rsbmg

Not to mention his information was horse shit. You are not likely to break a R&P before a 1310 u-joint unless your R&P already has some manufacturing or installation defect rendering it unusually susceptible to breakage. Under normal circumstances RCV axles and D44 R&P will both be stronger than a stock or upgraded driveshaft leaving the driveshaft as your weak link. R&P has broken prior to an axle or a driveshaft I'm not saying it can't happen just its not the norm. don't fear the RCV's!

arjeeper

Hmm. Didn't know that. I was gone for a while. Cool deal. Seems more open to speech now.

JKZinger

If you are running 5.38s you can break that small pinion.

Maertz

you can also break 4.10s in a d60, again as many things it comes down to how you wheel and all the other specifics of each individual jeep.

rsbmg

You CAN break anything. There is no dispute there but lets see how many folks have actually broken a 5.38 pinion, I assure you its not many when compared to how many are in use. Just like the D30 in stock form. if you run 37's there is this forum perpetuated myth that it will explode and your jeep will burn to the ground. The fact is when you look at the sampling size of people running this combination vs. those who have broke using this combination, the potential for breakage is there no question but its not a prolific problem. At some point you have just realize that there are a host of unknown factors in any reported breakage and to blame it entirely on a "weak component" that WILL break you have to look at the big picture. D30 is weak upgrade to 44, why not go prorock44, why go prorock44 when you can go 60? if your gonna go 60 why not 80? Why not Rockwell? Where do you stop in your quest to be "UNBREAKABLE"? I'm just applying a little common sense to this. Folks can obviously apply their own calculation as to what an acceptable cost vs. potential benefit they want to apply to going out and having a good time.

Earth Siege

I am going d80 front and rear. Nothing is unbreakable, just more difficult to break. Even d80 will fail if the right conditions are met.

U can break a hammer if u try hard enough.

JKZinger

Sure you can break anything, but you are gonna break a set of 5.38s in a D44 before a set of 4.10s in a D60.

Maertz

not me as i have dont have one of them, but i get your point. This year alone ive seen 2 or 3 d60 4.10s fail. none of the jk guys here with 5.13s have broke though. But all in all its irrelevant, as it depends on the driver and scenario

JKZinger

This resurrected thread has now degraded into pretty much useless information and a bunch of opinions.

Maertz

welcome to 95% of the online forum world. if anything though the thread got better it went from shit info that you need a 60 so r&ps and such dont break when in reality as its been said its a FACT it depends heavily on how/what you wheel. the old posts also made it seem like 60s shafts are stonger, not really the case as that comes down to shaft splines.