Does anyone know if a D53 carrier will take 30 spline side gears from a d44? I searched the topic and found nothing, I know that 53's arent all that hardcore, but ya gotta love em for poor man's low gears. Anyone have any experience with the 53 at all?
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Don't know about the D53, but i do know the D41 will take a lock-rite from a D44. Maybe a lockrite from a D60 would work. How big is the ring gear on a D53?

I havent actually measured the ring gear , but it is almost the same as a 44, I hope this works, if it does.... time for a d53 front. Also, any one done brake conversions on a 53 before (gunna go disk, since it will be cheaper than the stock wheelcylinders)
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You are probably not gonna find any useful info on the 53 on this board. Although I did a rear disk swap on my rear 70 for $150 with off the shelf parts. Should be fairly easy to do. Do a search and see what comes up for disk swap with semi float axles.

I'm assumin that the 53 is about as strong as a 44 w/ 19 spline shafts, right?? the only reason i'm not ditchin it and goin for a 14 bolt / d44 is the gearing , the best I can do for a 14bolt is mid 4's but I got 5.38's in the 53 already. It is either the front 53, or a 27 and I know that the 27 won't take it. Anyone else got some ideas on stock available low gears? as for the disk conversion, looks easy, just use a ford rotor, GM caliper and bracket, fab some shit andit is good to go. Also, and anyone rate the strenght of a 53 compared to a 44? Has to be close doesnt it?
BTW, i'm gunna be runnin a 4.3, auto, and t case from a 96 blazer I think, prob w/ a divorved NP 202 or 205 , rollin on 36's anyone think it'll live?

I have a shit pile of 53 stuff. Don't know much about it other than what I can look up in my parts books.

Originally posted by Steve N
I have a shit pile of 53 stuff. Don't know much about it other than what I can look up in my parts books.

Got any stuff for Timken rears? If so, I know some folks looking for that stuff. Seems like there's always someone looking for timken or D53 stuff on willystech.

Chuck P

Originally posted by Klasick68
I'm assumin that the 53 is about as strong as a 44 w/ 19 spline shafts, right?? the only reason i'm not ditchin it and goin for a 14 bolt / d44 is the gearing , the best I can do for a 14bolt is mid 4's but I got 5.38's in the 53 already. It is either the front 53, or a 27 and I know that the 27 won't take it. Anyone else got some ideas on stock available low gears?

D53 front? Never heard of that one, you sure it's a D53? What is it out of? The D25, D27, D30 and D53 all have a similar looking cover with straight sides and round tops and bottoms. The D53 is a lot bigger than the others though. I assume it has a bigger ring gear than a 44 since the model number is bigger, but I could be wrong about that. (I do know thw D41 has a bigger ring gear than a D44 and a D25 has a bigger ring gear than a D27) I thought all D53s were rear axles with 10 spline shafts. Don't know if the shaft is the same size as the 10 spline D44/D41 or if it's bigger.

I am trying to BUILD a d53 front, as far as I know they don't exist, here is my situation, i need low gears for the willys, and need them cheap, have lots of 53's around in the yard, 5.38 gears for cheap. That ia why I want to find out if I can put the 30 spline sidegears in, so I can use inner and outer shafts from a d44 front, some halfassed together tubes and closed knuckles to make a 53 front. I know it is probably not worth the work, but what the hell, beats buyin NEW parts !!!! On the timkin rears, I can get 2 of em for $300 from some old guy, (whole parts trucks ) if any one wants em, they are in plymouth NH, PM me if u want em,
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All I can say is try it and see. If having a working differential isn't important to you you could always weld a D44 side gear in there.