LOL!! Either you guys are on all on drugs or I just stepped into an alternate reality where the words "semi-float" axle shaft and "good" are actually used in the same sentence. I mean, I suppose the next thing I'm gonna hear is that AMC 2-piece axle shafts and Dana 35 C-clips are all the rage! That is of course, so long as the word "Pro" is used to describe them!
While a bent axle flange is a real bummer, you know what else is a bummer??
How about being left high and dry when your semi-float shaft breaks on the trail.
Or having to get towed home on a flatbed after clipping a concrete block wall and breaking a semi-float shaft.
Or getting sent to the hospital with a broken neck after breaking a semi-float shaft and rolling 4 times into a ditch at 70 mph.
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Unlike a full-float axle that carries the weight of your Jeep on the axle housing leaving your shafts to just move your Jeep forward and back, a semi-float shaft has to do both. As in, if you break a shaft, the above examples WILL happen to you. In fact, the reason why I chose NOT to cover this new axle at SEMA is because I genuinely think they're a terrible idea. Even if these new shafts were the next best thing since sliced bread, there really is no need for one especially if you're just gonna run 37's. Now, if you're wanting one so that you can run 40's, the gear ratio you really NEED to be running are 5.38's and while the 60 can handle it, a 44 cannot. Hell, the JL 44 gears are bigger than the JK ones and Synergy still managed to break theirs on the JL/JTX and they were just running 37's.
If you're hell bent on running a 60 with your existing PR44, please do yourself a favor, save your money and buy a full float PR60. If you have neither and are wanting to run 40's, may I suggest you look into a set of Dana UD60's as they are about the same cost as a PR44 and this new ProFloat 60.
In spite of what some of you may choose to believe, I'm just trying to give you solid advice and based on my limited experience.