Recent content by Vermonter

I got everything apart and cleaned up, the bearing was really shot, but nothing was damaged luckily. Question, I found what looks like paper gaskets were used between the axle housing and backing plate. There is also what appears to be a paper gasket between the backing plate and bearing...

I had noticed that, in the free position the red dial is quite snug. It's when it unloads in the lock position the dial has some play in it. I did install all new o rings in everything and lightly grease the hub upon installation. The truck was in four wheel low for pretty much the entire time...

Thank you for the information! I measured my drums and I do indeed have the small bearing axle (10 inch drums) once I got the wheel and drum off, I acutally found the leaking side has a farly large amount of up and down play in it, so I'm hoping when I get it all apart there isn't too much...

In sorting out things after putting a Dana 44 axle under our 67 I noticed something today that seems odd. it still has the factory ford lock out hubs, and they seem to function fine, but when they are in the 'lock' position the red plastic knob has a large about of play in it, in and out of the...

I got the Dana 44 front axle all assembled and back on the truck, thank you guys for the input! I'd post pictures, but am not that tech savvy. I was going to install a new pair of rear axle oil seals, but my research has me with a couple of questions. First off, I have a 67, with from what...

Sorry, I should of been clearer! Yes, the main wheel bearing hub. From what I can tell the wheel bearings and races were all the same, but there were two different size seals depending on the bore of the hub, the seal in question is the large seal that seals the rear of the hub to the spindle...

Question for you guys. I'm still plugging away on my 44 front axle conversion, and after a conversation with the guys at Toms Bronco parts was told the Dana 30 and 44 hubs were interchangable on the drum braked axles. Is this known to be true? Question is they look similar, but the bore the...

In plugging away at my Dana 30 to 44 conversion I have cleaned up the parts from the various axles I've gathered. The Dana 30 has six hole spindles, will those 30 spindles work on the drum brake 44 that I'm putting together? Also the hubs off the old 30 are the cleanest ones I have. Can I use...

Excellent, thank you.

Question, just to confirm on a Dana 44 after reading the service literature, the pinion preload is shim set as opposed to crush collar set. So, when changing the pinion seal I can retorque the nut to the 200-225 foot pounds as opposed to having to matchmark the nut to the pinion shaft and count...

Oh, ok I got it now. I was trying to click on the link and it wouldn't work. I had a friend guide me through using the copy/paste function and go it to work. I should of mentioned I'm rather dumb when it comes to all this technology stuff, hence the part of the question asking about a paper...

I tried that link and it comes up with a 404 error message. Any other possible ones? Thanks!

Question, I have been searching online for service literature for the Dana 44 front axle. I've found links to Jeep version 44's and from what I can tell the Spicer website only shows the Jeep version of the 44 in the media library. I searched the forums here, but only found a couple of links...

Ok, well I'm not smart enought to be able to post pictures, but the two axles seem the same, but one has an extra bracket. Are the axles the same between the two?

Ok, so some questions, the Dana 44 I sourced with the correct gear ratio has disc brakes. I also bought another Dana 44 with drums, so I was going to pull the knuckles off that and swap that onto the known ratio 44. Question is I noticed the disc brake axle has another bracket on it that the...