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dana 44 axle help!!

I looked at the website and it shows spindle with hub for 40. I also need the brake caliper bolts and that should be it. I'll get bearings from autozone. Let me know how you want me to do this.
 
I have found a ton of ford Dana 44 hubs. If I get the ford spindle would that work with my 10 bolt as well as the bolt pattern on my rim?
 
I don't know that question. The spindles are pattern specific, meaning the bolts that hold it to the knuckle. They are also side specific (IIRC), meaning passenger goes on passenger only, etc. Ford's 8 lug pattern changed after I think '96, before that it's the same as chevys. I don't know about disc diameter matching the old one.
 
You can swap 8 lug Ford knuckles , and every Ford part from there out, onto what you have. That is a direct swap, be aware that 15" wheels are a no-go on that setup.

You can buy all of the parts you need new from parts stores etc. but they add up quite a bit, enough so that buying another complete front end might make sense. Unfortunately, IMO, you might need to buy another axle or get lucky in a junkyard.

If you needed 6 lug parts it would be easy as those are super common and undesirable, the 8 lug stuff is less common and more desirable and a junkyard is about the only place that will separate an axle for just those parts.
 
38377k5 said:
There wasn't a V2500 pickup in 1990, 3/4 ton solid axle pickups stopped in '87. A 1990 2500 Suburban would work though.
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I'm thinking crewcab, which were available as a nominal 3/4t. At least in earlier years, donno about then specifically.

But yeah, I woulda picked the Burb as my model vehicle.

-- A
 
They made V2500 crew cabs for a couple more years, but I though 1989 was the last year for them.

Martin
 
had to source parts from a junk yard in PA. Not a pretty shipping fee either. Now its on to finding bearings for this thing. Does anyone know the timken set number for these bad boys?
 
So what you have is the GM Corporate 10-bolt axle (8-lug) with the 8.5" ring gear, which is similar to and shares some parts with some Dana 44's.

In any event, I do believe the inners are LM104910 (cup) and LM104949 (bearing cone) and are set #38.

The outers would appear to be LM501310 (cup) and LM501349 (cone) and are set #35.

You can get all these numbers by going to the website for Oreilly, Autozone, NAPA, whoever and looking up the parts for a 1985 K20 Burb. That is least likely to confuse you.

I suspect, though I'd have to check, that the bearing sets you mentioned earlier are for earlier Dana 44's with the other size spindle (there are two, one of which is shared with the 10-bolt.)

Hope that helps and is clear.

-- A
 
you really gotta do the research and make sure those numbers will work for you. You wont get any sympathy if you order what Dremu suggested and it's wrong. Check out RockAuto.com also
 
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K85 Octane said:
you really gotta do the research and make sure those numbers will work for you. I wont get any sympathy if you order what Dremu suggested and it's wrong. Check out RockAuto.com also
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You will notice that there are more more qualifiers -- "it appears", "I believe" -- than my usual cautious posts contain :haha:

The outer cone bearing I'm quite sure is correct for a 10-bolt 'cuz I have one in my kitchen at the moment. The other numbers aren't accessible for me to verify.

But Octane's right, depending on what spindle(s) you got from the junkyard, you could be in for some mix-n-match fun.

-- A
 
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