blusteve Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 I have a 1978 ford dana 44 and want to put it under a comanche what is the best way to accomplish this, project is for my son.
Motion Offroad Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Call up Bob @ TNT (Treks) and order up the D44 truss for the XJ. You'll weld the truss onto the axle and than be able to bolt it in.
maddzz1 Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Motion, Is there anything you have to do to axle ends where the tierod and drag links mount too? Do you use the original knuckles from the MJ?
Pete M Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Is this the half-ton Dana 44 (with radius arms) or the 3/4 ton Dana 44 (with leaf springs)?
maddzz1 Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Is this the half-ton Dana 44 (with radius arms) or the 3/4 ton Dana 44 (with leaf springs)? Pete, Is this the axle you have under your jeep with the radius arms?
reson46 Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Call up Bob @ TNT (Treks) and order up the D44 truss for the XJ. You'll weld the truss onto the axle and than be able to bolt it in. If he has the radius arm D44 I'm not sure that the truss will work with it - at least not without a lot of modification. I think it only works with the Wagoneer or leaf spring Ford D44s. Willy
Motion Offroad Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Call up Bob @ TNT (Treks) and order up the D44 truss for the XJ. You'll weld the truss onto the axle and than be able to bolt it in. If he has the radius arm D44 I'm not sure that the truss will work with it - at least not without a lot of modification. I think it only works with the Wagoneer or leaf spring Ford D44s. Willy They offer 3 truss systems for a front D44. Ford Radius Arm - TT-1104 Ford Leaf Spring - TT-1103 Waggy 44 (1980+) - TT-1183
DirtyComanche Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Ford Radius Arm - TT-1104 That'd be an abomination... I want pics.
Pete M Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 I spent a couple minutes looking on google and couldn't find a pic of an axle that still had the cast arm mounts on it under the truss. Maybe it's for the earlier ones that had the weld on mounts and you need to remove them?
Pete M Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Apparently I needed a couple more minutes. On the TNT site it says that it is only compatible with the weld-on axle and the mounts need to be removed. This truss is designed to fit a HP Dana 44 with weld on wedges only. HP Dana 44's with the hollow casting wedges are not compatible. http://jeepinoutfitters.com/scripts/pro ... roduct=792
bpm4x4 Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Call up Bob @ TNT (Treks) and order up the D44 truss for the XJ. You'll weld the truss onto the axle and than be able to bolt it in. If he has the radius arm D44 I'm not sure that the truss will work with it - at least not without a lot of modification. I think it only works with the Wagoneer or leaf spring Ford D44s. Willy They offer 3 truss systems for a front D44. Ford Radius Arm - TT-1104 Ford Leaf Spring - TT-1103 Waggy 44 (1980+) - TT-1183 That looks way better than the Rubicon Express mount kit I put on my waggy 44, we had to modify it to get it to work too!! :nuts:
blusteve Posted August 13, 2008 Author Posted August 13, 2008 axles were from a 3/4 ton 78 ford with leaf springs 44 front 60 rear, going to just change mounts on rear
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