Re: JPOR: Wagoneer Rear Dana 44

[John Nutter <jnutter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Paul W." wrote:
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> The SJ's used D44 rears from '63-'79 and late '86-'92. All are centered EXCEPT
> the '74-'79's with Quadra-Trac. Some of the '74-'79's with the Dana 20 are also
> offset, but some are not.

I've parted out at least a half a dozen and eyeballed a couple dozen
more and I've yet to see one from '74-'79 with a centered rear diff.
There couldn't have been many that were centered or I would have found
one by now. 

> You probably won't find a Wagoneer in the '74-'79
> spread without QT, but you can find Cherokees (Narrow Track & Wide Track) and
> J-truck with the Dana 20. 

That goes along with what I've seen. Seems like Cherokee or J-truck is
the place to look for a T-18/Dana20 setup. Watch out though, there's a
lot more 3 speeds than T-18s. 

>The '63-early '70 models will have lower spline count
> and 2-piece axles, but the late '70-'73 models will be 1-piece, 30 spline axles
> and 5x5.5 lug pattern. 

Cool! I'll have to start looking for the '70-'73 rears. They must be
about the same as a Scout II rear for width. I wonder if that's what
those mysterious shafts I have are from? They are about 3/4" shorter
than Scout II shafts. 

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