Hey everyone. If you have put 4:10 gears in your dana 44 axle would you be able to tell me what to look out for and if i need any extra parts besides the gears? Thank you very much. The truck has 3:50 gears in the front right now.

 

While your changing the gears, change ALL the seals, and any worn out bearings. You'll definatly need a shim kit, dial indicator, micrometre and alot of patience. One thing that will make life a whole lot easier is to find a set of used dana 44 carrier bearings, or change your existing bearing and use them. Anyways, once you have a set of bearings hone out the bearing. I used a small sanding drum and kept running it around and around until the bearing was able to just slip onto the carrier with no play in it. These bearings will help you set up your gears by being able to add and subtract shims from behind them without having to press them on and off to obtain the proper preload and pattern. If the gears are used its normal not to be able to obtain a proper backlash reading all the time. They will usually be around .008"-.012" if they are used. Its more important to get a correct pattern than the proper backlash reading, as the gears will have already been broken in.

mike

 

 

also he will need a new carrier

the one with 3:50 gears and one you use on 4:10 or higher are differnt

i think i have one of these if you need to locate one

 

You can get a new carrier from Reider Racing for about 45 bucks.