internation scout axles

[supercaution2000]

ok so my friend has about 4 scouts just sitting around at his house that i can take parts from axles included, im aware thet atleast some of them have 44s but i dont know what geers and if its the front or rear, or even both, i would love some help on this question as to what kind of axles and what years have them and the gears, and possibly any other good stuff that scouts have

 

[Red97XJ]

find a scout forum. They will know.

 

[awspence]

scout II axles are all dana 44s front and rear as far as i know, or at least the vast majority of them are.

the rear can be a good swap, but it is a couple inches narrower and has a larger 5 lug bolt pattern than your current axles, 5 on 5.5, both of which could be made up for by using spacer/adapters

also, it has a slightly offsett diff, only a couple inches, which some people see as a negative, but i like it for the fact that this makes both axleshafts the same length, so its only neccesary to carry one spare

fronts are a different story, they are good axles, the cj crowd loves them, but they are passenger drop, so without a lot of work are not much good for your xj

 

[xj-grin]

scout II axles are all dana 44s front and rear as far as i know, or at least the vast majority of them are.

the rear can be a good swap, but it is a couple inches narrower and has a larger 5 lug bolt pattern than your current axles, 5 on 5.5, both of which could be made up for by using spacer/adapters

also, it has a slightly offsett diff, only a couple inches, which some people see as a negative, but i like it for the fact that this makes both axleshafts the same length, so its only neccesary to carry one spare

fronts are a different story, they are good axles, the cj crowd loves them, but they are passenger drop, so without a lot of work are not much good for your xj

All true -- I ran a rear for a couple of years in my XJ before the 30 year old stock track-lok exploded. I did have minor vibes at highway speed from the offset, but nothing that really got your attention. The only other problem with the fronts not mentioned is that they have 0 caster until 1978, so the steering response sucks. The t-cases in those rigs will be either D20's or D300s. If one has a D300 and D44s (early scouts will have a D30 front), you could pick up the package and do a swap (turn those front knuckles though). Gearing will be either 3.54, 3.73 or 4.10. If it is 3.72 or 4.10 it will likely be with a tracklok, but from my experience stay the hell away from these older track-lok units -- you should see the quality (or lack) of the metal used in these things (it was painfully obvious when the carrier split in two...). Not only did I blow mine up, but a buddy did exactly the same in his binder a couple of years before...

 

[supercaution2000]

thanks for the help guys and sorry for being a newb but how will i know what geers the axles have and are dana 300 t cases better then a stock one to my 87 xj, and what do track lok units do

 

[xj-grin]

thanks for the help guys and sorry for being a newb but how will i know what geers the axles have and are dana 300 t cases better then a stock one to my 87 xj, and what do track lok units do

Track-loks are limited slip differential units -- traction control, but not a locker. The axles may have a tab on them indicating the gear ratio (i.e 41 11 = 3.73). D300s are solid gear driven cases, but are passenger side drop (as is a front scout axle), so won't work in an XJ unless you buy an expensive flip kit or are running a pass. drop axle -- not necessarily better than the stock NP231 for most applications...

 

[supercaution2000]

yeah i looked at them today and it confused me a bit to see the dif on the wrong side, so cancleing out the fronts i have 3 working d44 im just not sure if its worth it to get one for free and by new geers, or just buy a front and rear 44 off a old grand waggy for about 90 bucks each, and that brings up another thing, what geers do old waggys have?