Only seen one d44 tj knuckle snap the arm off it. was on 35"s and hydro assisted that was under some real strain in rocks.

d30? i would think axle shafts would be the fail point. D44 as well.

 

Only seen one d44 tj knuckle snap the arm off it. was on 35"s and hydro assisted that was under some real strain in rocks.

d30? i would think axle shafts would be the fail point. D44 as well.

It has a D30 HP with chromoly shafts. I don't plan on installing a hydro assist for the very reason you mentioned above. Even with hydro I would have thought the knuckles could handle that, but obviously not.

When in a bind I try not to force anything, not that I baby the jeep, but do think about the long game (getting out without breakage)

 

Are you putting a different axle in? Reid hasn’t made the tj knuckles for quite a while.


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I did not know that. Was planning to keep the current axle.

 

I wouldn't spend the money on a Dana 30. Stock knuckles are cheap and plentiful if something ever happened.
If rock crawling is your game, I would invest in an axle that will offer years of worry free service.

 

Years ago when i checked on D30/TJ44 knuckles Reid stopped making them and they only had one of the sides available. Not sure why they still list them on their website but they apparently did not sell well.