Disassembling
the Scout II Dana 44 Front Axle
After acquiring the Dana 44 axles I also picked up a Dana 30 narrow track front axle that was in great shape. The goal here was to disassemble the front Dana 44, clean it
up, paint it, then reassemble the 44 using the Dana 30 outer knuckles and retain some of the stock Jeep parts. This was possible due to the fact the the 44's and the 30's inner knuckles
are the same dimensions and the axle spline count is the same. Reasons for swapping to the CJ knuckles were, better turning radius
than the Scout knuckles and the availability of the parts. My Scout
outer knuckles needed rebuilding and I would have had
to replace most of the Scouts outer knuckle parts due to wear and tear and
rust. Also the fact that the Dana 30 outers were a bolt on without modifications to the knuckles made it easy to do. The Scout outer
knuckles are, in fact, bigger and stronger but I kept the parts in case I ever decide to swap it back (after rebuilding them).
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