desireable front 44's

[XJtheXtremeJeep]

what are all the dana 44's that are desireable for the front of xj's? not neccissarily full width ones too.. like the waggy 44's which years and what models

[XJLI]

78-79 Ford

[grundlepunch]

80-92 waggys without the disconnect

early bronco's work as well, the later ones have a weird pumpkin offset and require a re-tube

aslo the bronco is 5x5.5 bolt pattern, but the waggy can also be converted to 5x5.5 (like i have) with ford hubs.

what are you going to run for a rear axle? if you dont have one yet i would gab a set of waggy axles, that can be had (stock) for a few hundo.

[XJtheXtremeJeep]

i dont want one of the 78 79 fords. not looking to go full size.

thanks for the waggy info

[grundlepunch]

early bronco is not full size, just an FYI

[XJtheXtremeJeep]

im thinkin of doing a set of waggy axles if i can sell my dana 60 that or i was thinking an 8.8 im not really sure what im looking to do yet just kinda toying around with different ideas

[grundlepunch]

the key is matching your front and rear lugs.

a (real) front 44 will make you HAVE to go 5x5.5 or 6 lug in the rear

so that means ether,
-getting an 8.8 and putting cromo shafts with a custom lug pattern "5x5.5" and then using EB 44 or getting a waggy and then converting that to 5x5.5
-getting a matching waggy axles

guess the better choice

[XJtheXtremeJeep]

yeah im prlly gonna try to find a matching set of waggy 44's and building them, i heard that the 6 lug waggys are a pain in the ass to do? i could be wrong tho, ive never really looked into doing the waggy axles

[Magilla]

yeah im prlly gonna try to find a matching set of waggy 44's and building them, i heard that the 6 lug waggys are a pain in the ass to do? i could be wrong tho, ive never really looked into doing the waggy axles

check out xjeepers build he is currently doing 6 lug waggy diffs under his xj.

[XJtheXtremeJeep]

yeah im gonna take a look at it once he has em in and everything

[Wide-J]

6 lug Waggy axles are cake, and swapping it to 5x5.5 is easy as well. Been there, done that. Let me know if you need a hand.

[Ktmracer419]

if only there was a sticky that told you all this

waggy 44's are about the easiest front 44 swap you can do (aside from the fake rubi 44's)

[Mike]

only downfall would be low pinion front in the waggys

[justtorchit]

Wait... so now you wanna do 44s.... when you just sold one???

[Ktmracer419]

SO MUCH SENSE