Picked up a Dana 44 Front - Great Lakes XJ

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Well I finally picked up a Dana 44 front. It came out of an '88 Grand Waggy. So it's just a tad wider than the Dana 30 I currently have in thier (61.5 WMS to 60.5 WMS). I'm not going to worry about it to be honest with you, as it's only 1". I will be converting it to the 5 on 5.5 bolt pattern. It will get new alloy shafts and a locker (probally an ARB). I will be converting it to a high steer setup of somesort, and maybe even add hydro assist. Of course I'll have to convert it to run coil springs in the front. I havn't decided what kit I'm going to go with for that yet. It's going to be a slow build, as this will be the first axle that I will be building to this extent. I will try to document it as I build it up for future reference for any of you wanting to do this swap in the future. Here is a pic. __________________ '93 XJ Cherokee Sport - build thread '89 XJ Cherokee Laredo - build thread '88 MJ Comanche Pioneer SWB - build thread '87 MJ Comanche LWB '94 YJ Wrangler - build thread

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Does it have the normal hubs or the manual locking hubs? Looks like a good project! __________________ 1989 Jeep MJ. 5" Lift on 33 Swampers. Locked Front and Rear. My Pics and Specs

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If you look at the right side, the center of the hub sticks out a LONG way compared to the auto hubs D30s that come stock on XJs, so I'm thinking it has manual locking hubs. Reminds me of that k5 Blazer I wanted last year, but gas would be killer and it's only a 305... then I found my xj, and despite the inability to go topless (without a sawzall) I bought it.

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