The numbers speak. An 8.8 with upgraded axles is stronger then a stock 60.

I keep reading in this post about the c clip being weaker, but it isn't weaker. The only disadvantage with c clips is if you break an axle the c clip axle maybe harder to change than the bolt in axle. I've only changed two bolt in style axles where I didn't have to pull the differential cover to remove broken pieces from the locker anyway. It takes between 35-50 minutes to change a c clip axle and depending on whether or not you have to pull the diff cover on the bolt in axle 25-35 minutes to change the shaft. So it just isn't that big of a deal.

Ya If you have a spare axle with you I would go either or. C clip axles are pretty easy to change. The reason my mustang buddy had eliminators is because they were required for the class he was racing for safety.

With either type axle you'll have to carry spares when you wheel. I've seen to many guys try driving on broken axles and trash their diffs when the broken pieces tear crap up.
You move the rig to someplace safe ( winch it not drive it ) and then you change the shaft.
You don't limp it home, unless you've got money to waste for new bearings and lockers.

negative... Not in a million years... Lol...


And c-clips are undesired because if you snap a axle the whole wheel, tire, and all falls out... Not matter of strength... Its a matter of getting out of harms way...

Look at the numbers. You can get 35 spline axles for the 8.8 too.

Never seen a one piece axle just fall out in over 35 years of wheeling. Not saying it can not happen, just saying that it isn't something that happens very often, unless you try to keep driving on it.

The reason these seem conservative is these are yield strength numbers not breaking strength numbers. In other words the amount of pressure to twist the shafts not break the shafts.

They compared it to a semi float dana 60 man... And even then i dont believe a dang thing 4 wheel magazine says lol... They get proven wrong time and time again... All the magazines do... Heck they got like two pages dedicated to people correcting them!

Go on you tube even... Plenty of videos of jeeps busting c clip dana 35's and the whole dang wheel, tire, and rest of the axle shaft fall out... Heck ive even replaced a axle in a wrangler getting towed begind a RV because of this... Grinded the tube in half...

And also im talking the whole axle... Not just the shafts...

We could argue this all day really... I dont really care to anymore... Take it easy...

those numbers were tested by Warn, not the magazine. they magazine just published the numbers.

I don't see how 700 HP 3200lbs and slicks lie.

OK, maybe I need to back up some, yes a bolt in axle is generally more desirable than a c clip axle.
With that being said the c clip axle isn't weaker just because it is a c clip axle. When an axle breaks, it breaks at the weakest point which is the spline area, and it takes time for the broken axle shaft to walk out of the axle tube it doesn't jump out of the tube.
So just stop and winch the rig to somewhere safe and change the axle shaft.

Correct... Never claimed they were weaker because of the cclips... Someone else may have i dunno... I said less desirable but like already said just buy the kit... There a great axle for a cherokee dont get me wrong... But in the offroad world a dana 60 is more desired... Dont really care about what they are to guys in a mustang...

personally i would rather an 8.8 with a cclip eliminator in a jeep vs a SF D60. Its not expensive for me to carry a handful of spare shafts and some fluid. My truck came stock with the 28 spline and its going to a sterling 10.25 looked at a D60 rear in it and its not worth it to have to build a D60 to match the stock performance of a sterling. It also barely offered improvements vs the 8.8.