dlincoln91

Anyone running the rock jock dana 60 with stock knuckles? It keeps the axle width the same but turns all the internal parts to a dana 60. It doesnt use the inner stock knuckles but just the outer stock knuckles so it has dana 60 C's
What do yall think about running it.hXXp://www.currieenterprises.com/cestore/Products4x4.aspx?id=3463&p=3499.9500
change the XX's to tt to go to the site

dlincoln91

it doesnt keep the factory C's just the outer knuckles and hub

Curiosity

I'm thinking about doing the same thing when I finish paying off my x unless a lower priced d44 front end becomes an option. I'de like to hear other opinions on this as well as I am pretty uneducated on axle swaps, but have a year and a half left to learn.

sa29560

A D60 is only really necessary if you plan on huge tires or a huge hemi. For up to 37s a PR44 should be sufficient. The rock jock is a sweet unit though. Overkill is definitely better than broke down on the trail with a stock D30 or D44. Love that F9 unit from them too, I will probably go with either the rock jock or the F9 as well. But probably some hardcore knuckles instead of the stock ones

Curiosity

if the pr44 were a bit less i would probably go that route because the largest tire I can ever see myself running is 37".

sa29560

The prorock is definitely pricey, I keep telling myself 37s is the largest I will go. But I can't tell for sure. Guess I won't know till its too late

dlincoln91

well i fell like i might as well go on and go overkill because i plan over time to get to 40s and there is no point in doing it twice.
also it lets me keep the stock rear 44 at the same width so i can run 37's for a little while before i upgrade to a rear 60

STUPIDFACE

If you get a 60 get one ton outers.

Dynatrac

I think if you read that more closely you'll see that they still use the stock 'C's (they have a $750 core charge). The only real advantage here over stock is a stronger R&P and axle tubes. The 'C's are stock and you gain a ton of weight.

We have been selling a lot of PR44s to customers running big tires. The Nex-Gen R&P HP 44 gear set is pretty beefy so we feel pretty comfortable selling this axle with big tires. For most, this axle will be all they ever need up front.

rcdude3

I emailed Currie about this last month and I got this:

"If you are driving mostly on the street with some light off-roading, then the small knuckle front-end would be fine. If you do a lot of harder-core driving, then I would go with the 1 ton unit. A 37” tire with a small knuckle front-end is marginal. You would have to be very careful in order to not break the outer u-joints. With the 1 ton front, you don’t have to worry about it."


I think I will go with the PR44 in the future...look at it this way, the ATX JK EVO built ran the JK experience with the PR44 front, RCV shafts, 5.13, ARB with 40's and I believe they didnt break anything. The ATX JK is featured in the March 2011 issue of 4 Wheel Drive.