Twisted Axle Splines.
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Twisted Axle Splines.
I have a Dana 44 in the rear end of my truck. When we got it a good few years ago, we found out one of the axles was bad. We looked everywhere, including the shop doing the work and couldnt find new replacements. Right now Im driving on the same axle, but they re-worked it, but it still has the twisted splines, but we just switched the sides, to hopefully reduces the possiblility of breaking it. I wanted to try and replace it before I make my 1700 miles trip from CA - NE in it. Once again, any ideas?
All help is appreciated.
Edited: Forgot the vital stuff.. Its a 68' Ford F100 w/ Short Bed. Thanks for the note reminding me of this mistake
All help is appreciated.
Edited: Forgot the vital stuff.. Its a 68' Ford F100 w/ Short Bed. Thanks for the note reminding me of this mistake
Last edited by MacOffutt; Jan 18, 2005 at 12:09 PM.
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I put 10K miles on my old chevy street/strip truck with a semi-float 30 spline dana 60 powerlock from a 63 F100 4x4 in the rear. Guy I got the axle from ran it under his 63 f100 with a blown 502. One shaft had an easy 1/4 twist in the splines. Never had a problem with it. A good 50 1/4 mile passes. Are you sure you have a dana 44? You should have a 9". Most old chevy 4x4's had the 44 rears and many cars had them as well. A real piece of junk.
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Thats just what Ive been told. I know that sounds bad, but Im just learnin about everything. If It has a 9 inch in it, Ill be extremely happy. Are there any tell-tale signs you can tell me of that might help me?
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There is the possibility of that truck having a Dana 44. Some F-100's had Dana 44's but I am unsure of what determines why they were used in certain applications. I would think it all comes down to payload. If you are really worried about the axle then maybe you want to look into a company like Currie who can make you a new replacement axle. I think all they need to know are a few measurements and they should be able to help you out. Most important being spline count, maybe the diameter, bolt circle pattern for the wheel and over all shaft lenght. Although a company like that I would think would have the information to where if you told them what axle you had, they would be able to look it up and have the specs for a stock application.
