if you want to get lockers as well id recommend detroit. but for the gears and bearings, yukon all the way.

 

heres my parts list so far

front

rear

carrier (i need two of these right?)

What else do i need, i wanna start buying some of this.

 

Don't forget to price in install kits if they aren't included with labor. I recommend saving up and grabbing lockers or at least limited slips carriers. You can have all the power in the world but a one tire fire ain't gonna get you far. As for gear quality, it all depends on the set up, I've seen gears from mopar, G2, yukon and us standard, all of them look exactly the same and perform the same task.

 

Why are you buying gears for a Jeep D44 REAR axle? Is that going to be the same as the Dodge D44 front?

Also, instead of replacing the carrier as well, you can get thick-cut gears, that will use the stock carrier.

 

First- I would go with the 4.56's.. I just installed them in my truck and its the best investment I could have made. Now that I did it, I know it was a much better choice than going with 4.11's bc I also was thinking of going that route. I now live in the city, in AZ so I do a lot of city/hwy driving and their great! Also when ordering all my parts needed to do the job, I did a crap load of researching to get quality parts for the best price. I am a single father so money is always tight but I didn't want to throw crappy parts in my truck either.. I personally don't think $2k is bad, that's a pretty "normal" price for a shop. They are removing/replacing all the races, bearings, shims, seals, the pinions, ring gears, setting up correct preload, backlash, pulling/re-installing axle shafts, driveshafts.. I'm just saying its a crapload of work man. A lot of people may not realize how much work is actually involved. The Dana 44 uses shims to set up backlash for the front axle and there is no book or manual that says- using this gear set up shims this way. Its- set up/install/test(run a pattern)/remove/adjust/install/test(run a pattern/remove/ set up final install. Its a lot of detail and as you stated you want quality work or you'll be lucky if you get 40k miles out of them. If you did the work yourself you need over a grand just in tools to be able to do it. In my opinion if its a quality shop that's a reasonable price! And since your running 35's I absolutely would go with 4.56! Hope this helps.. Ryan

 

@heyyou: i got the part numbers from yukon and it came up as the jeep gears for some reason on amazon idk. and thanks for letting me know about the thick cut gears, ill make sure ill let my shop know i wanna go with that.

thanks for all your guy's help, ill definitely be going with 4:56, that was always the idea. Besides if i ever go up to 37's ill be alright with 4:56. I do a lot of town driving mainly, and it would make driving this big brute a lot more enjoyable, not to mention help mrs 46re. Big red drives great but she hates hills with a passion, especially on the freeway, its a joke, im lucky to keep 45-50mph uphill in o/d, until i get fed up and ram in passing gear.