I've bought and geared a H.D. Dana 44 front axle, 8 lug. also have had the flat top knucles machined and top mount steering arms built for it and now nobody at napa can locate brake pads, calipers, or bALL JOINTS for it !!

Can somebody please help me ??

Jeff

So by posting it here I'm guessing It's from a IH???

If you working with a IH flat top eight lug open knuckle D44 it had to of come from a 74-75 1200 full size pick up/t-all. :rolleyes:

Like OS said.... helps to know what its out of.


as for ball joints, the Napa guys are oviously morons, D44 ball joints are d44 ball joints (unless you have one of those weird early jeep ones, or the funny ford RC44 ones or a closed knuckle unit, then they don't even use ball joints)

look for Chevy joints.... got to be creative, and find a new parts guy.

Calipers and pads *should* be available, but then I've never had to search for them. However, iirc, the front ROTORS are hard to find.

Originally posted by Old Scout
If you working with a IH flat top eight lug open knuckle D44 it had to of come from a 74-75 1200 full size pick up/t-all. :rolleyes:

uh 74/75 would be a 200 model :rolleyes:

if it is out of a 74/75 200 series

you shoud look at the parts store web pages like www.partsamerica.com

calipers can be bought rebuilt
pads are PN 18810620
studs are PN DOR 610-106
rotors are available NOS from Scout connection
and I used braided SS hoses PN EXP-7215 from Summit Racing

I don't have the PNs for balljoints or TRE but the I think the Ball joints are same as those off a saem year GM w/ dana axle TRE have a different tapper I think

I converted my IH D44hd to chevy brakes. Get a chevy spindle and redrill it from eight to six holes....or six to eight...I can't remember... :shaking: ..two of the holes line up IIRC.

Use a chevy outer axle, hub, rotor, spindle, bearing, lockout, and backing plate from a 1978 Chevy 3/4 ton and you will have new parts that can be replaced easily at 7pm on Sunday night and internal hubs, and all for the cost of two new rotors for the IH parts.

I'm with RustoleumWhite and crew....your parts guy doesn't know crap if he can't find you ball joints....hell take him a old one and go match them up if you have to...maybe he worksbetter with a visual since he can't read the books. :rolleyes:

You can also redrill a dodge rotor and make it work......but I didn't choose that route since I had the parts and wanted to do it the hard way. Which really wasn't hard!!! :flipoff2: