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Quick Dana 44 Question
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Burning Brakes
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From: Tyrone PA
Quick Dana 44 Question
Are the 1/2 shafts or spindles or bearings or anything out at the wheel different on a Dana 44 compared to a Dana 36? I know to do the swap you need a D44 diff, batwing, C-beam and driveshaft at minimum. Is there any benefit to swapping the entire rear, spring, 1/2 shafts, spindles and all or are all those parts the same? It seems the spindles and 1/2 shafts are a weak spot on the D-36 but then I've been told the spindles and 1/2 shafts on a D-44 are the same. Is that true? Are they the same?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Tyrone PA
So, what part of the D-36 is weak and gives reason to swap to a D-44 setup? Is it just the case itself that breaks? Or the gears? I always thought it was the spindles and 1/2 shafts but if those parts are the same then obviously I thought wrong.
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Burning Brakes
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What all parts did you have to swap to make the change? I'm assuming just the centersection, batwing, driveshaft and C-beam? In searching it seems that is all that needs to be purchased to make the swap.
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From: Lengede
I didn't swap the C-beam, I drilled new holes on the trani side of the C-beam to make it fit. Other people have done this also.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Tyrone PA
COOL! So then all I'd need is the centersection, batwing, and driveshaft from a 6 speed car, right? Will that driveshaft bolt right up to my universal at the back of the trans or do I need the slipyoke from the 6 speed car also? (I think that's what it's called, the piece that has female splines that slip into the trans and has the U-joint on the other end.)
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You don't necessarily need a 6 speed driveshaft, the one from a 4-3 will work, even the slip yoke is the same. If you do get a driveshaft from a ZF6 car you will need to swap the slip yoke from the automatic to the manual shaft since the ZF6 output shaft is larger.
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You need the yoke from your car, not the six speed car. Just swap your yoke to your d44 driveshaft. I swapped the cbeam, centersection, halfshafts, batwing, and rear spring. But all you need is the cbeam, driveshaft, centersection and batwing to make it work.