front driveshaft angles?
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39.5's are BIG tires for a D44. You really ought to look for a D60. That WILL be money well spent. Try and talk somebody down on the price for one.
Ideally, for heavy playing you want to stick to 35's or less on a D44, 37's can be gotten away with if you are very careful with how you wheel (IE pick lines vs just throttling over stuff).
Ideally, for heavy playing you want to stick to 35's or less on a D44, 37's can be gotten away with if you are very careful with how you wheel (IE pick lines vs just throttling over stuff).
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If I can't find a high pinion axle, i have an idea to kick around. Are the carriers the same on the F-250 D44 and the F-150 D44? if they are besides the spring perch could a guy take the tubes off the F-250 axle and put them on the F-150 Carrier and weld a spring perch next to it? I haven't measured anything yet, or looked at my axle, I'm not at home right now but any comments?
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Originally Posted by Flareside94
39.5's are BIG tires for a D44. You really ought to look for a D60. That WILL be money well spent. Try and talk somebody down on the price for one.
On one of my projects I originally went with a Dana 44 HP, and after a few months I broke a axle joint. Replaced the shaft assembly with another I had laying around, then next trip out it broke again. So I spent $1300 for CTM's and Warn axleshafts and it has solved the axle/U joint breaking problem. For the $1300 I spent on that I could have bought a Dana 60 right from the beginning and still had stronger nuckles and a 5000 pound axle rating.
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