Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:44 am
Edited
Axles you want are for the vintage trucks. You would be very lucky to find any for sale outside of a junk yard.
Why are you looking for a 3rd member?
For sure you are heading for a proper TTB solution. Here is how.
Go the junk yards that have old ford trucks Broncos, F250, & F350 for models in the 1980 time frame. Dont try to figure out the year just look for the bolts on the housing beside the axle. Get the whole front TTB housing with axles, & 3rd member and you will have what you need. You probably will have to hit several yards to find what you want.
While you at the yard collect a couple of extra passenger side axles . Its a 2 piece affair and you will have to use brute force to get the thing out of the bolted axles because the bearing on the inner axle to housing is a tight fit. We get them out by improvising a slide hammer to knock them out.
I hope this clarified what has to be done. Now you know why the getto fix with a spring in the slip joint is popular. Its a crappy way to improvise and actually works sometimes.
More details about the bolted and non bolted TTB diff:
The 3rd member is different for C-clip and bolted axle designs.
The bolted designs were in 1980-1982 trucks, both D44 and D50. In 1983, both D44 and D50 went to C-clip designs which included a different 3rd member casting.
Also the axle shaft is machined different between C-clip and bolted stub axles.
Not just the end where the C-clip goes, but the surface where the seal and bearing retainer go.
PaulW
Axles you want are for the vintage trucks. You would be very lucky to find any for sale outside of a junk yard.
Why are you looking for a 3rd member?
For sure you are heading for a proper TTB solution. Here is how.
Go the junk yards that have old ford trucks Broncos, F250, & F350 for models in the 1980 time frame. Dont try to figure out the year just look for the bolts on the housing beside the axle. Get the whole front TTB housing with axles, & 3rd member and you will have what you need. You probably will have to hit several yards to find what you want.
While you at the yard collect a couple of extra passenger side axles . Its a 2 piece affair and you will have to use brute force to get the thing out of the bolted axles because the bearing on the inner axle to housing is a tight fit. We get them out by improvising a slide hammer to knock them out.
I hope this clarified what has to be done. Now you know why the getto fix with a spring in the slip joint is popular. Its a crappy way to improvise and actually works sometimes.
More details about the bolted and non bolted TTB diff:
The 3rd member is different for C-clip and bolted axle designs.
The bolted designs were in 1980-1982 trucks, both D44 and D50. In 1983, both D44 and D50 went to C-clip designs which included a different 3rd member casting.
Also the axle shaft is machined different between C-clip and bolted stub axles.
Not just the end where the C-clip goes, but the surface where the seal and bearing retainer go.
PaulW