jeeper52

Hi everyone, i just traded my truck in on a 2015 jeep rubicon last week and im looking for some help on what to do for axles. I plan on starting out with 37's and moving up to 40's eventually to save a little on rubber and ram assist. My original idea was to take my brand new d44's off and sell them to put towards some currie rock jocks with alloy shafts,Ctm u joints,arb or yukon lockers and gears with upgraded brakes. But after talking to several shops in my area (Colorado) they said currie is a bad choice because of issues with bending and other problems. They recommend the dynatrac's but i cant afford 18k for axles alone as the curries were about 13k. They said im better off sleeving,gusseting,gearing my stock axles before the curries or just doing dynatrac prorock 44's. None of this made any since to me and im not made out of $$$$$ so id thought id see what you guys think. Thanks!!

Stubicon

What's the price to sleeve, truss, and re-gear your stock axles? There are a lot of people that do just that and are fine while others that have done the same have had issues and breakage. Financially, it might have made more sense to start with a sport vs. rubicon if you knew you were going to replace the axles.

jeeper52

Thanks, i think the price is around 3k to beef up the stock axles.. I went with the rubicon because i liked the interior and the fact it already came with a 4:1 transfer case plus it was only 6k more than the sport. I think i can get around $3500 for both axles since they are new.

Invest2m4

Check out the new Dana Ultimate 60s. They are sweet and affordable.

That said, I'd wait until you drive the Jeep for a while and decide what you want to do in the end. If you need 40s you need to ditch the crappy stock suspension setup. In which case, you want a bare axle housing.

jeeper52

Hey invest2m4! You replied to another thread i started titled how to build a capable jeep jk for the more difficult trails in moab. I will check out those axles. I know i want to go with a coilover suspension. I have seen two i like. The genright double triangulated 4 link and the evo pro d. Two totally different worlds but two totally different price points too.

Stubicon

Makes sense. I too opted for the Rubicon. Only planning on running 35s though.

My only advice would be do it once and do it right. It can get expensive to throw a lot of money at beefing up the axles, suspension, and running 37s only to sell it all and buy new axles and suspension to run 40s.

As invest said, take it out and see what it can do and go from there.

jeeper52

Agreed, cant afford to do it twice. I looked at those ultimate dana 60's by dana and they look pretty sweet. I like that the rear is a full float.

Stubicon

I think Marcus from River City Off-road has them for his build. May try sending him a PM.

D_engel

I agree with invest2m4. Those Dana's are definitely worth a look. You could get the set for around 8k if im not mistaken. Also, isnt that genright suspension a full overhaul that runs about 20k when all said and done? I haven't looked in a while

Invest2m4

The axles are pricing around $11k for a set, but I've heard dealers have quoted as low as $9900. That's an insane price for axles like that. If they were out 6 months earlier, I may have gone that route rather than building mine.

Yeah, that genright package is crazy expensive. Overpriced like everything they sell. It's not a bad design though. More suitable for high speed than crawling.