manage to find its way between the tie-rod and axle tube..

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Good to hear you're getting some use after all the work you have done. What's driving the 44/60 change?
 
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Irun said:
Good to hear you're getting some use after all the work you have done. What's driving the 44/60 change?
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Mostly an impromptu purchase, after the front pinion seize. Most people I spoke with said the housing was probably trashed. The rear 60 was a result of a good salesman and as a new axle offered by ECGS, it peaked my interest. If the 44/60 combo doesn't end up in this TJ, I have plans on building a Brute.
 
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