xjphil18
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how would someone get a 5 on 4.5 on a front dana 44? Id love to do it but my rear 9 inch is 5 on 4.5 and im not gonna change that. and yes i understand id have to weld new brackets on the 44
well how hard/expensive is it to change my 9" to a 5x5.5?
'75-'79 Dodges have front 44s with a 5x4.5 pattern. Cutt down a front HP44 to waggy length, then use Dodge knuckles with a hub conversion to get a HP44 with lockouts and the 5x4.5 pattern
New axle shafts, about $345
http://www.moserengineering.com/axles/custom-alloy-axles.html
Or, wheel spacers and $100.
http://www.quadratec.com/products/92807_003.htm
That wouldn't really go well unless he did a did something like a waggy(or waggy width) with Dodge knuckles, then his rear axle would be wider than the front, can cause issues with his turning radius.
OP: How wide/what is your 9" out of/from?
That wouldn't really go well unless he did a did something like a waggy(or waggy width) with Dodge knuckles, then his rear axle would be wider than the front, can cause issues with his turning radius.
OP: How wide/what is your 9" out of/from?
it would work but i dont wanna run full widths this thing will still see the street
isnt a rubi 44 not really a 44?
hate to call you out on this but that's pretty ghetto, new wheel studs are like 2 bucks each at the parts store and press right in. Heck, you could knock the old ones out of the old holes and press em into the new holes. Pressing them in is not as hard as it sounds, you can do it with a stack of 1/2" washers and an old lug nut.Then just buy 10 new socket head cap screws and loctite them in for the new wheel studs and you are in business. I did this on and old 8 3/4 mopar before and worked great. All you will have to know how to do is pull the axles and put them back in.