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I decided to start a new thread because my question is leading down a different path than the Spyntec thread.

I'm in the process of finishing the build on my front axle, and have almost all the parts ready to go once I get the housing back from my buddy who's doing the cut & turn. Probably going to tackle this in early July once I'm back from the 3,000 mile family roadtrip/summer vacation, just to keep marital tranquility in the house in the event something doesn't go right the first time. :shitstorm:

I was researching Reid knuckles as my final purchase, having chosen against the Spyntech conversion last night for cost, parts availability, and some reliability questions.

Then it hit me: why not go at this a different way? Get a D44 knuckle for a Ford like this one, and put Ford brakes/hubs/etc on it? Oh yeah - the speed sensor.

Back in the CJ days I had a 40-tooth reluctor ring machined & machined/ Tig Welded a boss into the tailshaft of a Dana 300 to allow an EFI computer to be happy. I'm wondering if there's a way to do that on the JK, have a couple spare rings made, and use factory JK ABS wheel speed sensors?

Has anyone looked into this? You'd get lockout hubs, 90% factory parts (100% on all the critical ones like hubs, lockouts, bearings, spindles & seals). It shouldn't be more than a few hundred $$ more than the factory Ford parts to get it done.

I'd need to get my hands on the knuckles-out assembly to see how feasible it would be. Has anyone gone down this path & ruled it out? Search turned up nothing.

 

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It's definitely not a strength play. It's the lockouts. If there is a path, it could also be a cost savings for big brake upgrade, but I don't know that yet. There will be a cost increase for the machining work, but that's a one-time charge. Other than the tone rings, the cost should be close to a wash. Knuckles are what they are. Spindles & Bearings & Hubs are a little more than unit bearings, but you're buying lockouts. Axles are what they are.

I'm an old school Jeeper as you know. It took me a while before I could accept a minivan motor & plastic dashboard as a Jeep. I'd at least love to have my lockouts back, but not at the expense of reliability or parts availability.

 

[Jeep2.0]

Swapping inner C's is easy - we're doing a cut & turn now. The reluctor ring and sensor placement may be the deal breaker.


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Do you have stock cross-reference PN's for most of the parts? Glad you're happy - some are, some are mixed & some are heck no. For a small sample size of less than a dozen folks on this board, that's pretty mixed overall, dontcha think?