What would you swap first, front or back axle?

[KYJ10]

I want to do one, but cant decide which. I have a 44 front and 20 rear. The wide trac 20 is suposed to fairly decent, but Ive heard the front 44 with our weighty rigs, is a bit small. And with the 360-wicnch-whinch bumper and T18, Im sure the front is much heaverier than it was originally witht the stock 258 and 176-stock bumper. Zac, I know your opinion, so dont reply!!!LOL Just kidding. Im starting to do some pretty hard wheelin. Bouncing up and down rocks and rutts. I just keep thinking that front is gonna snap. But wonder which I should do first? Thanks Dennis

[scotty]

id do the rear first. my frot is holding up ok,and im pretty hard on my rig. i swapped out the rear 44 cause it kept breaking. i can almost gaurantee youll break the rear m20 before you break the front 44.

my 14 bolt has given me an never before experienced amount of off road confidence smile.gif

im also running a t18,and my front bumper is heavy.

not saying dont eventually swap the front,but id definatly do the rear first.

[sandmanb]

swap out the rear first. then start looking for a front dana 60 or start gathering the parts for changing your front over to 8 lug. your front will be fine in the meantime.