Thoughts on just running no slinger at all and just running pinion depth shims? I feel like the slinging of the gear oil off the pinion head itself may be adequate enough.
Another question, do you have a preference to using Dana 50 gears or JK Dana 44 gears when upgrading a Ford hp Dana 44? Your site says they're both about a 44% increase in strength. Are they both 5 cut gear sets? Or is the newer jk Dana 44 2 cut?
i read somewhere that all aftermarket ring and pinion gears are 2 cut. ive never had a jk gear set next to a ford gear set but they cant be much different i would stay stock or go dana 50 gears
@@motoboggin2619 yup. Imo most aftermarket gear sets I have seen are the old school 5 cut. It's an extremely expensive machining process so I'm assuming rather than get new equipment they just make 5 cut gears. On the other hand most all OEM brand name manufacture gears are the more modern 2 cut. I've Come to the conclusion there's no difference in strength. 5 cut gears set up cleaner imo
@@motoboggin2619 the jk Dana 44 uses a much larger pinion shaft. Absolutely won't work In a old school Dana 44 housing without the conversion bearings and clerancing the housing for the pinion slinger. I trust Mr. Jantz so using the conversion kit for the Dana 50 or JK 44 will both be about the same increase in strength.
@@lol123321123321 i wonder if the conversion bearings are weaker or failure prone, secondly i wonder if the housing between the pinion bearings is now the weakest link, probably not but id hate to find out.
Thoughts on just running no slinger at all and just running pinion depth shims? I feel like the slinging of the gear oil off the pinion head itself may be adequate enough.
Another question, do you have a preference to using Dana 50 gears or JK Dana 44 gears when upgrading a Ford hp Dana 44? Your site says they're both about a 44% increase in strength. Are they both 5 cut gear sets? Or is the newer jk Dana 44 2 cut?
i read somewhere that all aftermarket ring and pinion gears are 2 cut. ive never had a jk gear set next to a ford gear set but they cant be much different i would stay stock or go dana 50 gears
@@motoboggin2619 yup. Imo most aftermarket gear sets I have seen are the old school 5 cut. It's an extremely expensive machining process so I'm assuming rather than get new equipment they just make 5 cut gears. On the other hand most all OEM brand name manufacture gears are the more modern 2 cut. I've Come to the conclusion there's no difference in strength. 5 cut gears set up cleaner imo
@@motoboggin2619 the jk Dana 44 uses a much larger pinion shaft. Absolutely won't work In a old school Dana 44 housing without the conversion bearings and clerancing the housing for the pinion slinger. I trust Mr. Jantz so using the conversion kit for the Dana 50 or JK 44 will both be about the same increase in strength.
@@lol123321123321 i wonder if the conversion bearings are weaker or failure prone, secondly i wonder if the housing between the pinion bearings is now the weakest link, probably not but id hate to find out.