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[Book'Em]

Build a dana 44 or buy a Schneider ford 9" rear for $800.00 plus 3rd member. What is the better idea?

[Daniel Hoppe Jr]

I,ve ran 9" rears in fullsize trucks with very small amount of probs, but the 44 in the rear of my jeep has been solid the 44s in the front have week axle housings, i'm on my 3rd.

[kcruisin]

You can install a built 8.8 for that price. That would be a better option and give you disk brakes.

[Book'Em]

The 8.8 has C-clips doesn't it? The ford 9" I'm looking at is a full floater.

[Shadly1]

I've got an 8.8 in mine and I love it. You can get a "Super 88" kit from Superior that will eliminate the C-clips in an 8.8 and give you stronger axle shafts. You're talking about $1000 for all the parts for a complete rearend... axle, super 88, 8.8 mount kit. That's minus the cost of a locker and gears if you don't like the factory ones. A 9" is easily double that for the same stuff. I'd think a 9" would be better because of the removable 3rd member but I don't think it's a whole lot stronger than that built 8.8.

[Dukes69]

The 44 is a decent axle. I wheeled JV for a while, on stock shafts, and never had a problem until the last run (blew up the ARB). If you're going to build an axle for the rocks, I wouldn't look at anything but a high pinion something. While they are slightly weaker then low pinion axles, they make up in glorious ground clearance.

What size tire do you plan on running?