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Price Drop 73-80 Chevy Dana 44 - 3 link, truss, full hydro - $75

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3/4 ton passenger drop Dana 44 axle housing. 52.5" from upper ball joint to upper ball joint. Trussed and set up for full hydro steering, also has d-ring for suck down winch. No outers so you can install the knuckles and spindles of your choosing. All brackets are 3/16" thick except for limit strap tabs that are 1/8" thick. Lower link mounts are set up for 2.625 width joints. Upper link joint is 2" wide. Panhard mount is 2" inside. Shock mounts are 1.25" inside. Inner axle seals are in good condition. Ruffstuff 3/8" diff cover is included. Center section will need some repair by cast spring perch. Prior to link installation previous owner decided to grind out the diff housing to create an area to install spring plate studs and they got into the interior of the housing. They had it JB welded and I removed that to see what was going on. This axle was definitely not from a mall crawler, and the JB weld was still in place, no cracking or anything at the housing underneath so to my amazement it's evidently a non issue. That being said, if I were going to run it I would weld some material back into the housing but JB weld got it this far so who knows.

The axle had a welded 30 spline differential installed. Bearings and races appear to be in good shape. Needs a ring and pinion of your gearing choice. It had 4.10s in it originally.

Diff cover - $40 shipped
Bare Housing - $50
Welded 30 spline carrier - $25

Located in Spring Hill, TN 37174.

Thanks,
Jesse
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The 4340 shafts have the welded in U-joint caps? Is it really possible to replace or rebuild the joint?
 
Blue85 said:
The 4340 shafts have the welded in U-joint caps? Is it really possible to replace or rebuild the joint?
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The shafts with the super joints aren't welded and they are chromoly inner and outer. The one spare long side chromoly inner/outer shaft has the joint cap welded to the outer so you could just replace the outer and keep it as a trail spare. The outers are a lot cheaper than the inners.
 
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Prices in original post lowered AGAIN, not going to find this stuff much cheaper anywhere else.
 
High steer arms sold, original post updated with remaining items and prices dropped again.
 
truck-oholic said:
Lastly, this axle came with some chromoly axle shafts with Yukon Super Joints. The long side shaft is 46" overall and the short side is 26" overall. The inner long side shaft is 36" and stamped 116 on the end and 11HS02 on the ear. The inner short side shaft is 16" and stamped 112 on the end and 9H04 on the ear. The long side outer is in good condition but the short side outer is broken and needs replacing. The super joints are in good used condition but will need some grease zerk fittings replaced. There is a spare set of shafts that also came with the axle. The long side inner is stamped MG20116B17276 683-197 MMG2 and the long side outer has 4340 cast on the yoke so these are both chromoly also. One of the caps has been welded to the outer ear so you can either keep this as is for a good trail spare or simply replace the outer for normal use. The short side inner and outer are stock Spicer units. Again, all inner shafts are 30 spline and all outer shafts are 19 spline.
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Let's see if I have it:
  • Set #1: all 4340, with Yukon joints, 1 outer broken
  • Set #2: long side is 4340 with welded cap, short side is Spicer.
So the spare 4340 outer could only be swapped into set #1 by keeping that welded U-joint or possibly some careful machining (to get a complete 4340 set from this). In general, it should be planned to replace that one outer, which should cost about $135. Short term, a Spicer could be run.

From what I read, you can't run these in a 10-bolt, so I would have to swap to a D44. :frown1:
 
Blue85 said:
Let's see if I have it:
  • Set #1: all 4340, with Yukon joints, 1 outer broken
  • Set #2: long side is 4340 with welded cap, short side is Spicer.
So the spare 4340 outer could only be swapped into set #1 by keeping that welded U-joint or possibly some careful machining (to get a complete 4340 set from this). In general, it should be planned to replace that one outer, which should cost about $135. Short term, a Spicer could be run.

From what I read, you can't run these in a 10-bolt, so I would have to swap to a D44. :frown1:
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You pretty much got it. When i bought the axle i was originally planning on replacing the broken outer and using the outers and the super joints in my 10 bolt. The inners are 30 spline like my 3/4 ton 10 bolt but the lengths are different. The Yukon joints by themselves are around $400 a pair new. One complete set of 4340 shafts with Yukon joints is around $900 new. This is a better deal if you already have a dana 44 and can use the inners too
 
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