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Disc brakes for 4x4

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has any one use a ugly truck disc brake swap and if so how do thay work it on a 67 power wagon dana 44

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I'm interested in knowing this too. Looks like it would work~
How does one tell if you have: Note: This kit is for the small knuckle (3300 LB) Dana 44 axle only.
Is there a visible difference or p/n marking.? My 'new' truck is a 66 W200 crewcab, can't wait till it get's here to Colorado.!

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Cris wrote:I'm interested in knowing this too. Looks like it would work~
How does one tell if you have: Note: This kit is for the small knuckle (3300 LB) Dana 44 axle only.
Is there a visible difference or p/n marking.? My 'new' truck is a 66 W200 crewcab, can't wait till it get's here to Colorado.!
Cris,

All of the sweptline era w200 crews came with only the 3500 lb HD Dana 44 with the large knuckles. :welcome

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There is a ford large knuckle axle with chevy disks in Clarkston WA that the 4x4 store built.A lot of grinding was done on the caliper and knuckle to mate them up...

http://www.the4x4store.com/rebuilds

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I may have too call them and see if thay can do a one for us Dodge guys I need to rebuild the front end any ways

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Can the parts from a newer axle with disc brakes be installed on these axles?

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digdoug wrote:There is a ford large knuckle axle with chevy disks in Clarkston WA that the 4x4 store built.A lot of grinding was done on the caliper and knuckle to mate them up...

http://www.the4x4store.com/rebuilds
Yowza.!

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So I talked with guy over at that 4x4 shop and they didn't think it was too hard to swap knuckes around to put Chev or ford on seem's that what the IH truck guys are doing for disc swaps any Ideas

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Wouldn't it be MUCH cheaper and MUCH easier to swap in a complete 80-93 front axle out of a Dodge 4X4?

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runcharger wrote:Wouldn't it be MUCH cheaper and MUCH easier to swap in a complete 80-93 front axle out of a Dodge 4X4?

Sheldon
I think so.

I went with a Dana 60 front axle to get disk brakes. I am glad that I did.

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runcharger wrote:Wouldn't it be MUCH cheaper and MUCH easier to swap in a complete 80-93 front axle out of a Dodge 4X4?

Sheldon

Yeppers, buy a good used dana 60, buy the Ford steering box soup up get and crossover steering kit as well and hydraboost it instead of grinding down obselete dana44 big nuckle is my view as well. The axle bolts right up almost all with the same parts but the stud is longer on passangers side seem like.

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So anyone know what year Dana 60 or 44 would work or bolt in? Dodge or GM? :study

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67cspowerwagon wrote:So anyone know what year Dana 60 or 44 would work or bolt in? Dodge or GM? :study
I pulled mine out of a 2500 4x4 1991 dodge 5.9 cummings 5 speed truck, they dont bring much its a true dana 60, I left it stock but omg there is a ton of aftermarket updates axles, ujoints lockouts etc etc for this axle and stocked in about every big city 4x4 center or autoparts store in th eusa if u break down in middle of BumFawk Egypt. If you wipe out an axle on a big nuckle 44 u will not find one in a timely manner. Obselete parts orphans need to go rebar factory. Heck a good 44 will have disc brakes on it factory, just get rid of the stocker closed knucklerlol. Think the chevy is wider so u have to pull the spring in which is no good. Everybody wants the frnt for chbbys and furds which leaves up tons more axles at lower prices, mine was ball joined and discs factory, added the odd road ddesign hig steer arms and updated it to crossover sterring and etcetc. Junkyard down here gets $250 to $450 for them all day long, a 1 ton dana front out of a chevy or ford is like $750 to $1200, chevy is the highest in demand down here.

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