figured it out

OCD4B2 · Post by **OCD4B2** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:54 pm

well im lookin for d 44 with bolted radius arms not welded i'll be on the search. And by the way, i'm going to cut up the NINE inch not a d 44.

DBrown · Post by **DBrown** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:10 am

I think you misunderstood, the later D44 from fords have casted c wedegs instead of weld on. there is no tube in part of the axle it is a casted on end. but if you do get that axle you will have disk breaks and it will be full width.

you can use the BII drp pitman arm but you will need to run the D44 steering, it is set up different. you can have the passenger side radius arm wristed and save some money instead of buying the duff arms. besides you should get the factory arms with the axle anyway.

jeepsubmarine · Post by **jeepsubmarine** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:56 am

thanks for saying it better than i said dbrown, sometimes i talk and

anyways i bought a d44 awhile back, a older one, with cast c wedges and it had drum brakes. i ended up swaping out knuckles, spindles, and blah blah blah just to find out i couldnt cut those damn c wedges off.

that sucked

OCD4B2 · Post by **OCD4B2** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:22 pm

What year Dana 44 would u guys recomend?

FatMan · Post by **FatMan** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 12:42 am

late 60's early 70's. i think the 75-77 f-150 extended cab has what your looking for. you could find a f-250 leaf sprung d44 and buy the wedges from Duff.

DBrown · Post by **DBrown** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:26 am

agree, the only reason I would go with the cast wedge is if you were wanting to go full width and you planed to space out the coil buckets.

OCD4B2 · Post by **OCD4B2** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:11 pm

But i AM going full width

OCD4B2 · Post by **OCD4B2** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:12 pm

Would U guys recomend going and getting a full width diff from a later bronco?

DBrown · Post by **DBrown** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:19 pm

the one that I have is a 79 Bronco HP D44 and it already has disk breaks.
79 was the last year of the SA for fords unless you are talkingabout the larger FS PU's. the F150's went to TTB D44

OCD4B2 · Post by **OCD4B2** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:33 pm

Stupid TTB....u try to get away from it and it still hits u in the face.....well i guess I have to go old skewl then and hunt me down a dana 44....Have any of u guys known of a Dana 60 front end on a ford truck? I know gay ass chevy's have em

but the input is on the passengers side

wilber · Post by **wilber** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:47 pm

where are you from? i know of a few in wis, indiana area

OCD4B2 · Post by **OCD4B2** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:47 pm

I live in california

hell of a lot of jeeps here...we need more B 2's how much would u like for one

FatMan · Post by **FatMan** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:19 pm

your gonna pay a crap load but if you have the fund's go for it. d44's are plenty and cheap. hit the yard's up and look to see if you can find one with welded wegdes....

Phillippi · Post by **Phillippi** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:52 pm

Are you wanting to use a FS axle? If so then get a d44 from a f250 with leaves and weld on the c wedges like d-diesel said. Or cut down a 78-79 to EB width.

OCD4B2 · Post by **OCD4B2** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 12:20 am

Well i'm gonna go ahead and hit the yards on stauday and see if i can find me a full width differential. Oh yea deisel u find out yet about diffs in cali?