hp44 knuckle question

I'm going to be upgrading to a ball joint high pinion dana 44 front axle in my cherokee. The particular axle I have access to has drum brakes, which will be converted. My question is will a chevy outer knuckle (ball joint 44) interchange with the ford outer knuckle (ball joint, drum brake 44)?

andyxj said:

I'm going to be upgrading to a ball joint high pinion dana 44 front axle in my cherokee. The particular axle I have access to has drum brakes, which will be converted. My question is will a chevy outer knuckle (ball joint 44) interchange with the ford outer knuckle (ball joint, drum brake 44)?

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Yes, you can put a Chevy outer knuckle on a ford HPD44 axle. BUT, the Chevy knuckle needs a Chevy spindle (6 bolt as opposed to the Ford 5 bolt design) and the outer axleshafts differ by 1/4". I don't remember which is longer, but you can use the longer shaft in both Chevy and Ford applications. To maintain the 5 on 5.5" lug pattern, you can run a Ford rotor on this combo, using the Chevy caliper.

Yup, like said above, you can swap it no problem. Also like mentioned, ford spindles are longer, chevys are shorter.

Thanks for the feedback.