Do I have anything good?

[joshs1ofakindxj]

Well I did that thing again where I smile and wink then sing a sad song and someone gives me somthing free.

This time it got me a low pinion dana 44 front axle and a 9" rear end out of a 1974 brinco with a straight 6 300, 3 on the tree, and a dana 20.

I gave the t-case to my buddy for his bronco, I have the transmission but it's junk, and the motor was all there but I was told the block is cracked so I left it.

Anyways, the moral of the story is, I was wondering if these axles are any good. I have no use for them now but I'd like to know what I have. Obviously the drum brakes and the low pinion sucks but oh well.

That dana 44 low pinion brings the suck but at the least i've got a set of 44 shafts. Oh and I don't know whats going on with those hubs but they're the factory non-selectable and they like to just pop off the end piece and they seem sketchy.

Anyone know what gear ration these would be? I'm too lazy to go out in the snow and check.

Oh, and I've had enough fun driving my 89 XJ on the road. It's getting trailered now, even if it is grossly unneccessary. I'll hack the fenders and strap all kinds of lights to it to make it unable to pass inspection and justify it.

[MF Steve!]

LOL...it's a start. Throw that 9" under the XJ and find yourself an HP44 for the front. I swear...it won't kill ya to buy something expensive once in a while, Mr. Dealfinder! I think it's time for you to get some long arms man!

[joshs1ofakindxj]

ya, too bad they don't give away long arms. Maybe this summer when I get more time to fabricate. I'll make something up. thats for sure.

[joe_and_jeep]

The front 44 has the smaller 260 u-joints. So there no stronger than a D30. I think its the short side, the drivers side a F150 shaft will fit to give you 297 joints. Then you gotta go alloy for the passenger side.

[YZEATER]

and the motor was all there but I was told the block is cracked so I left it.

never leave anything, keep it for scrap. then you can buy parts later.

[DMG]

In 74 it may be a front 30.

[joshs1ofakindxj]

I'll look and see if it's a 30 or a 44.

YZEATER - The guy was scraping what I didn't take so I figured I would leave him enough to make it worth his money to haul it in. Also, me and a buddy loaded what we took into a truck by hand and there was no way we were lifting that motor block, haha.

[psychobilly]

Do I have anything good?

You have around 800lbs of steel worth 6-7 cents a pound. Probably not worth loading up.

[joshs1ofakindxj]

haha, thanks for being brutaly honest Bill.

[andrew2516]

ya, too bad they don't give away long arms.

Some places like doing that

[joshs1ofakindxj]

andrew, what are you talking about?


well I'm pretty sure that axle is a dana 44 since it has a 44 cover and not a dana 30 cover like on my xj.

[joshs1ofakindxj]

im confused. dana 30 or 44?

[YZEATER]

no. 1 prepared. $10 per 100 lbs.

[cjw94xk]

I wanna say that front is a 44. Wire wheel the tag and check...

[psychobilly]

no. 1 prepared. $10 per 100 lbs

Where I haul my scrap they have a seperate rate for axles and engines, its usually around 7 cents a pound or 7 bux a hundred.

I wanna say that front is a 44. Wire wheel the tag and check

Save yourself the time, its a dana 30. The king pins are a dead giveaway.

[psychobilly]

I see an old timken axle in that pile too that you could haul in with the bronco stuff. What did that dinosaur come out of?

[YZEATER]

Where I haul my scrap they have a seperate rate for axles and engines, its usually around 7 cents a pound or 7 bux a hundred.

no 1 , is heavy steel cut into 3' lengths. then there is a price for engines, and also mixed scrap such as transmissions.

[DMG]

In 74 it may be a front 30.

I saw something the other day that said 71 was the first year for the LP 44 so check the numbers on that thing.

[joshs1ofakindxj]

I see an old timken axle in that pile too that you could haul in with the bronco stuff. What did that dinosaur come out of?

It was the rear end in that half of a willys truck i found in a field.

[LBF]

Somewhere on the differential it should have a number cast into it. (44 = D-44, 30 = D-30, 50 = D-50, etc)

It is probably a D-44, but it could be a D-30.

You may have a potentially good axle there, but I'm having trouble remembering exactly... some years had the wedges for the radius arms cast onto the axle, some had removeable wedges. The removeable wedges are the desired axles.

Gear ratio could be just about anything... Ford has a habit of offering several gear choices in any particual model year for their trucks. If you can find an axle tag on it, it should specify what gear ratio, usually the bottom line, first three numbers for the metal tags that they put on a bolt for the diff cover. Other than that, you may have to do something like open the diff cover to find out the ratio.

[psychobilly]

It is probably a D-44

Nope, its a 30.

You may have a potentially good axle there

Even if it was a dana 44 it would still be a scrap axle. EB 44's bring the suck.

[andrew2516]

x2...The front is a 30

[jeepxj3]

Even if it was a dana 44 it would still be a scrap axle. EB 44's bring the suck.

care to explain...

[psychobilly]

care to explain...

I guess if I have too. The eb 44 has 260 joints, low pinion and shafts that neck to a diameter smaller than a dana 30 and almost all of them were drum brake. Sure you can fix all those things (short of the low pinion) but its a waste of time and money. Start with a high pinion 44 that already has discs, its a far better axle. Width is not an excuse to run EB junk either. Its easy to cut an axle and for that matter a full width with less offset wheels is a way better way to go. Less offset makes for less scrub radius, easier steering, stronger ball joints and longer lasting bearings. Its a no brainer. That 9" bronco rear deserves the same fate as that 30 front too. 28 spline 9's got nothing on a non c-clip dana 35. Unless you consider an even lower pinion, more weight and less ground clearance an upgrade.

[joshs1ofakindxj]

haha damn. well at least they were free haha. so I guess there isn't anything really worth keeping. a dana 30 carrier I'm not sure is good for anything and a dana 30 diferential cover and a set of gears for the 9" maybe.