Dana 44 or 50?
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Dana 44 or 50?
I've searched here and around the web and have yet to come up with an answer for my question. I have a 1986 f250 4X4 with the 6.9 and the C6. My door tag says 8600 GVWR and 3850 GAWR for the front. I have 2 piston front calipers and no idea rears. Which diff do I have, the 44HD or the 50?
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Not sure what spline they are. I've heard the D44"HD" isn't really mush different than the 1/2 ton D44 internally. The HD basicly just indicates that it has leafs and 8 lugs.
I'm not 100% sure that the D50 uses the bigger hubs, but that's what I remember from reading an artical somewhere. If I'm wrong, someone will surely correct me.
Personally, I don't think the TTB should have ever been used under a diesel. That's one heavy critter.....
I'm not 100% sure that the D50 uses the bigger hubs, but that's what I remember from reading an artical somewhere. If I'm wrong, someone will surely correct me.
Personally, I don't think the TTB should have ever been used under a diesel. That's one heavy critter.....
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well warn only shows one hub kit for that year for the light duty F250. Does having the D44 mean its light duty?
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D44 should mean light duty but your GVW says otherwise.
under your door tag it should also say what your front axle GAWR is.
Should be ~4400 lbs if its a 50
Dana 50 also takes the same hub as the D60
FWIW i've never seen a light duty F250 with a diesel, I've also never seen a 44HD in a F250HD.
That doesnt mean its not possible though.. they did make some wierd combos in the early to mid 80's imho
under your door tag it should also say what your front axle GAWR is.
Should be ~4400 lbs if its a 50
Dana 50 also takes the same hub as the D60
FWIW i've never seen a light duty F250 with a diesel, I've also never seen a 44HD in a F250HD.
That doesnt mean its not possible though.. they did make some wierd combos in the early to mid 80's imho
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You have the dana 44 hd front axle. They came standard on the f250 trucks, unless it was a extended cab f250, which had the dana 50ttb, it was special ordered with the dana 50 ttb, or it is a f350, which got the dana 50 ttb till 85.5. It doesn not matter what engine it had.
Don't worry, your dana 44 ttb is not trash, and your truck is not getting ready to crash to the ground from the weight of the diesel engine. I have the dana 44 ttb with a 4 inch lift, 35 inch tires, and a 7.5 ft snowplow, diesel engine, and I have not had any problems with mine. I don't plow commercially though, just a few driveways and one parking lot. Last year during the last big snow we had, I actually broke the plow, not the axle.
Don't get me wrong, I would like to have a dana 60 frontend, but all the hype about the ttb axles being "terrible" have driven the price of a dana 60 to around $1000.
Don't worry, your dana 44 ttb is not trash, and your truck is not getting ready to crash to the ground from the weight of the diesel engine. I have the dana 44 ttb with a 4 inch lift, 35 inch tires, and a 7.5 ft snowplow, diesel engine, and I have not had any problems with mine. I don't plow commercially though, just a few driveways and one parking lot. Last year during the last big snow we had, I actually broke the plow, not the axle.
Don't get me wrong, I would like to have a dana 60 frontend, but all the hype about the ttb axles being "terrible" have driven the price of a dana 60 to around $1000.