dana 44 front axle shafts needed.

[ernestgonzales78@gmail.com]

Ryan tare it down and send pics. I'm agreeing with Ron. U will not need the spacer. The auto hubs are different than the manuals.

[rjtx667]

going to finally get to this after work, so will let you know.

One question I have is the mile markers came in, what parts are suppose to be plastic? It all looked like metal to me.   

[workgoats]

Most companies make more than one grade of hubs. I have an all metal set of Mile Markers and I like them a lot.

[rjtx667]

well I got it tore apart, I am undecided on the spacer and if its needed... I am more worried at this point with my inner oil seal leaking and trying to replace that.

Started wondering if it would have been smarter to just bring some extra gear oil with me 

[taz_man440]

My driver side seal leaks so I just stay outta mud & check oil every so often.... probably something I need to check soon..

[rjtx667]

driver side is a walk in the park... don't have to take the carrier out.

we could prob do it at hidden falls, I will know more about it if I ever get my carrier out

[rjtx667]

I got the passenger side all done. I need to get another seal to do the driver side... figured while I was in there since the driver side had a small drip.

The seals are about 20 bux locally. You don't have to take the carrier out to replace the driver side on CAD axles.... but that is the sneaky part that about 94 or 95 sometime they swapped the dif from the pass to the driver side... so when you read online its mostly backwards from our trucks.

[rjtx667]

So... after I get the right seal (driver side is intermediate axle shaft seal  )  it went together pretty good.

I had a piece of all thread a few washers and nuts. pressed it in and got the axle all back together. Then realized I only had LSD gear oil and thats for the 2000 

Oh well have to go by the parts house tomorrow anyways for the A/C gasket set. I replaced a few parts while it was open and need a few gaskets.

I did take a few pics of my hubs before the MM were installed. As you can see ( I think? ) you can see the spacer of my concerns. It is pushed back far enough to be in the bearings area and not the hub area. I left the spacers in on both sides and the hubs installed just fine.

A sad note, the hubs stick out to far to allow me to put the center caps back on now.     I guess I can live with that, these wheels won't be on there for all that long. Still trying to decide if I should put the older simi dry rot 33's back on it for the trip or keep the new 31's.

[ernestgonzales78@gmail.com]

must be a dodge thing. I haven't found that on my ferd or chey...

[Toyradio]

I have a bunch of parts in the shop I'll look and see today just what I have and go from there.