Early Bronco Dana 44 Front Axle

On any off road vehicle like a ford bronco the front axle is critically important for performance out on the trails.

Early bronco dana 44 front axle.

Dana 44 front axles and axle parts for sale for the 1966 to 1977 ford bronco. We also use spicer 760x u joints with our chromoly dana 44 axles. 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. In this video we go over whats involved in setting up a dana 44 front axle in our 71 ford bronco.

In 1976 1977 the bronco dana 44 came factory with disc brakes. 18 31 and the passenger side axle shafts have all the difference in them 33 91 vs. Bronco graveyard has a great selection of ford dana 44 front axle parts differentials and ring pinion sets that will keep you going. 66 77 broncos came with the dana 30 66 71 1 2 and the dana 44 71 1 2 77.

The trail terminators are up to 60 stronger than factory bronco axles to keep you going on the trails. 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. From time to time we find ford ranger owners wanting to swap out the stock dana 35 ttb front axle and replace it with an early ford bronco 1971 1977 dana 44. The dana 44 bronco axle included drum brakes from late 1971 through 1975.

In 1976 ford equipped the dana 44 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. 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. Dana 44 complete axles hubs spindles shafts rebuild kits and more.

This same process should apply to most if not all 4x4s using the dana 44 axle with. Step by step example of dismantling the front axle hub on a bronco 4x4. Our dana 44 axle shafts are made with 4340 chrome moly steel which offer up to 40 more strength than factory ford dana 44 front axles.