[Tigers] Dana 44 Question

[Sandy Ganz]

Interesting question, I have run Dana 44's in my old International scount with
a 
mild 377 SBC and on several ocations had 'accidently' broke parts of the
rear 
D44. Both were related to 'speed shifting' (think about this in a 4x4
with a 
truck transmission). First time twitsted off the yoke right in the
middle of the 
splined section of the pinion. Second time exploded the spider
gears. Never had 
a problem with the gear set (teeth) or axles. Tires were not
that big, but 
larger then car tires.I do not speed shift any more (except in
loaner cars or 
press car demos). Overall I think the D44 is pretty strong,
but a heavy rear. I 
think a 9" is a fair bit lighter and with axle
upgrades much stronger.

Sandy



----- Original Message ----
From: Larry
Mayfield <drmayf at mayfco.com>
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"tigers at autox.team.net" <tigers at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sun, November 11, 2012 7:51:10 AM
Subject: [Tigers] Dana 44 Question

I
was just sitting here twiddling my thumbs and a burning question came to  my
mind. Anyone know how much torque a Dana 44 can handle with a spool and a very
tall set of gears? Is there a ratio higher than 2.88:1?

mayf

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