I made a post back at the beginning of the year about the front axle in my truck. The pinion bearings were bad in the stock closed knuckle Dana 44. I scanned craigslist and called the local yards looking for an '80 - '84 dodge Dana 44 but couldn't find one. Found a local guy that had one from an '87 Ramcharger, so it's a CAD axle. Ended up getting it for $100. It had been sitting out for about 10 years, but everything was there, nothing broken. I stripped it down, took the rust off, primed and painted it. Replaced every seal and bearing, did a CAD delete, Warn premium locking hubs and put all new brake parts on. It had 3.23 gears, so I had to get 4.10 thick ring and pinion. Found an old thread here where a guy used early '80s CJ 2.5" lift springs on the front of his post mount truck, so I did the same. I didnt flip the rear shackles or anything, sits almost level now. To finish it off, I got Wheel Vintiques 12 Series wheels in 16x8, 4" backspacing. Got their babymoon caps also. Painted the wheels Wimbledon White and had Maxxis Bighorn 255/85r16 tires mounted. Had to put a new disc/drum master cylinder on with proportioning valve and move some brake lines. Steering was different, so I got an under the knuckle Y Link kit from Barnes4wd. Uses GM 1 ton tie rod ends and DOM tubing. Easy cut and weld job. Had to re-taper the knuckles and pitman arm. Probably forgetting some things, but results are below, before and after. Having a little trouble getting the front brakes to bleed so I haven't had it on the road yet, just backed it out of the garage for some pictures. Picking up a Mityvac today for the brakes.
Just getting this out there for now. I'll add some photos when I get a chance.
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