Well, I measured the scout 44 rear I have sitting in my yard, hoping to use it for my yj, and it came out to 55" from outside of drum to outside of drum.. does this sound right? If thats really what it measures, no biggie, I have to get adapters anyway, I'll just make them 2" wide so that the total width comes out to 59" but I just wanted to know if this was right... I thought scout 44's were 58" wide..
Scott

No reason to cross post some us do read posts in general 4x4 tech!:flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

That scout axle will never fit in your h**p, no way, never. Give it back to the rightfull owner! Scouts never die, they just get cut up and picked apart by the vultures:flipoff2: :flipoff2:

Originally posted by Baja Binder
That scout axle will never fit in your h**p, no way, never. Give it back to the rightfull owner! Scouts never die, they just get cut up and picked apart by the vultures:flipoff2: :flipoff2:

Ok.. well... Now Im hearing that if there is a nut on the end of the axle, they are two peice.. Im not real close to the axle, and don't feel like driving to go look.. but if it does have the nut on the end that the drum is on, does that mean the axles are two piece :( ??
Scott

Originally posted by 1badjeep


Ok.. well... Now Im hearing that if there is a nut on the end of the axle, they are two peice.. Im not real close to the axle, and don't feel like driving to go look.. but if it does have the nut on the end that the drum is on, does that mean the axles are two piece :( ??
Scott

yes.

Early Scouts ('61 - '70) had a narrower, 2-piece axle shaft D44, simular to jeeps. The nut in the center of the drum is a dead give away. They also have the (weaker??) coarse spline shafts (19 spline). however, many of them also have powerlocs and 4-something gears (4.27's were popular).

Your call on whether or not you want to still use it. I'm sure you could have 1-piece shafts made if you really wanted to later, if you start breaking stuff, and you could always upgrade it to 30 spline at the same time....

And before you ask, no, the later Scout II D44 shafts will not fit (with out cutting down), later D44's are ~58" with the corasponding longer shafts.

-mark

Mark, thanks for the informative response :) Ok well.. its got 4.27's and a power lock... my next question is, would this be ANY kind of upgrade from my D35 that Ive got now? Its 27 spline...
Scott

Originally posted by 1badjeep
Mark, thanks for the informative response :) Ok well.. its got 4.27's and a power lock... my next question is, would this be ANY kind of upgrade from my D35 that Ive got now? Its 27 spline...
Scott

for the 2 pice

The 44 probibuly has 19 spline and I have *heard* some 10 spline :eek: so it's really thugh call but I whould stay with the 35



hmmm Dana 35 how bad is that :flipoff2:

Chief:
:flipoff2: I know I know.. I wish I didnt have the D35, but it is the only rear axle the yj came with from the factory, and when I bought my yj it was all stock.. hence the reason I bought a 44.. oh well.. I'll be checking it out tommorow.. to make sure its a 19 spline two piecer.. like I think it is. :(
Scott

Are all later scout rears 58"? I have been talkin' to a guy that says he has a scout rear that is 62" WMS to WMS. Is he smokin' the good stuff?

Originally posted by SS406CJ
Are all later scout rears 58"? I have been talkin' to a guy that says he has a scout rear that is 62" WMS to WMS. Is he smokin' the good stuff?

Might be smoking, could be a swap, or T-all rear. The T-all rear I picked up is 63.5


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