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I personally like the idea of the HP44 front axle, but it is likely more work to make a custom one versus bolting on a few things to the D30.
I've never heard of the D44 having a "bad knuckle design that is hard on parts"???? Anybody care to elaborate? Both the D30 and D44 have the standard balljoint style knuckles of the same basic design from what I can tell, just that the D44 is bigger.
In regards to the comment of needing a new spindle if you grenade a shaft in a D44......well, maybe sometimes if it is a stub shaft (about equal chance to break the u-joint, stub, or inner shaft) and a spectacular breakage. I've seen a couple of D44 stubs break on the trail and you could just pull it out and put a spare in with no spindle damage, but it can damage the spindle sometimes.
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