Doug it was a pleasure to meet you and look forward to a meet down the road. Your rig is awesome brother! I also really appreciate and thank you for the tires!
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You too, Pete. Thanks for making the drive up. You have a sweet rig too.
And you must be a real Jeeper because I see you have 6 spare tires that you carry with you in the back. :thumb:
Doug it was a pleasure to meet you and look forward to a meet down the road. Your rig is awesome brother! I also really appreciate and thank you for the tires!
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Oh man, PR44 and a locker. You're going all in on this thing now.
If you figure out a quick, legal way to secure a few thousand bucks, let me know.
That rocks (err Pro-rocks!) I have a buddy that was looking into upgrading his WJ, will forward him this thread. What are you running in the rear?
That rocks (err Pro-rocks!) I have a buddy that was looking into upgrading his WJ, will forward him this thread. What are you running in the rear?
You might want to have him check out east coast gear supply. They sell prebuild axles that bolt directly in to what ever jeep you want and you can fit them with what ever gears lockers and shafts you need.
Lol. With today's cost of living, I'll have to get a 2nd and 3rd job, then I'll get back to you after taxes.
ECGS is the only one right now that is selling a complete 44 WJ axle for the front. However, it's not a Pro Rock. I contacted them about using a PR housing and building it for me. They said it would be too much work and pointed me toward a Ultimate Dana 44 (which looking at the specs wasn't much different than the rubi housing). I really hope Dynatrac can do the build for me even if it costs more in the long run. If not, The ECGS rubi axle is what'll I'll probably go with unless I really want to do all the work myself.
You mean you guys AREN'T selling plasma to pay for this stuff? :shock:
Don't laugh. I've considered it.
The only issue I see with putting a prorock in the wj is the width. Wj axles are 63.5" wide I believe while jks are 65" so to match your track widths you will have to run rear spacers of .75" that is unless pro rock will make the housing just that 1.5" smaller.
Would that really be an issue to worry about? I know a few WJers have done some custom 44 swaps and didn't remember that being mentioned. I can deal with spacers if needed. I'll definitely look into it.
Its not a huge deal but it just looks quite strange with the front sitting much wider than the rear. I don't believe it would cause mechanical issues but just once you get used to the width of the stock axles in the front it will mess with the line you take through trees rocks and ruts.