89 Waggy D44, driver drop, housing and RE bracket kit

Skullver

Still Flailing
Location
Ventura,CA
A waggy front D44 housing w/knuckles, no guts except bearing caps, one perch and trackbar mount cut off, and a RE front bracket kit complete minus the sway bar end links, would like to get $450, you weld the brackets on. Come and get it in Ventura, 93001. I'll get pics later
 
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finially going to get rid of it huh?
 
I was surprised to see a 2 totally complete waggys w/ driver drop axles at the pick-a-part Sunday, one at beach blvd. and one at Wilmington. 1/2 off day too.
 
thats not a bad deal at all, shit that re bracket kit isnt much less than what your asking for both.......shit i get my tax return tomorrow.....i wont do it. i gotta go before i spend some more $$
 
ROBERTK said:
finially going to get rid of it huh?
yup, just don't have the time to build it, and I don't really think it is necessary for my application, oil pan clearance/weight, I have that Chromo D30, keeping it open so strength shouldn't be an issue, and i really need to cut back some weight, if it breaks the 4K lb mark the cage will need to be minimum 2"x.120" dom. The RE bracket kit is about $450 shipped so this is a good deal, need the money and the room, hoping to be ready by august:

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Hey chris would you just sell me the bracket kit?
 
swbooking said:
Hey chris would you just sell me the bracket kit?
not quite yet, sorry, just seems like a good package deal and that waggy has been tempting my time, want it gone before I do something drastic:)
 
haha i figured, ill probably just end up building those brackets thanks let me know if you do decide to.
 
So why isn't someone jumping on this? Is it not a good deal? What else would it take to get this working in an XJ/TJ besides the obvious welding, internals and such? What is meant by the "oil pan clearance/weight" comment? Will it interfere w/ the oil pan for some reason?
Sorry for all the technical questions in here but I am curious and uneducated about this? Please educate me.
 
jjmat3 said:
So why isn't someone jumping on this? Is it not a good deal? What else would it take to get this working in an XJ/TJ besides the obvious welding, internals and such? What is meant by the "oil pan clearance/weight" comment? Will it interfere w/ the oil pan for some reason?
Sorry for all the technical questions in here but I am curious and uneducated about this? Please educate me.
it was going to be for a jeepspeed, we can only have 10" of front travel so we were opting to start with more compression than rebound, 6 up 4 down, this would probably(not sure but was told it may) interfere with the oil pan so i am opting to sell it and go with he D30 to assure it will clear, got too much other stuff to do, weight is also a big factor for my rig so that is the other reason i am opting with the D30, other than that it is a very common XJ swap, ford outer knuckles can be used to get 5x5.5" I believe and high steer? never really got in depth as I heard clearance for jeepspeed may be an issue, the D30 will be kept open so strength shouldn't be an issue for me.

crawlers tend to have way more droop than compression
the reason nobody is jumping on it is I live sort of far away from the general naxja population possibly, a guy on pirate want me to ship it to him, would rather somebody local naxja would take it
 
More newb questions. This is a high pinion front end correct? Is it the same width as an XJ D30? I am interested in eventually moving to a better front axle but not sure if this is more work than I should get involved in.
I also wouldn't be able to get out to see it/pick it up until some time in May.
 
jjmat3 said:
More newb questions. This is a high pinion front end correct? Is it the same width as an XJ D30? I am interested in eventually moving to a better front axle but not sure if this is more work than I should get involved in.
I also wouldn't be able to get out to see it/pick it up until some time in May.
low pinion, 1/2" narrower than stock. most ford high pinion fronts are wide, some narrow them or run both F/R full width set, definitely more work than a waggy, a popular swap because the width is the same as xj, you can get shafts etc easily, not sure on all the methods combos as I never really touched it but 53guy built one up recently i believe, search around for his write-up. i'll answer any questions i have but i never really got into it so limited knowledge, but really i think you waould have to weld the brackets on, get shafts locker/carrier, gears, get some ford(??) outer knuckles and stub shafts to get5x5.5"? not sure but doesn't seem like a huge deal depending on resources
 
GrimmJeeper said:
i think its sitting upside down? the nuts holding the ball joints are supposed to be on the top right?

I'm an idiot..
 
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ROBERTK said:
Nope the bottom. But I think its a mirrored image.
nope, on the top as the ball joints are pressed into the outer knuckles and go through the inners as opposed to the ball joints pressed into the inner c-s on the D30, it is upside down, SUA, not mirrored. let me get a pic and upload it etc.
 
now it is correct side up

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and damn is it a beautiful day, i may have to start drinking beer here really soon, work is just not any fun today
 
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