I was not saying those axles are bad I was just stating what the truck came with. For your aplication that d60 would be fine or you could sell it down the road and still get a lot of money for it.

Doug why whould use loose your rim and tire if you blow a u-joint? and the axle is nothing like having a d44 it is stronger even with the ball joints.

I can tell you about as many problems with dodge and chevy as
I can with ford. They all have problems and all the parts are expensive on a deisel compared to a gas engine.

My truck has 100000 miles on it and all that has gone wrong in the last 2 years is a water pump and now the hydroboost is leaking.