What hi streer knucles are you using on yoru scout axles? I am on a budget but want it to be done right. Just digging for ideas.

How about some info on the truck?

I have a pair off of a full size jeep with a Dana 44. PM me if you are interested.

Its a 80 scout II front end putting it on my jeep stretching 3" forward. I have learned that IH used 8 bolt knuckles instead of 6 so not just getting ideas for Hi steer knuckles. If I use FSJ or chevy knuckles I have to buy new spindles, hub and brakes am I correct? Was hoping there was an IH knuckle that woudl work.

You can either use chevy flat tops and re drill them for 8 bolt spindles/brakes, or swap everything balljoint out from a chevy, use 76 down spindles so you can put 80's f150 hubs and rotors on to get back the 5 on 5.5 bolt pattern. search mr. N's dana 44 artical

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Search... its in IH past threads.....

Otherwise, check IH pickup 4x4 flat top knuckles, IH4EVER used those on his 44 front axle for his high steer

call Aaron at harsh terrain.com,just got chevy flat tops with hysteer arms,knuckles came redrilled for the 8 bolt set up and it was definitly the best price around by far,tell um chris from savannah sent ya,also got my tierod and drag from him yesturday,DOM tube with realy nice machine work,1/2 the price of anyone else

I just bought a 79CJ7 and this one cat put some D44 from a Scout under it; he kinda did a half ass job, on the set up,...and now im looking for some flat tops, and steer arms, pretty much the whole set up. who do you recomend? because im kinda on a budget, but want it done right too. anyway cant find much for the scout 44s any help would be great. If you could, send me a PM on any info, i would be very greatful for any help.
thanks joel

search man,

i have ALOT, trailgear, ploy preformance, blue torch, shaffers, ballastic, and the list goes on, thats why i asked for some help

if you are trying to go with aftermarket knuckles then I don't know. but if you are wanting to do high steer, your best bet is one of two options
1)find a pair of flat top knuckles from a chevy dana 44. Put the IH hub on them and cope 8 hole pattern and drill them out in a drill press. Install them in place of the IH knuckles. Then get a set of high steer arms. KOZ seems to be the cheapest, thats who I went through back in my 1/2 ton days.

2) Find an entire dana 44 from the front of a 1975 or older chevy 1/2 ton and swap out everything besides the inner axle shafts and the housing/stuff inside the housing. I call it swapping everything balljoint out, including stub shafts. Then put hubs and rotors from an 80's f150 on it to get back to your original bolt pattern.

3) SEARCH! http://www.binderbulletin.org/forums/index.php

PartsMikeParts use to sell IH 8 bolt hysteer complete kit for $699
That means you need to rake a lot of leaves to get some extra cash.
Or sell other part to make up the budget short fall.
You would need to call.
http://www.partsmike.com/store/store.php?crn=219&rn=694&action=show_detail

You might want to change everything from the balljoints out anyway as Scout 44's have the equivelent of a Dana 30 outter stub and can be weak for an upgrade.

Sean

Thanks for all the info. Im starting to think chevy knuckles with ford hub and disc is the way to go. I have been noticing that the hub looks pretty week. Drilling the knuckle or the spindle also seems week

Thanks for all the info. Im starting to think chevy knuckles with ford hub and disc is the way to go. I have been noticing that the hub looks pretty week. Drilling the knuckle or the spindle also seems week

Not really... it only take a few minutes. If it takes you a week to drill them out, maybe this isn't your hobby. :flipoff2:

Not really... it only take a few minutes. If it takes you a week to drill them out, maybe this isn't your hobby. :flipoff2:

My 'weak' redrilled Chevy knuckles have lasted a long time... I've had them for about 6-7 years under one truck or another.

I ran them redrilled for scout 8-bolt spindles for 3 years - then swamped back to chevy 6-bolt spindles for the last 4 years. No problems and no failures due to my super low tech redrilling job.