ok so i understand how to convert a d44 to 5 lug or to 8 lug but im a little confused about converting this one. i got a d44 off a buddie for $20 a while back and its alug, i was gunna run a 60FF in the rear but i dont wanna run real big meats so im shooting twords a 9".... anyway


what will work for converting this 1981-85 J10, J20, Wide Track Cherokee d44 to 5 lug? is there a certian year ford i can grab the parts from or will any work... this is a LP btw if that matters


and a pic incase its needed

http://imnotmark.zapto.org:3030/b2/Axles/8lug-d44/s6300014.jpg

i must be loosing my abilities to use the search button. i know this has been coverd before but i cant find anything.

someone got a link to one of the old threads or something?

Digest this, then you will know then you will know the answere: http://77cj.littlekeylime.com/web_rs44.html

Digest this, then you will know then you will know the answere: http://77cj.littlekeylime.com/web_rs44.html

i have been lookign for that site ever since i lost my bookmarks, thanks

ok after a little reading it looks like ill need these parts, can anyone verify


1976 k10 flatop knuckles, spindles, stub shafts, caliper brackets and
calipers
1985 f150 hubs and rotors. and ofcourse lockouts

ok after a little reading it looks like ill need these parts, can anyone verify


1976 k10 flatop knuckles, spindles, stub shafts, caliper brackets and
calipers
1985 f150 hubs and rotors. and ofcourse lockouts

Should be able to use the Jeep caliper brackets, calipers and stub shaft.
Mine was a Waggy 44. All I used from the Chevy was the knuckles, spindles. Used Ford hubs, rotors and lockouts.

Should be able to use the Jeep caliper brackets, calipers and stub shaft.
Mine was a Waggy 44. All I used from the Chevy was the knuckles, spindles. Used Ford hubs, rotors and lockouts.

well the one side is missing from the outer knuckle out so i need to grab a another caliper bracket and i dont have any calipers, so the k10 ones will work tho right?

The K10 caliper brackets will work as long as they didn't come from an 8-lug (3/4 ton) setup. The GM 1/2 ton D44 caliper brackets are different from the 3/4 ton D44 brackets. You need the 1/2 ton brackets or the pads won't line up with the rotors properly.

It sounds like you have all the parts you need, but this article has lots of part #s:
http://www.jeepgod.net/d44625.html

The K10 caliper brackets will work as long as they didn't come from an 8-lug (3/4 ton) setup. The GM 1/2 ton D44 caliper brackets are different from the 3/4 ton D44 brackets. You need the 1/2 ton brackets or the pads won't line up with the rotors properly.

It sounds like you have all the parts you need, but this article has lots of part #s:
http://www.jeepgod.net/d44625.html

was there ever a k10 that came with 8 lug from the factory? i alwyas thought k10's were 1/2 ton 5lug and the k20's were 3/4ton 8 lug

Sorry, I don't know that much about Chevy trucks. I just know I originally had 3/4 ton GM brackets on my D44 and they didn't work with 5-lug Ford rotors. :emb2:

Sorry, I don't know that much about Chevy trucks. I just know I originally had 3/4 ton GM brackets on my D44 and they didn't work with 5-lug Ford rotors. :emb2:

i dunno chevy at all thats why i asked, lol

why not just get the knuckles out from a ford and be done with it?
no high steer but do you need high steer?

why not just get the knuckles out from a ford and be done with it?
no high steer but do you need high steer?

X2, chances are when you get the Ford parts you will be buying the whole front axle anyway. Just swap knuckles out so all the parts are new. I will have to do some looking through my crap but i may have a passenger side Ford knuckle that has been machined/drilled/tapped for high steer that i never used.

why not just get the knuckles out from a ford and be done with it?
no high steer but do you need high steer?

why not go high steer tho? i have to grab new parts anyway and this will keep the damn tie rods from bashing off trees and shit for me. to me not getting high steer in my shoes is pointless, if you have to go thru all the work why wouldnt one go high steer and be done with it? not being a dick but if there is a big downside to high steer please tell me about it