janderson4010
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i don't know man, for the 8.8 the change from 4.56 to 4.88 should be a very negligible change in terms of strength, but the jump to 5.13 is where it makes a significantly smaller ring gear.
we run 60's out here a lot more than the popular hybrid 9 in axles that seem to be really popular elsewhere in the country, my buddies truck horton for example has a shaved 14 bolt in the rear, and a bone stock 60 in the front(with the exception of the detroit locker) and he runs 42's all day with almost no breakage ever. he had 44's on but was always paranoid about breaking stuff, even though he almost never did. and thats in a pretty heavy rig, at just about 5700 lbs. when we start talking about a vehicle that is 2000 lbs lighter i would have 0 problem running a stock 60 with 44's on mine, yeah i would have 0 problem with that hahahaha . now im posting to your thread and getting ideas again!
we run 60's out here a lot more than the popular hybrid 9 in axles that seem to be really popular elsewhere in the country, my buddies truck horton for example has a shaved 14 bolt in the rear, and a bone stock 60 in the front(with the exception of the detroit locker) and he runs 42's all day with almost no breakage ever. he had 44's on but was always paranoid about breaking stuff, even though he almost never did. and thats in a pretty heavy rig, at just about 5700 lbs. when we start talking about a vehicle that is 2000 lbs lighter i would have 0 problem running a stock 60 with 44's on mine, yeah i would have 0 problem with that hahahaha . now im posting to your thread and getting ideas again!