Axles that can be swapped in place of the stock axles

[cleefurd]

Good read.
Is the d60/14b from a CUCV near the top of the list?
I would rather pay once-cry once and get what is best/strongest/etc.

[cleefurd]

Would CUCV axles and HMMWV wheels be a good way to go?

[cleefurd]

Grrrrrrrrrrr. Never mind. Found a very old post which explained why not.
Maybe Rockwells with the 8 bolt conversion, then use HMMWV wheels.
That is IF Wildwood or whoever it was working on the conversion 2-3 years ago ever got it to market.

[CrashMorriss]

These guys are the King of Rockwell up grades.

http://store.oemaxle.com/product_inf...products_id=11

[cleefurd]

These guys are the King of Rockwell up grades.

http://store.oemaxle.com/product_inf...products_id=11

Very nice. Now if those Super 8 conversions will provide similar track width with HMMWV wheels (and work with them) then we may be nearer to a winner.

[Barrman]

It all comes down to what you want the truck to do.

Taller than 38" tires, hi power engine swapped in and planning to climb walls. Then, the stock front axle is probably not stout enough to last. Especially if a front locker is installed.

Stock engine, hi powered ground pounder, 38" tall tires or smaller, no front locker and no hard core beating planned. The stock axles will probably last longer than the sheet metal.

The 5.87 gears in the stock axles are what lead most people to swap. Plus the closed knuckle, king pin, drum brakes and $200+ lock out hubs. By the time you change to a more street friendly ratio, put on lock out hubs and think about disc brakes. A set of CUCV D60/14b axles with all the goodies could be purchased with all the good stuff and money left over.

It all comes down to what you want to do. CUCV axles have tripled in price over the last 8 years or so. Now it is a dead even swap money wise.

I left mine stock, put on lock out hubs in front, a locker in the rear and my 396 Big Block has a NV4500 bolted behind it to turn the XZL tires. But, I am limited to 54 mph because of the NP200 tcase on long trips. The axles physically aren't the problem, just the gear ratio inside. A NP205 is my answer to the speed thing and the axles will be left alone.

[77amc]

Sorry guys, but Im ignorant about all these numbers and such describing axles.

I'm not into going straight up with the Jeep, Just haul with it and maybe pull a 5th wheel at some point later.
I don't know just by looking at a particular transfer case if its' a np200/np2xx OR 14 bolt from a 70.
SO, if I go to a 'yard'/pull it, What year ___ do I look at?
Some describe a 'dually' rear.. Does that mean you adapted your Jeep for a dually axle or did you mod it to have just one tire on each side?

Does anyone know or have pics of axles/t-cases that come with 4.10 gearing?
Here in the Memphis area, there are literally TONS of HD trucks around in the yards but don't want to be swapping a 5-700lb rear more than once

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