dana 44 conversion
10-25-2007, 04:27 AM
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You will need the carrier (pumpkin) the back cover (batwing) a driveshaft from a manual trans car and ideally a support beam from a manual car.
You will need to swap the transmission yoke from your automatic driveshaft to the manual driveshaft if it came out of a ZF6. The automatic support beam can be redrilled to align with the D44 if you prefer not to buy one from a manual trans car.
Replace the speedometer drive gear on the output shaft when you have the rear end out instead of waiting, you must remove the trans tailshaft housing to install the gear and it is way easier with the support beam removed.
You will need to swap the transmission yoke from your automatic driveshaft to the manual driveshaft if it came out of a ZF6. The automatic support beam can be redrilled to align with the D44 if you prefer not to buy one from a manual trans car.
Replace the speedometer drive gear on the output shaft when you have the rear end out instead of waiting, you must remove the trans tailshaft housing to install the gear and it is way easier with the support beam removed.
10-25-2007, 08:55 AM
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You will need the carrier (pumpkin) the back cover (batwing) a driveshaft from a manual trans car and ideally a support beam from a manual car.
You will need to swap the transmission yoke from your automatic driveshaft to the manual driveshaft if it came out of a ZF6. The automatic support beam can be redrilled to align with the D44 if you prefer not to buy one from a manual trans car.
Replace the speedometer drive gear on the output shaft when you have the rear end out instead of waiting, you must remove the trans tailshaft housing to install the gear and it is way easier with the support beam removed.
You will need to swap the transmission yoke from your automatic driveshaft to the manual driveshaft if it came out of a ZF6. The automatic support beam can be redrilled to align with the D44 if you prefer not to buy one from a manual trans car.
Replace the speedometer drive gear on the output shaft when you have the rear end out instead of waiting, you must remove the trans tailshaft housing to install the gear and it is way easier with the support beam removed.
10-25-2007, 09:38 AM
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10-25-2007, 01:39 PM
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Except for the parts toptechx6 mentioned, the carrier with rear cover, the drive shaft, and the "C" beam, nothing in the rear suspension is different between the D36 and the D44.
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10-25-2007, 01:51 PM
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10-26-2007, 09:09 PM
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I could use a D44 conversion, diff with cover, "C" beam, and drive shaft, for cheap. All the rest is the same, but I could buy it all (for cheap) too.
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