dana 44

rockready · Subject: dana 44 Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:51 pm

looking for a dana 44 for my jeep since i broke my dana 30 this weekend. found a couple on craigs list and ebay but still looking for a better deal.

xjcowboy · Posts: 12 Join date: 2009-03-25

Hey steve Ill keep an eye out for one when I go to the JY. Any particular donor vehicle? Let me know.

Matt in the green xj.

rockready · Subject: Re: dana 44 Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:24 pm

just so it a direct bolt on. but i need aq job first i promised the wife i would wait until i get a job to buy one. i found one with 4-10 gears ready to bolt on for $1056.

xjcowboy · Posts: 12 Join date: 2009-03-25

Okay so you dont want to put the brackets on then. Good luck finding a job too I know nobody is hiring around here.

Safari · Subject: Re: dana 44 Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:04 pm

Check out this post on Jeeps R Us:

http://www.jeepsrus.org/megabbs/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=2349&posts=6

Feonix1123 · Subject: Re: dana 44 Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:54 pm

I dont know whats your setup but i have a dana 44 with 3:55 stock it would be Radius Setup though and a drivers drop. Its off a 89 ford Bronco i bought it for my EX and i cleaned her up and i took pass side knuckle and hubs off to start rebuilding her. But i just got a great deal on another one so i could go 3 link and not just Radius Setup. Any questions pm or email me

Feonix1123@aol.com

rockready · Subject: Re: dana 44 Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:05 am

sorry i thought i up dated this post but i guess i didnt. i got a rubi front dana 44. but the inner seals are leaking so i got to tear it apart.

yrflu · Posts: 170 Join date: 2009-07-20 Location: Annapolis, MD

rockready wrote:

sorry i thought i up dated this post but i guess i didnt. i got a rubi front dana 44. but the inner seals are leaking so i got to tear it apart.

If that is a front Rubicon d44. I would avoid it at all costs. The front rubi 44 is really a d34. The knuckles are from a d30. So the outer shafts are the same that you have now. Maybe not avoid it at all costs, but Carry spare shafts. And lots of u joints. affraid

But with that said, that is what I have. I have not had any issues yet.

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rockready · Subject: Re: dana 44 Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:23 pm

i new buying it that it was not exactly a dana 44 meaning i new i took dana 30 outers and stuff. but i figured that it would be easier to find parts for it considering i wouldnt have to get shafts cut down and things like that. im running 36's and posibily 38 in the future. remember its not a daily driver. just a trailer queen.

yrflu · Posts: 170 Join date: 2009-07-20 Location: Annapolis, MD

If you dont mind making your wallet lighter, you can get Mopar built BUILT axles. They sell the rubicon axles. But they are true d44's. And you can custom order it. Shafts, gears, lockers. And I believe you can get them with the specific brackets on it. And it comes with a Warranty.

They are JK axles. I would have gone that way had I kept my CJ.

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Feonix1123 · Subject: Re: dana 44 Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:57 am

Feonix1123 wrote:

I dont know whats your setup but i have a dana 44 with 3:55 stock it would be Radius Setup though and a drivers drop. Its off a 78 ford Bronco i bought it for my EX and i cleaned her up and i took pass side knuckle and hubs off to start rebuilding her. But i just got a great deal on another one so i could go 3 link and not just Radius Setup. Any questions pm or email me

Feonix1123@aol.com

Sorry im a screw up i had to update my post its a 1978 ford bronco axle

Sorry

rockready · Subject: Re: dana 44 Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:36 pm

well once something breaks ill up grade. but i dont see breaking inner shafts. maybe outersand u-joints. but it came with my gear ratio an air locker. direct bolt on. delivered for 1,600. to get one built. it would have been a F250 front axle cut down. cut down and resplined shafts with locker 1 ton ball joints and tie rods, axle conversion it was all together about 4k so i thought if i break something every know and then it would be worth it. beside like you said i havent herd of people breaking it. unless they were doing something completly wrong.