Early Bronco Dana 44 Front Axle

The dana 30 uses king pins which are held in with four bolts on the top and bottom.

Early bronco dana 44 front axle.

The easiest way to identify which front end you have is to look at the steering knuckles. In this video we go over whats involved in setting up a dana 44 front axle in our 71 ford bronco. Step by step example of dismantling the front axle hub on a bronco 4x4. The dana 44 hd front axle is legendary for toughness and performance.

If you look at the axle shaft lengths for the high pinion axles and the low pinion early bronco axles you will notice that the drivers side axle shafts are almost exactly the same 18 91 vs. Upgrade the axles in your stock 71 77 ford bronco dana 44 front end with our 4340 chrome moly axles or our new dual heat treated chrome moly trail terminator axles. On any off road vehicle like a ford bronco the front axle is critically important for performance out on the trails. We also use spicer 760x u joints with our chromoly dana 44 axles.

Dana 44 front axles and axle parts for sale for the 1966 to 1977 ford bronco. 18 31 and the passenger side axle shafts have all the difference in them 33 91 vs. The dana 44 front and 28 spline ford 9 inch rear axle found in later broncos had little trouble coping with these moderately sized tires considering the off road demands of the day. This same process should apply to most if not all 4x4s using the dana 44 axle with.

In 1976 ford equipped the dana 44 with disc brakes. The dana 44 bronco axle included drum brakes from late 1971 through 1975. In 1976 1977 the bronco dana 44 came factory with disc brakes. I don t want anyone to read this and believe trs is telling them to replace their dana 35 with the early bronco dana 44.

Dana 44 complete axles hubs spindles shafts rebuild kits and more. 66 77 broncos came with the dana 30 66 71 1 2 and the dana 44 71 1 2 77. Bronco graveyard has a great selection of ford dana 44 front axle parts differentials and ring pinion sets that will keep you going.