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Ford D44/9" Rear...
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The axles may be a little wider than what you have........60" WMS I think and who wants 3.55's? Drums or Disc's?...........Now again depends on what you do with the Jeep ...... The 6:32 low gear in the T-18 with the 3.55's is not the end of the World in Crawl Ratio...........but for some of us it may be.
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Your going to need more pony's under the hood to do the things you are interested in. You don't have to go with something stupid, just more.....
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i thought about this swap for awhile to. the 9 inch would work, but as said is wider than the stock cj axle ( Front - 60" Rear - 58") also not sure on leaf spring spacing. the front Dana 44 has the wrong side drop so you would need to go with the ford Transfer Case the easiest would be a Dana 20 it also has coil spring suspension so you would either need to convert to coil springs or figure out how to make it leaf spring not sure how this would be done.
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As Hondo said the front has the pumpkin on the wrong side, not the end of the world but it will take some time and money to make right.
You can either change the tc. as Hondo said or you can retube it.
To me $800 is way more than I would pay. I'm thinking 300/400 tops as you are going to spend a bunch of $ rebuilding them.
You can either change the tc. as Hondo said or you can retube it.
To me $800 is way more than I would pay. I'm thinking 300/400 tops as you are going to spend a bunch of $ rebuilding them.
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I'll just build up my stock axles...
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- '85 CJ-7, 258/4.2L 6cyl. Bought new in 1985. Full cage, Warn 8274 winch, Ford 9" rear, front/rear Detroit Lockers w/4:88 R&P. T-5 tranny and 4:1 t'case. 33X12.50-15 BFG/AT, MSD ign, on board air---
One of the best parts about a Ford 9", are the much larger brakes.
Put my '9' in about 23 years ago-NO REGRETS!
LG
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With a V8, 456 gears and 35" tires I wouldn't put any more money in the 20 and 30. If you wheel if even half way hard they won't hold up IMO.
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The 30 front, will outlast the '20' rear.
Build the 9. IF you get it for far less than what you were told, and know somedangbody that knows what they are doing to get that 9 to fit 'rite'.
LG