anyone have any info on the highboy. like from what year to what year they were made. what differences from year to year they had.

 

Highboy Information Compilation

 

Thanks lafermedavid Vary interesting reading

 

Your welcome.Thats what people reach for, when ? come up on hb.I have it under my favorites

 

how can you tell if you have a dana 44 or 44HD ? can you tell from the outside ?

 

Dana 44 HD has external locking hubs like the ones in the picture. That is if they haven't been changed to aftermarket like Warn or Mile Marker. Look for a tag under one of the cover bolts or the BOM number stamped into the top of the axle tube.

 

Could the Highboy leaf springs be bolted onto a '79 lowboy? Cuz i have 6 leafs in the front and back, 3" wide, 4" blocks in the back....

Also, my VIN starts with F26...

 

Actually, its got 2 blocks in back, bottom looks like an anvil kinda...

 

The anvil lookin block is ONE of the factors that make a highboy a highboy, the 4in lift. It is factor. The second is probably a 2in block for a total of 6in lift. The front should have 6in lift springs.

Here is a pic of this setup on my 77 highboy



My guess someone put a 2in lift block on top of the highboy block and installed 6in lift springs on the front for a cheap "6in lift".

~Hunter

 

So mine musta been swapped at some point. Good to know when ordering parts.

 

do the hubs step in size on the outside where the wheel bolts on ?

 

Dana axle information.

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