Question on D44 External hubs

[nemesis_pyros]

Can the external lockout on a older D44 be bolted in place of a drive flange on the same vintage D44. Do I need anything more than just the lockout? I would like to know if i can just take off the lockouts and put them in place of the flange on another axle. Both are the old style D44 front axles. Hope that makes sence.

Thanks

 

[midnitewarya]

Nope. The flange is a one way street. If you have both kinds of hubs, just swith them out. I had this same question a littl while ago...

 

[nemesis_pyros]

Ok cool, but the axle shafts are the same right?

 

[HarryH3]

They're a direct bolt on. Remove flanges, install hubs. (But keep the old flanges for trail spares, just in case you blow a hub in east nowhere).

 

[thedrip]

And really, really, keep on top of keeping the 6 hub bolts tight, they back off more with my hubs than they ever did with flanges.