Use a Ford high pinion reverse cut dana 44 for a jeep/chevy

[jeepsr4ever]

ok guys here is the next tech, I am taking this axle and setting it up for a driver side drop, this is a high pinion dana 44 with the better reverse cut gears, these fronts are SUPERIOR to your standard 44 front

[AlaskaJeepR]

ok here i am cutting through the weld that hold the tube in place, i use propane but prefer petrogen (gasoline). WEAR SAFETY GLASSES or full face protection that weld spatters out when you hit it, i also pounded the tubes out with a sledge...i was beat..what a wuss

[jeepsr4ever]

now for the other side

[jeepsr4ever]

OK DANGIT should have done the short side first, oh well i will get the tube out later, here i actually cut right through the axle shaft itself!! The axle tube was cut because i was running low on time

ouch... but nothing that cant be fixed...
this CJ 44 in your signature... that would be a passenger drop standard cut? how wide?

[jeepsr4ever]

no i have a wagoneer widetrack housing cutdown and rewelded for a widetrack cj

[Lifted79CJ7]

Uhhhhh, you are gonna make it drivers side drop? It already was. I guess you mean passenger side drop? Mt friend just took that same axle and dropped it into his TJ. They had a little trouble getting the weld on the pumpkin to work for the brackets, but its a hoss now. So why do you think the HP 44 is superior? It has more oiling problems than a regular 44, causing premature wear. Thats why you don't see many HP rear differentials. Anything I am missing here?
Jack

[jeepsr4ever]

The oiling problems mostly come when you set the pinion angle up, but in reality it is a little pumkin and the pinion bearing usually gets enough oil, thats really the only place where oiling problems occur

[cjmike67]

The main reason the hi pinion or reverse spiral diffs are not used in rear ends is that the gear set is used in idle mode ! The same thing makes a standard cut gear set the weaker in the front , thyere is about 80 percent strenght in idle mode than standard mode! Thus the reason why some of the later dana 30s in some yjs and tjs are reverse cut !

[Lifted79CJ7]

Mike, so whats the difference between idle mode and standard mode???
Jack