Waggy 44 - high steer question

Ive been searching on this but cant find a definitive answer using the parts im thinking of. Hopefully, somebody here can help and maybe even provide a link to info that includes part numbers and/or specific stamping information.

I have a 44 from an 84 Waggy. I've cut all of the brackets off and removed everything fro the inner C's out. Since I have everything off, I figure I might as well go ahead and convert to hy-steer and manual hubs rather than do it all again in the future.

I have a line on some Wagoneer flat top knuckles but Im not sure what year they're off of. Can I use any of the remaining original parts from the 44 to convert to manual hubs or do I need to use Chevy parts to achieve that?

84 LP dana 44
7? Waggy flat top knuckles
84 Waggy caliper/backing plate
84 Waggy calipers / rotors

Any help is greatly appreciated...

The Chevy and Jeep knuckles and spindles are interchangeable (6 bolt pattern). Just make sure your spindles match your hubs and stub shafts.
HTH,
Billy

JeepFreak21 said:

The Chevy and Jeep knuckles and spindles are interchangeable (6 bolt pattern). Just make sure your spindles match your hubs and stub shafts.
HTH,
Billy

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So i just need to source some manual hubs & spindle from a waggy 44 and should be good to go?

http://77cj.littlekeylime.com/flatop_knucles.html

The best source for info relating to Dana 44's.

Thats not the only page in there that has useful info, navigate around.

the spindles you have should be fine. I just pulled the drive slugs, inserted locking hubs and was good to go! As for high steer, replace your passenger side knuckle with a flat top, get it drilled and tapped, buy a high steer arm and all the necessary stuff to hook your draglink in - the tierod on the waggy is OTK already...

IIRC, there can be an issue with re-using stock spindle NUTS for locking hubs... I don't know, but the info is on the "littlekeylime" site quoted above...

OBXJ said:

So i just need to source some manual hubs & spindle from a waggy 44 and should be good to go?

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Yeah, I don't even think the spindles changed for manual hubs. There are two different manual hubs for a 44... if there was a spindle that couldn't take manual hubs, there would be more more than 2 spindle choices for Jeeps/Chevys.
Billy