Day 13: Front '74 Wagoneer Dana 44 taredown!
Breaking front dana 44 down so I can order parts. Undecided if I will do a Detroit Locker for her or keep it mild since my wife wont be doing in rock crawling.
So I might do 4.10 gear ratio,3.92 and up carrier set with the chromoly axle shafts. Bearings,seal,races and so forth.
One major thing about the front axle hubs is, They are currently a 6 bolt lug. I have to convert it to a 5x5.5 so it will have the CJ bolt pattern for a wide variety of wheels.
To do that, I have to swap all spindles and hubs from my dana 30 which will bolt right up. And use the Waggy calipers and caliper brackets.
Now that I have it all broke down to this point. Pop those 4 bolts off,take out carrier and bearings(keep spider gears for the new carrier) and then send housing off to powdercoat.
Next I will get my full parts list together and break down the ScoutII rear dana 44 so I can get those axles swapped,rear carrier,gears and so forth as the front. As you know the gears have to match front and rear.
Breaking front dana 44 down so I can order parts. Undecided if I will do a Detroit Locker for her or keep it mild since my wife wont be doing in rock crawling.
So I might do 4.10 gear ratio,3.92 and up carrier set with the chromoly axle shafts. Bearings,seal,races and so forth.
One major thing about the front axle hubs is, They are currently a 6 bolt lug. I have to convert it to a 5x5.5 so it will have the CJ bolt pattern for a wide variety of wheels.
To do that, I have to swap all spindles and hubs from my dana 30 which will bolt right up. And use the Waggy calipers and caliper brackets.
Now that I have it all broke down to this point. Pop those 4 bolts off,take out carrier and bearings(keep spider gears for the new carrier) and then send housing off to powdercoat.
Next I will get my full parts list together and break down the ScoutII rear dana 44 so I can get those axles swapped,rear carrier,gears and so forth as the front. As you know the gears have to match front and rear.
