Dana 44 wedges

[bax]

I'm looking at a dana 44 out of an EB and one out of a 150. It looks to me like the wedges are different? Im talking about the weld on ones , not the cast wedges. It looks to me like the angles on the sides of the wedges are different. Am I correct on any of this? I am getting ready to build a high pinion axle for my bronco. I have a 75 150 donor axle. I have them side by side just looking at the differences.

 

[Apogee]

It's possible. You could measure the distance between the radius arm mounts and the wedges and see if that relationship is the same between the F150 and EB's. If so, then they should be the same angle I would think. If not, then probably not. Given the number of people running their HP D44 axles under their EB's without moving the wedges, just allowing the bushings to adjust for the misalignment, has always made me think it's not that critical.

If you need the radius arm measurement of the F150, I could get that tomorrow when I'm down at the shop with my '77 F150.

 

[SteveL]

I'm thinking they're the same or close enough. I know guys narrow the fs housing with the wah and use the stock fs wedges on it. Also if you need a set I think duffy sells new eb wedges.

 

[bmc69]

I'm looking at a dana 44 out of an EB and one out of a 150. It looks to me like the wedges are different? Im talking about the weld on ones , not the cast wedges. It looks to me like the angles on the sides of the wedges are different. Am I correct on any of this? I am getting ready to build a high pinion axle for my bronco. I have a 75 150 donor axle. I have them side by side just looking at the differences.

I've built two of the many narrowed HP44s I've done using the early welded wedge axles and never encountered a difference that mattered.

 

[bmc69]

Also if you need a set I think duffy sells new eb wedges.

They do..I used those on a D60 swap a few years ago.

 

[mrdrnac]

Subscribed. I'm very interested in the details of shortening and installing the welded wedge F150 Dana 44 HP into a lifted Bronco. Hope Bax makes this into a build thread. Bax sent you a PM!

 

[bax]

Well they are bigger but Like Bill said, not enough to matter. They have a longer foot print on the axle, so they are wider but the wedge part is pretty much the same. They will work just fine.
I have taken a few pictures, not sure if I can explain all my actions. However if you want I can post them and try and explain what I think I'm doing.

Thanks for the info on the wedges.

 

[garberz]

The “C” bushings are all the same, so I’d say there’s no difference between the two.

Mark