should i keep my 77 style danna 44 front end or junk it

[justin kopac]

   i have the old stlyle drum brake dana 44 front axle with the ball and socket enclosed steering knuckles. are these danas worth putting money into or should i just scrap it and put in a newer style dana or gm 10 bolt ... any ideas?

[J.C.]

id beat on it till it breaks, then step up to a newer dana or corporate axle. those 44hd's arent a bad axle, i dont think there are too many parts out there for them

[MUD HUNTER]

id beat on it till it breaks, then step up to a newer dana or corporate axle. those 44hd's arent a bad axle, i dont think there are too many parts out there for them

What he said...

[OLD SCHOOL]

junk it   

[85cHeavyMetalBogger]

junk it and buy my 10 bolt

['the DON']

it might be ok with the front tires you got .

[7387chevynut]

   i have the old stlyle drum brake dana 44 front axle with the ball and socket enclosed steering knuckles. are these danas worth putting money into or should i just scrap it and put in a newer style dana or gm 10 bolt ... any ideas?

What is it out of?...........Chevy??? or Ford??

Its not worth putting money into, because of limited parts for them,

BUT you already have it in your truck...........and itseems to be doing okay for you as of now??............I'd run it till something breaks......then save any internal parts you can, axle shafts, ect....and swap in another open knuckle disk brake HD44.

[justin kopac]

it's a ford drum brake 8 lug. one of the lock out hubs broke on it and i was told about the limited availability of parts for it. i'm just trying to figure out if i want to spend the money on the new hubs or just put the money towards something better for the truck.

[J.C.]

it's a ford drum brake 8 lug. one of the lock out hubs broke on it and i was told about the limited availability of parts for it. i'm just trying to figure out if i want to spend the money on the new hubs or just put the money towards something better for the truck.

in that case, get rid of it. i thought it was 100%.

[Jjay78]

get the newer 44 man, lots of parts around for em

[7387chevynut]

it's a ford drum brake 8 lug. one of the lock out hubs broke on it and i was told about the limited availability of parts for it. i'm just trying to figure out if i want to spend the money on the new hubs or just put the money towards something better for the truck.

What kind of ( lockout hub) parts are broken on it?   Does your axle take the BIG external bolt on spicer hubs with red plastic knobs?

[justin kopac]

just the red plastic knobs

[7387chevynut]

just the red plastic knobs

Keep the axle, you can buy those knobs for 12.00 each on ebay, here is the auction listing.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3984Q2em1423Q2el2649QQitemZ110724377530QQsspagenameZSTRKQ3aMEWAXQ3aIT

[justin kopac]

thank you all for the helpful input, and it looks like i need to start shopping around for a new front diff. i started taking it apart and abunch of water and chunks of metal started falling out of the hubs, i figure that is not a good sign.lol

[Yankee Hick]

That's just a sign you wheeled it right!!!  Lol.

[rangerwheelinmike]

i have 1 of them lock outs for that!

[justin kopac]

how much do u want for that

[rangerwheelinmike]

how much will you give me for it? i olny have the out side part