holeshot

hey guys! I was eyeballing these axles this morning and I tried to find usefull reviews on them but found nada. So I thought some of the guys here could have something interresting to say about it.

I actually have rubicon housings under my sport, front is gusseted and sleeved, and is holding up fairly well until now, but I might want to upgrade in a far future I'd get both front and rear Core 44, 4.88 ratio with ARB locker and 35 spline axle shafts.

So anyone bought them or seen them at work? They are fairly interresting, especially that they come fully assembled

JE8154

There are better options available at a similar price point. Why are you considering replacing the rubicon housings?

holeshot

well, just to get something more "bullet proof", and to have the peace of mind.

Invest2m4

If you can break your current housing, you need to step up to big boy axles. The G2 housing is maybe fractionally stronger than your beefed 44. Bad use of money, but it's your money.

JE8154

If you're staying on 35's, unless you're beating the piss out of it every week you should be fine on what you have.

holeshot

well, I don't think I would ever break it, I wheel more with my head than my foot. But I will jump to 37's on my next tire set, I know my beefed 44 could do it but I think I'm better upgrading to fixing broken stuff.

JE8154

there's better options out there for about the same money. If you're not going to jump to 60's I'd look at dynatrac or teraflex before g2

Invest2m4

How is a different 44 any stronger?

JE8154

Like you said earlier, it's not a great use of money. An aftermarket housing is going to be stronger in areas that aren't really an issue. If he's set on spending the money there are other options. G2 is less than impressive. Aluminum diff covers that appear that you can't replace, caster correction only above 4" of lift, etc.

nthinuf

Haven't looked at the differences in the brackets/C's between dyna/tera/g2, but they have different tube specs.

Stock
Outer Diameter - 2.5"
Wall Thickness - 1/4" (.25)

PR44
Outer Diameter - 3.0"
Wall Thickness - 5/16" (.3125)

PR44-Unlimited
Outer Diameter - 3.0"
Wall Thickness - 1/2" (.50)

Tera 30/44
Outer Diameter - 3.25"
Wall Thickness - 1/4" (.25)

G2
Outer Diameter - 3.00"
Wall Thickness - 1/4" (.25)

The G2 housing seems to be the weakest of the three aftermarket housings, but still a bit stronger than an un-modified stock housing.


A discussion on the comparison between a gusseted/sleeved/trussed stock housing to any of these is way beyond me, but I assume the end forgings on a PR are stronger than a gusseted stock C, and a 3.0" x 1/2" tube is stronger overall than an 'inner sleeved' stock tube just based on seeing posts here about sleeved stock housings shattering or bending.