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Old school HD Dana 44


spring under WTF

what vehickle is this

DOdge or Jeep, note the front Shackles.

mil wrap springs. my bet is kaiser M-715

kaiser 1-1/4 ton fire truck '67

not enough pictures to be sure but pumpkin appears to be 60-dana-spicer made closed knuckle 44's and 60's could be wrong but clean all the crud off pumpkin should find 60 cast on housing.parts for these units are probably unobtanibum

Originally posted by Nickm
kaiser 1-1/4 ton fire truck '67

well if its the 1 -1/4 ton then its a closed knuckle dana 60.

hard to tell the pumken size


the HD 44 and 60 used the same ball and U-joints

Yepp.......looks like a Kaiser front Dana 60 to me. Want another one?....lol

NoRM

Originally posted by stainless dave
not enough pictures to be sure but pumpkin appears to be 60-dana-spicer made closed knuckle 44's and 60's could be wrong but clean all the crud off pumpkin should find 60 cast on housing.parts for these units are probably unobtanibum

You can get parts for the closed knuckle dana 60 front & dana 70 rear in M715,M725's from AB Linn or other military surplus joints. You can get brand new axles still in military wrapped boxes for $50 per side.

kaiser's had a closed knuckle 60 front with 5.87 gears, do you need another?

What is wrong with a Dana 60 out of a Kaiser?

What can be so wrong about a 60 with 5.87 gears? Sounds cool to me.

coarse-spline axle-shafts, rather small tubes, drum brakes, spring-under pads, UPS-truck bolt-pattern.

Far from garbage, but given the choice between them and an 8-lug D44 front axle, I'd probably go for the D44.

I used to have a kaiser 60, they arent worth a red penny, sad but true;)

Originally posted by BobBarry
UPS-truck bolt-patternHe's not kidding. Those are about the only two vehicles in the world with that funky pattern. And since UPS destroys all of their vehicles at the end of their useful lives, wheels are *slightly* difficult to locate.

I just helped put the 44 version of that in an XJ. Looks like same size ball. It uses the same ujoints as the mid-80's Furd D50's, external snap ring, almost 60 size. Of course it still has a small stub shaft and regular 30 spline inner.
It's got Wilwood 4 piston calipers too. (now)
Oh, the top 44HD kingpin looks identical to a 60 bottom kingpin... weird shit.

Originally posted by TNToy
And since UPS destroys all of their vehicles at the end of their useful lives, wheels are *slightly* difficult to locate.

they do? why?

and who makes them ugly as hell trucks :barf:

Originally posted by Chief yelling alot
they do? why?I don't know. They cut them up and sell them to recycling facilities... you'll never find one in a scrapyard.

A buddy of mine has an M715 and a friend who used to work for UPS. They figured it out together...