A new, heavy-duty differential cover line for Dana 30, 35 and 44 axles are available from Alloy USA to help keep your gear oil where it's supposed to be. Suwanee, Ga. – Alloy USA® announced the release of its new line of Aluminum Differential Covers for the Dana 30, 35 and 44 differentials. Each cover is designed to help protect … [Read more...]
New Dana Axles at Old Jeep Plant Site
Site in Toledo, Ohio, Once Home to Original Jeep® Plant Filed under "Well, that seems fitting" Dana Holding Corporation has announced that it will open a new high-tech axle manufacturing facility in Toledo, Ohio on the site that was previously home to Willys-Overland Motors. The site has been cleared of the original factory buildings with the … [Read more...]
Broken Axle Housing Lessons
Clara was my 2009 Rubicon Unlimited, with C-gussets and lower control arm skids on her factory Dana 44 axle housing. She was wearing a 2.5” Teraflex suspension and factory BFG KM1’s at the time of the incident described here. “Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his … [Read more...]
RCV Performance Ultimate Dana 44 300M Steel Rear Axle Set for Jeep JK
RCV Performance Products has just released their Ultimate Dana 44 Rear Axle Set for Jeep JK. Manufactured with 300M alloy steel for ultra-high strength, stiffness, and high shock resistance, these axle shafts are specially designed for rock crawling and other high stress off-road applications. The 300M steel enables axles to transmit high torque … [Read more...]
Closer Look: 2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Moab Edition
After seeing the images online and pouring over the spec sheet, we were excited to finally get behind the wheel of the new 2013 Wrangler Unlimited Moab Edition. Marketed as a "rugged combination of capability and comfort", the Moab Edition is a trail ready Jeep you can drive straight off the dealer lot and head for the trails. The first thing you … [Read more...]
24 Hours of Exhaustion
For twenty years the Camel Trophy was the ultimate display of what 4-wheel drive vehicles could accomplish. From 1980 to 2000, Land Rovers and Range Rovers, in every conceivable spec, traversed some of the most daunting and challenging areas on earth for weeks at a time. Another hallmark of the events was the emphasis on teamwork and mental … [Read more...]
Jeep D30 to D44 on a Budget
For years many have said that I am running on borrowed time with the front axle in my CJ. The stock D30 has been in my CJ since I got it in 1997 with the only modification since then being the 4:10 gears installed a few years ago. I was told it would never hold up to the abuse it gets but it has never let me down. It was abused for several years … [Read more...]
Abbas Fahmy’s 1995 Jeep YJ
My ‘95 4.0L engine Wrangler is basically a YJ Wrangler as they know it elsewhere in the world (1987 - 1995), stretched from the 93.4 inches to 103 inches of wheelbase. … [Read more...]
Chrysler Group LLC Reveals “Moparized” Jeep Vehicles at Moab Easter Jeep Safari 2010
Mighty Mopar® Machines Arrive in Moab … [Read more...]