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oldmule · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:44 pm

Is a yj Front to narrow for the swap or can I get away with it. Also Can I use the links with it.

Inc · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:03 am

I heard to stay away from the YJ split 30s.

oldmule · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:58 pm

What about Tj's 89 I think is the year

Inc · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:59 pm

TJ in 89? TJs started in 97 to 06...

ohv_kj · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:23 pm

if you want to go w/ a Dana 30 find one from a late model Cherokee...

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:01 pm

Or you can look for a EB HP44 and start with a very strong front diff.

oldmule · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:35 am

Sorry 98. Better with wrench than keyboard

XR · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:22 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

Or you can look for a EB HP44 and start with a very strong front diff.

What's an EB HP44 out of?

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:31 pm

XR wrote:

tjkj2002 wrote:

Or you can look for a EB HP44 and start with a very strong front diff.

What's an EB HP44 out of?

serious question????

EB= Early Bronco
HP44= well that should be self explanatory

jeepkj02 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:01 pm

tommudd wrote:

XR wrote:

tjkj2002 wrote:

Or you can look for a EB HP44 and start with a very strong front diff.

What's an EB HP44 out of?

serious question????

EB= Early Bronco
HP44= well that should be self explanatory

Yup, EB are Ford Broncos build between 1966-1977

HP44 = High Pinion Dana 44

XR · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:04 pm

Yeah I got the high pinion part the EB was just too obvious for me to grasp.Thanks.

Sport · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:03 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

Or you can look for a EB HP44 and start with a very strong front diff.

what is the width, is that longer then the 8.25?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:07 pm

Sport wrote:

tjkj2002 wrote:

Or you can look for a EB HP44 and start with a very strong front diff.

what is the width, is that longer then the 8.25?

Depending on the year the EB HP44's can be 59"-62" WMS to WMS,about the same as a HP30.

shaggy591a · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:24 pm

what about the jk rubicon 44 axles?

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:59 pm

Buddy of mine has a EB with a rusty frame BUT 9 inch rear / 44 front with 4.88s/ lockers , don't worry they are mine if they go anywhere at all, keep telling him he needs to go ahead and let me junk it out for him :twisted:

InCommando · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:19 am

is right....

I don't know if the JK D44 fronts are the hybred like the TJ was. Another post says they are new & stronger but I haven't found the specs for tthe JK.

Sport · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:58 am

tjkj2002 wrote:

Sport wrote:

tjkj2002 wrote:

Or you can look for a EB HP44 and start with a very strong front diff.

what is the width, is that longer then the 8.25?

Depending on the year the EB HP44's can be 59"-62" WMS to WMS,about the same as a HP30.

nice, I will have to remember that.

clackclack · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:30 am

I saw this while searching to to figure out how much something like this would cost....

http://www.nc4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?p=416129

less than I thought....

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:31 pm

clackclack wrote:

I saw this while searching to to figure out how much something like this would cost....

http://www.nc4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?p=416129

less than I thought....

Thats from a 79 full size Bronco, need 77 and before really, mounting is made different if I remember correctly or you could go from a full size F150 from before 78
I think 78 is when they changed and the mounting for the radius arms is cast onto the front housing, been a few years since I last played with Fords :wink:

plus on any you would need to fiqure in new bearings/gears/lockers/ maybe axles/etc to have it ready to install

InCommando · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:43 am

What he said: Ford changed their front suspension in '78 & the Bronco got bigger. It was based off of the F150, not its own line, and the axles were about 5" wider IIRC. Also, you have to cut off the front radius mounting crap and I have read were this weakens the axle as it is cast as 1 unit. Those newer D44 axles are easier to find and cheaper than the E.B. D44 fronts.

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