Johann
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Near Raleigh
Hey all found a bare housing semi locally that has cut and turned knuckles. Decent price. My brain is swimming with D44 factoids and I want to make sure I am heading in the right direction.
Here is his detailed response to my questions. Questions follow the quote
"Ok, here goes, it is from a 76' ford f-250. it is standard pinion, standard
cut gears. It was cut at the knuckles and pressed, and I had the pinion
turned up 10 degrees when that was done to make the standard pinion very
usable. It has the cast leaf spring pad on the driver side, but an
aftermarket perch on the passenger side. Yes both sides will need custom
axle shafts if you are looking to do aftermarket or have spare shafts. The
shafts now are cut down stock shafts, but are plenty strong, ran 37 inch
boggers for a year and never had a problem. No hubs, no outers, hubs are
everywhere for nothing. I would recommend building the outers with chevy
parts, then everything will be brand new for less than the cost of a d44 old
and all together. It will include tie rod, and a drag link for a jeep (a
jeep w/ crossover steering)"
How much of a $ pain is it to get shafts cut down to have spares? I'd want to have them on hand since they would be custom dealies. I'm only running 33's (at the moment) so I'm not sure how much breakage I'll have.
Is this one of the years with the cast spring pads that interupt the axle tube or is that just 78+
I have a d300 that is flat clocked and tucked WAY up there. Will the standard pinion give me issues I can't work around? I really don't want to unclock it if I don't have to.
Right now it is set up for a YJ so I'd have to convert over to the coil/Long arm I have on my rig.
Anyone else see issues I have neglected? I want to go into this with my eyes open
Thanks all
Here is his detailed response to my questions. Questions follow the quote
"Ok, here goes, it is from a 76' ford f-250. it is standard pinion, standard
cut gears. It was cut at the knuckles and pressed, and I had the pinion
turned up 10 degrees when that was done to make the standard pinion very
usable. It has the cast leaf spring pad on the driver side, but an
aftermarket perch on the passenger side. Yes both sides will need custom
axle shafts if you are looking to do aftermarket or have spare shafts. The
shafts now are cut down stock shafts, but are plenty strong, ran 37 inch
boggers for a year and never had a problem. No hubs, no outers, hubs are
everywhere for nothing. I would recommend building the outers with chevy
parts, then everything will be brand new for less than the cost of a d44 old
and all together. It will include tie rod, and a drag link for a jeep (a
jeep w/ crossover steering)"
How much of a $ pain is it to get shafts cut down to have spares? I'd want to have them on hand since they would be custom dealies. I'm only running 33's (at the moment) so I'm not sure how much breakage I'll have.
Is this one of the years with the cast spring pads that interupt the axle tube or is that just 78+
I have a d300 that is flat clocked and tucked WAY up there. Will the standard pinion give me issues I can't work around? I really don't want to unclock it if I don't have to.
Right now it is set up for a YJ so I'd have to convert over to the coil/Long arm I have on my rig.
Anyone else see issues I have neglected? I want to go into this with my eyes open
Thanks all