High Pinion VS Low Pinion
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brewer73f250
, Dec 10 2008 09:00 AM
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Posted 10 December 2008 - 09:00 AM
Just popped the cover on my front Dana 44 HD and i have no teeth on my ring and pinion. Cant trust anybody anymore. so i get to choose from a new ring a pinion set, and pretty much rebuild my whole front axle, or switch over to an open knuckle 44 with a high pinion. so i guess my question is can i simply buy a high pinion dana 44 open knuckle and use my original front drive shaft (epuiped with a divorsed 205) or do i have to get the driveshaft from the high pinion and Married tranny and tcase?? If im gonna replace the front end, i kinda want to upgrade it, thus, the high pinion, disc brakes, and a tighter turning radius.
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Posted 19 December 2008 - 04:52 AM
Why not just put a dana 60 under it and change out the steering and up-date everything,it looks like a nice truck and one someone would probably keep.......Wrenchhand from Arkansas 479-674-6162Just popped the cover on my front Dana 44 HD and i have no teeth on my ring and pinion. Cant trust anybody anymore. so i get to choose from a new ring a pinion set, and pretty much rebuild my whole front axle, or switch over to an open knuckle 44 with a high pinion. so i guess my question is can i simply buy a high pinion dana 44 open knuckle and use my original front drive shaft (epuiped with a divorsed 205) or do i have to get the driveshaft from the high pinion and Married tranny and tcase?? If im gonna replace the front end, i kinda want to upgrade it, thus, the high pinion, disc brakes, and a tighter turning radius.
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