I aligned the passenger side spring perch with the drivers side perch and welded it on using the same method mentioned before (because the differential housing is cast iron too).
Now that the housing is done, it was time to move on to the
knuckles. I chose to put the entire outer knuckles from the
Dana 30 onto the Dana 44 housing.I decided to used
the Dana 30 knuckles for a group of reasons;
(1) I don't have all the parts that I would need for the Scout
axles.
(2) Because of the shape of the Scout knuckles, I would lose
some turning radius if I tries to connect them to the Jeep
steering gearbox. The point at which the drag link connects to
the knuckle is a few inches further out from the center of the
wheel then the original Jeep set-up.
(3) The brakes are very similar in size, so there is no loss
or gain there.
(4) It's an easy thing to do.
This is an easy bolt on-deal, that doesn't require any
modifications. I simply took apart the Dana 30 axle, had new
balljoints pressed in, and bolted them onto the Dana 44
yokes. I was able to reused all the knuckle parts from the
balljoints out, including the hubs (while retaining the Dana
44 axle shafts). Besides paint, the front axle is done.
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