Bolt on dana 30 knuckle

[m_m70]

Silly question but what is this bolt for on my drivers side knuckle? It's not tight and the passenger side has the hole but no bolt. 30 years and never noticed it before.....

 

[thegreatjustino]

First of all, that's not a Dana 30 Knuckle. Dana 30s had king pins.

As for the bolt, that's what held the hard line brake bracket to the knuckle for drum brakes.

 

[m_m70]

First of all, that's not a Dana 30 Knuckle. Dana 30s had king pins.

Wow. Been driving this around since '89 thinkin it was a 30. Glad I posted. Figured it was for a bracket. Been 20 years since I did the Chevy conversion and just forgot about it.

 

[thegreatjustino]

thinkin it was a 30

Compare the front cover to this chart.

 

[m_m70]

Kind of looks like the 60 cover.....

 

[thegreatjustino]

The Chevy disc brake setup wouldn't have fit a Dana 60.

 

[m_m70]

The Chevy disc brake setup wouldn't have fit a Dana 60.

yup....didn't think so. Appears to be a 44 so that's an upgrade I can take off the list. Wasn't in a hurry anyway or I would have kept the 44 I sold you last year!