I'm just looking for some helpful suggestions about what dana 44 will best fit my 89 xj. driver drop. What year waggys will work? Let me know b/c you gotta know more than me.

oldskool in oklahoma

I have an 83 waggy with driver drop and manual hubs and a matching rear amc 20 both have spare shafts and I am about 2 hours a way (could meet you some were. $650 for the set with shafts. of $550 for just the front.

Waggy would be easiest because it is very close to your stock WMS-WMS, but its low pinion, and marginal in strength to a HP30. So, if you have time, you could find a HP44 out of a 77.5-79 F150-F250, and shorten that to waggy width and run waggy shafts with a 5 on 5.5 bolt pattern.

Heres a couple write ups on the narrowing.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393849&highlight=shortened+HP+44+waggy+width
http://www.bc4x4.com/tech/2000/hpd44front/hpd44front.cfm
http://77cj.littlekeylime.com/web_rs44.html
http://www.mn-jeep.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3354

Also search around on this site, tons of people have done it.

-Ben

Waggy would be easiest because it is very close to your stock WMS-WMS, but its low pinion, and marginal in strength to a HP30. So, if you have time, you could find a HP44 out of a 77.5-79 F150-F250, and shorten that to waggy width and run waggy shafts with a 5 on 5.5 bolt pattern.

Heres a couple write ups on the narrowing.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393849&highlight=shortened+HP+44+waggy+width
http://www.bc4x4.com/tech/2000/hpd44front/hpd44front.cfm
http://77cj.littlekeylime.com/web_rs44.html
http://www.mn-jeep.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3354

Also search around on this site, tons of people have done it.

-Ben
I would really like to see numbers backing that up...I'd take a LP 44 over a HP 30 just about any day.

Not to mention the MUCH stronger housing, MUCH better brakes, stronger shafts, bolt on lockouts, stronger bearing setup........

I have an 83 waggy with driver drop and manual hubs $550 for just the front.

$550? does it come with a locker?

a waggy 44 will work just fine

bear in mind that you will have to set up the brackets for your control arms

i am starting the samw swap this week

i will be doing a custom 4 link and new subframe design, i post pice when i get started

a waggy 44 will work just fine

bear in mind that you will have to set up the brackets for your control arms

i am starting the samw swap this week

i will be doing a custom 4 link and new subframe design, ill post pics when i get started