binderbart
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Going to pull a rear axle out of a 87-89 cherokee tomorrow for $50, are all of them dana 44's in that year range? from the searching I've done I would say yes.
That's why I would use a scout axle, I have 8 axle shafts sitting on the shelf right now, and I got about 4 sets of scout axles (front and rear) sitting too. I have a lot of scout parts, I own 3 scouts. the scout dana44 is a full floater, and that is nice.ren said:Just remember that the Scout is getting hard to find 'shafts for also...( sux, don't it-damd' if you do, damd' if you dont.) I would personally go look and if I found the D44, take it, change the seals, gears if I had to, and then run it.
So, alas, did mine.ManBearPig said:my 87 had the d35
Matthew Currie said:So, alas, did mine.
I had a couple of Scout 800's. The 44's on those were not full floaters, but 3/4, although they had a nutted hub on a taper. But they were definitely not full. I have one of those axles right now with its innards out, serving as a cement mixer trailer.
edited to add I think the bigger size Scout II "Terra" used full floaters.
Ah,. let's drift this thread to Scout nostalgia....Mine had the Powr-lok. Made a funny clank when you started up and those spider gears climbed up the ramps, but it really did lock. Fantastic snow plowing vehicle. Once upon a time I did that as a part time job. The only time I ever stuck it was in the historic blizzard of 1978 (the New England version) when I hit a drift, the plow lifted, and I ended up with all four wheels off the ground. That was a very long day.binderbart said:correct, the scout II, 71 and up had the dana 44 full floaters, 73 and older was a greased rear bearing, 74 and new was 90w lubed, also, a lot of the scout II dana 44 came with a factory trash lock in it, and this carrier will not accept a aussie or lock rite locker.
maybe I'm refering to it wrong, to me , a full floater is a axle, that if you snap a axle shaft, it will stay put and not slide out like the horseshoe clip chevy axles. maybe semi full is the correct wording.Eliminator89 said:Scout D44s full floaters? I don't think so. They are semi-floaters for sure. Don't wanna believe? Head over to the Binder Bulletin website and ask. I've had 3 Scouts, 72, 74, 80. All semi-floaters, everyone I knew that had a Scout had semi-floaters, every Scout I've seen had a semi-floater. Never seen, nor ever even heard of, a Scout with a full-floater. I know there is a full-floater kit availble. Not from the factory though.
MoFo said:This crap of where to find a Dana 44 rear gets old. I own two 87 XJs that have Dana 44 axles from the factory. Both of them have trailer hitches, but neither of them were facory towing packages.