Waggy front d44 ?

I’ve started prepping my waggy front d44 for a gear swap. It still had what I believe is the factory stuff inside. I noticed when removing the pinion bearing races that a baffle was missing (one that goes in before the pinion depth shims). So the question is, should I re-gear like it was originally set up or put the oil baffle in? thanks in advance blaise

I've never seen a front D44 that didn't have that stepped slinger underneath the inner bearing race.

But if the old gears were wearing good, somehow it must be setup for the right pinion depth.

Maybe there are extra shims under that race, or maybe they put shims between the inner bearing and the pinion teeth. Those slingers are usually .025" thick. If there's somewhere that you can eliminate .025" of shims, put that slinger in and then the pattern comes out good, I would keep it in there.

But I don't think it would make much difference if you left it out, after all, rear D44's don't have two of those slingers, that the fronts do have.

It's usually the HP diffs that use the extra baffle under the pinion race.

bobnoxious said:

It's usually the HP diffs that use the extra baffle under the pinion race.

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hey that is a good point. I remember my hp 30 having that baffle. thanks for all the replies. I guess i'll put it like that factory did..... blaise