1toughxj
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gilbert, AZ
So I have a 1977 Ford HP44 front end in my garage and I have been trying to determine the best way to measure it and cut it down for Waggy shafts. I attempted to cut the short side inner knuckle off without cutting through the axle tube, but I wasn't able to get through just the welded area and had to cut it off completely through the tube. Originally I was going to reference the end of the axle tube and cut back the difference between the Ford shaft length and the Waggy length. I can't do that anymore because a portion of the axle tube had to be cut off with the inner knuckle.
Being that I have the long side inner knuckle still on the axle, I took some measurements and wanted to run an observation by the guys that have been through this to see if I can get some confirmation. Based on the information on the Warn website the longside inner axle shaft on the Ford frontend is 33.91" from the spline end of the axle to the center of the u-joint on the axle. This seems to be a difficult measurement to utilize when determining how much axle tube to cut, especially when the inner knuckle has been cut off already. I took a measurement from the inside of the side gear to the outside edge of the axle tube and it measured 31.93".
So my question is this, is it safe to say that the measurement from the inside of the side gear to the end of the axle tube is gonna be approximately 2" less than the axle measured from the end of the spline end to the center of the u-joint????
If this is the case, I can take Warn's measurements for the Waggy's axles, subtract 2" and know what dimension I need to have from the inside of the side gears to the end of the axle tube.
If anyone one has confirmed this, or has a front 44 axle apart and can confirm this, that would be great. Sorry if it seems like I am rambling, I just wanted to try and get my idea across.
Ben
2001 XJ
Being that I have the long side inner knuckle still on the axle, I took some measurements and wanted to run an observation by the guys that have been through this to see if I can get some confirmation. Based on the information on the Warn website the longside inner axle shaft on the Ford frontend is 33.91" from the spline end of the axle to the center of the u-joint on the axle. This seems to be a difficult measurement to utilize when determining how much axle tube to cut, especially when the inner knuckle has been cut off already. I took a measurement from the inside of the side gear to the outside edge of the axle tube and it measured 31.93".
So my question is this, is it safe to say that the measurement from the inside of the side gear to the end of the axle tube is gonna be approximately 2" less than the axle measured from the end of the spline end to the center of the u-joint????
If this is the case, I can take Warn's measurements for the Waggy's axles, subtract 2" and know what dimension I need to have from the inside of the side gears to the end of the axle tube.
If anyone one has confirmed this, or has a front 44 axle apart and can confirm this, that would be great. Sorry if it seems like I am rambling, I just wanted to try and get my idea across.
Ben
2001 XJ