D44 strength vs d60

[cmud]

I run a 44 front in my early bronco w/lock rite, keep breaking the l/h axle u-joint. Is it worth the money to go to ctm's or should I save for a d60??? I don't have a top or doors, so it's not a heavy rig.

[lincontaco]

I run a 44 front in my early bronco w/lock rite, keep breaking the l/h axle u-joint. Is it worth the money to go to ctm's or should I save for a d60??? I don't have a top or doors, so it's not a heavy rig.


speaking from experience, if you have big tires and a heavy foot dont put a whole lot in the 44. i did, actually about 2200 bucks for gears/lockers/chromoly's/ctm's and mis. other shit. however i have only broken 1 stub shaft with 39.5's in a year, its strong, but a 60 could be had for about the same price and be built a hella lot stonger in the long run. just my .2$

[lincontaco]

buddy of mine has a ford hpd60 from a 79 f350, brand new everything, detroit, gears, chromoly inners, 35 spline lockouts, bearings, kingpins, brakes for 2500.00. needs stub shafts and high steer arms.

[Rockit]

60 and be done with it.
you can dump all your $ into your 44 and then have no room to upgrade WHEN you break it.

[bigredjeep1]

I run a 44 front in my early bronco w/lock rite, keep breaking the l/h axle u-joint. Is it worth the money to go to ctm's or should I save for a d60??? I don't have a top or doors, so it's not a heavy rig.

Look at what your goals for your rig are. If it's over 36-37" tires and you have a heavy foot than get a dana 60. A stock early bronco 44 had small "dana 30" 260 Spicer u-joints so that's alot of the problem. You can upgrade those u-joints with 297 or better yet 760 Spicer u-joints in the stock shafts, or get 4340 alloy shafts and CTMs or OX u-joints. I think you should work with your stock 44 in your bronco and just upgrade it a bit, especially getting rid of those small "Spicer 260 u-joints", just going to 297 sized ones will be a decent upgrade around 20% or so from stock.

Troy

[cmud]

Sounds like a 60 is the way to go, I would like to buy your friends 60, but I'm going to try and find one locally, thanks.

[cmud]

I run 36" swampers and I'm usually being stupid when it breaks, I 'm running the bigger joints already. I've heard superiors and ctms is my next progression???

[1TFROT]

I have Yukon 4340 shafts and 760s for my 44 and it's been fine so far. my rig is not very heavy, it still has a stockish v6 (4.3) and I'm not heavy on the stupid pedal. :grinpimp:

[trkklr77]

weight is only part of the situation, tire size, hp, and what i think is one of the most important tranny. a manual tranny will eat them up with a agressive 36. you can keep it together a lot better with an automatic. it will still pop with out some serious $$$$