This weekend I was hauling some firewood with my 96 f-250, and I got her stuck real good. I locked in 4 wheel and stomped on the skinny pedal, and the front end started bucking. I got out and found out real quick I snapped the yoke on the passenger side axle shaft. Kind of the chicken or the egg not sure if the universal snapped and took out the yoke or the other way around, any way you look at it, it is still broke.

So, I looked up the used parts and not much luck, I did find one at a reasonable price under 100.00, but when I called to buy it I was told it would not fit my truck that it was for a dana 50 and my truck doesnt have one. When I went back to his search engine, put my info and it still shows that same part, as available for my truck. Do I just buy it and trust it will work and figure it out later. Or is there something else I should be looking at?

The truck has a front wheel GV of 4600 with an axle code of 35 ( which by the way I cant seem to locate for a 96 no listing of a 35 axle) Do I look at replacing the shaft or would I be better off trying to match the gearing and replace the entire front end as a complete unit? Or even better yet can you just buy the yoke from the universal to the hub? Any help would be appreciate this is my plow truck and we have already seen flurries here in the NE.

 

look at the locking hub. if it is the same size as the mounting flange, it is a dana 50
if it is a bit smaller than the mounting flange, it is a dana 44

dana 50-dana 60

dana 44

 

do you have auto hubs ? dont know if the internals are the same !

 

ok I have manual hubs, and my hubs look more like the top pict than the lower pict. The appear wider at the wheel and narrower at the hub. Plus the door pillar sticker says 4600. which to me states it is the larger of the two front ends.

I found this out here does anyone know if this is the right part from u-joint to hub?

OEM Right Slip Yoke, Dana 50 IFS

 

I dont think so , if it is the outer shaft were it engages the locking hub !
this should be the outer that engages the hub ,Dana 50 TTB Outer Axle

Dana 50 TTB rebuild complete.... - Diesel Forum - TheDieselStop.com

Front 3rd member and Dana 50 stub shaft install...(56k warning) - FSB Forums

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech.../d44ttb_hd.GIF

 

the part you linked to goes into the differential.
the part CJ06 linked to is the one you want