Beefed Up Dana 35s or Danna 44s

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• #3

74-79 wagons, 74-79 Cherokee narrow track.

• #7

Those Ford axles will be driver side drop, so unless you want to deal with all the headaches that would entail, I would stick to passenger drop options. For a spring-under passenger drop front axle, there are really only two Dana 44 options as far as I know. Earlier FSJ stuff and IH scout. Everything else will be spring-over or driver drop, unless I am forgetting something. One possible interesting alternative for rear axle is the Isuzu Rodeo which has the same six lug pattern as FSJ and was available with disc brakes in some years.

• #10

Look at Ford 9".
Currie Enterprises
LG

I'm also a big fan of the Ford 9" components............which can easily be made to match or exceed D-60 strength at a fraction of the weight while still running conventional 5 lug wheels and brakes...........Industry support for the 9" mirrors that of the SBC.

Speaking of Brakes.......when you get anything bigger than 35" tires you also need to upgrade your brake system..........

As far as Axle Width

you should really do your homework there

as full width axles are really a PITA for most street and trail Jeeps......... including there installation!

Your 84 has wide tracks under it now at 56" front and 54.5" rear WMS Anything over 60"-62" WMS even with a positive offset wheels will be really wide........

• #12

Did you even look at the link I post'd?
Currie can put it where-ever you want.
The std shoe brakes are 11''X2.5" on the rear Currie

LG

• #14

Call'em-They can work with you.
LG

• #15

what are you going to do with your stock w/t axles? interested in selling them to a fellow texan?

• #16

ive had good luck in the past with a dana 60 front axel from a ford f250 (still has locking hubs) and a GM corporate 14 bolt rear axel its a decent set up but u have to search most dana 60's from ford are driver side drop. you can find dana 50's which are the same as the 60 for the most part but pass side drop they are in older f250s & 350's 99-03 all dana 50's are high pinon axels with metric bolt pattern but are usually cheap and plentiful in the junk yards.

• #17

ive had good luck in the past with a dana 60 front axel from a ford f250 (still has locking hubs) and a GM corporate 14 bolt rear axel its a decent set up but u have to search most dana 60's from ford are driver side drop. you can find dana 50's which are the same as the 60 for the most part but pass side drop they are in older f250s & 350's 99-03 all dana 50's are high pinon axels with metric bolt pattern but are usually cheap and plentiful in the junk yards.

Thread is almost 2 years old, however....

ALL Ford front axles are driver side drops, including the D50s. If you have a passenger drop out of a Ford, then it was either swapped into the Ford (either with a psd tcase or was not connected), or it was re-tubed.

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Thread is almost 2 years old, however....

ALL Ford front axles are driver side drops, including the D50s. If you have a passenger drop out of a Ford, then it was either swapped into the Ford (either with a psd tcase or was not connected), or it was re-tubed.

could have been a swap ill look into it as for the old thread part i looked at the date on the poster b4 me not the first my bad

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