C clip eliminator d44 issues

[hobbyturnedobsession]

I had a spring clip eliminator kit in the passenger side axle because the guy who previously rebuilt the pumpkin told me i had to do it. Well the cap inside the yolk popped off. What should i do? Is there something else i can do?

[bajascott]

Str8 axle that bitch and be done

[AussieRod]

find a bolt-in pumpkin and fix that shit once and for all. Never again will you lose a cap, axle, oil, etc.

[AussieRod]

Str8 axle that bitch and be done

No blasphemy here, please

[Phoenix0783]

I think you can tack weld that cap on.

[hobbyturnedobsession]

Thats what i thought too. Then i was goin to run a valve spring inside to keep the pressure on the axle.

[Phoenix0783]

Are you saying it can't be welded?

[hobbyturnedobsession]

I would assume it could be as the searching shows thats what people have done. I was thinkin welding a plug and using a valve spring in the slip joint

[Phoenix0783]

Ok, we're on the same page. It just read really weird to me.

[RyanDS650X]

I cant recomend it enough to pull the trigger on a bolt on stub shaft. I battled the spring mod only for it to leave me without fourwheel drive on two different occasions when i really needed it.

[hobbyturnedobsession]

I dont have the time right now to otherwise i would. I think welding a piece over the hole and running a spring will be ok

[philofab]

Weld the cap to the slip yoke.

Do not run a valve spring.... way too much pressure. I used a random spring from the box that was 2" long and compressible by hand.

[hobbyturnedobsession]

Thank you Philo ill go to the hardware store and pick up a 2" spring

[Jbfab]

Ive also heard of ppl using fwd car axle retainers. Its basically a clip that fits inplace of the c clip then u just pop it in and it holds.

[1Hondalover]

find a bolt-in pumpkin and fix that shit once and for all. Never again will you lose a cap, axle, oil, etc.

I have some not so nice sounding issues coming from my front diff left over from Huckfest, and it will be coming apart soon. Since I didn't build it I don't know what's in there, but assuming c clip I'd like to change to bolt on. Seems like I read only 1980 to 1982 Bronco TTB's had this bolt on and all others are c clip.....is this correct?

Can someone enlighten me with the list of what's needed to make this change?

Thanks in advance.

[BDKW1]

Housing and axle with hardware.

[VintageIronFab]

This link: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/sho ... p?t=256302 - is probably the best link for doing this mod the best- and includes a part number for an Echo trimmer part. I bought two of them from www.mowpart.com -- they are in Texas and the parts get here quick! Nothing of course beats the bolt in housing. How hard would it be to convert a c-clip housing to a bolt in?

[AussieRod]

This link: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/sho ... p?t=256302 - is probably the best link for doing this mod the best- and includes a part number for an Echo trimmer part. I bought two of them from http://www.mowpart.com -- they are in Texas and the parts get here quick! Nothing of course beats the bolt in housing. How hard would it be to convert a c-clip housing to a bolt in?

Dont even try. Just search for the correct one, they are out there.

[PaulW]

Re engineer what the Ford design provided? Why bother when Ford has excellent hardware readily available??
Maybe useful for a D35 for a guy that does not want a D44? After all Broncos do not use D35s and bolted D44s are readily available with no junk fixes.
That whole Explorer thread is just a bunch of unnecessary and inappropriate stuff for a Bronco.

[1Hondalover]

Housing and axle with hardware.

That's it? Am I correct on the 1980 to 1982 model years? Are all of the other components like seals and bearings or whatever the same?