D44/14 bolt swap

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4x4swamper

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Chicago, IL

• Mar 26, 2013

• #1

I got a killer deal on a 14 bolt rear and a D44 low pinion out of a 76 f250 highboy. My question is has anyone on here swapped this axle in their XJ. The leaf perch on the driver side is part of the housing. Can this just be cut off?

 

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4x4swamper

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Chicago, IL

• Mar 26, 2013

• #2

 

ROBZ95Xj

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Location

Keene NH

• Mar 26, 2013

• #3

4x4swamper said:

The leaf perch on the driver side is part of the housing. Can this just be cut off?

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why would you want to do that?

 

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4x4swamper

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Chicago, IL

• Mar 26, 2013

• #4

I need that room to mount the spring mounts. im not converting the front to a leaf pack

 

ROBZ95Xj

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Location

Keene NH

• Mar 26, 2013

• #5

no you dont, just mount the coil bucket on top, unless you want this to happen to you

modify the brackets to fit the housing not the housing to fit the brackets, i did no trimming to my 87 ford 60 wich has half the room of you 44 to fit stuff, are you planning to shorten the axle or keep it fullwidth? my coil buckets are pretty close to the knuckles

 

foxwar71

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Foxboro, MA

• Mar 26, 2013

• #6

since when did fords come with a gm rear end? ditch the lp44 and grab a hp one outta a 78/79 non-highboy f250. either way, both 44's have more then enough tube to mount brackets on without having to worry about the center casting.