Dana 30 Inner chromos

cannonball · Oct 18, 2012

as title states i have a set of dana 30 inner chromoly shafts, no outers or ujoints. 100 OBO, trying to build a 44.

located in Clemson SC.

01STrunner · Oct 19, 2012

Mason - think I could jump on those? It's Patrick from the club btw

cannonball · Oct 19, 2012

What you going to put them in? And if you want em I can tell my parents to bring em up this weekend.

01STrunner · Oct 19, 2012

I've got a donor 30 at home I'm gonna swap in that I'm building up.

cannonball · Oct 19, 2012

As much as i wanna sell you these. Don't run a Dana 30. But if you still want them I can get them brought up this weekend

01STrunner · Oct 19, 2012

I already have one and am just gonna save up for 1 tons later down the road. I've been looking for a hp44 without any luck.

cannonball · Oct 20, 2012

01STrunner said:

i got ya man, i just wouldn't suggest running a 30 in your rig since you're already doing an axle swap.. but if you want the chromos you can get em.

jimbo92 · Oct 20, 2012

What u swapping a 30 into?

01STrunner · Oct 20, 2012

I'll probably keep looking for a 44 but at this point I'm just going to beef up the 30. Plus I got the whole jeep minus the engine for $100 so I don't have much into it at this point. Anyway I'll go ahead and get the shafts from you. No hurry on getting tem down here though since I won't do the swap til this summer.

I'm swapping out the IFS in my Sport Trac. I want to stay narrow trac and at least be able to get wheel adapters to fit 5x4.5 pattern and so far I've only found low pinion 44s that fit the bill.

LBarr2002 · Oct 20, 2012

I know we're cluttering up Mason's thread, but you probably need an early bronco 44 to get the width right, or a TJ Rubi axle would be sweet. Doesn't your sport track have the coilover kit? That's a nice setup...

cannonball · Oct 20, 2012

I got ya man, send me a text at 8zero36737eight94

jimbo92 · Oct 20, 2012

That's not a terrible idea a lot of explorer guys to that swap. The 4wheel and OffRoad ranger has one too. On te other hand I would run that ifs. Our explorer has been exceptionally reliable with it. It is actually a fairly beefy setup. Basically what I have found out is a solid axle will not improve its performance enough to justify money spent and will really not be any more capable without going waaaaaaay to the next step. Throw some lockers and gears in the biatch and rock it like it is. We have wheeled ours pretty hard for 4+ years and it has never ever given an issue.

jimbo92 · Oct 20, 2012

Most on here can tell you that I rarely think of vehicle preservation while wheeling and tend to have a stupid foot placing vehicles where they have little business being.

97TJGUZZY · Oct 20, 2012

Its currently 2wd i think

cannonball · Oct 20, 2012

97TJGUZZY said:

Na it's got 4 dig.

01STrunner · Oct 20, 2012

An EB or f150 is the right width but almost all came with LP44s and drum brakes. I don't think the kit is sold anymore, and everyone that goes coilovers just goes custom. There's not much out there for the STs at all.

jimbo92 · Oct 20, 2012

Eb is too narrow it's more narrow than a waggy

01STrunner · Oct 21, 2012

Nah it's 60" from mounting surface to mounting surface. Same as a stock ST. Problem is both the EB and the waggy axles in decent shape are darn near impossible to find under a grand which I'd only spend on 1 tons.

97TJGUZZY · Oct 21, 2012

01STrunner said:

Eb is around 58" waggy is 60-61. The EB axles have the smaller 260 joints stock also.

Waggys can be had for $100-300 easy.

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/Dana44.htm

01STrunner · Oct 21, 2012

I guess I was mixing information. HP44s are harder to come by (at least everywhere I have looked). Thanks for the link, Ive read that a couple times but its good to refresh the memory.