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08-24-2005, 04:36 PM
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Web Wheeler
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Ok, so I found a free 74' Waggy front axle (Dana 44).
Slight problem. It has drum brakes. I guess disc brakes where an option back then.
Do I have to change the complete outer knockles assemble with a Ford F150 set-up or can I keep the stock outer knockles and just change the hub, rotor and caliber w/bracket?
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80' CJ7, 360 Howell Injected, 3" single exhaust, NP435 4spd, Dana 300 AA clocking ring, Currie twin stick, Tera-Low 4 -1 kit, Dana 44 front, cut 10" wider to 63", 4.10 gears, ARB, Yukon axles and Super H/D u-joints, Currie Dana 44 rear, cut wider to 60 1/2", 4.10 gears, ARB 35 spline, Currie 35 spline axle shafts, 2 1/2" x 11" Ford drum brakes, CJ-SOA conversion, Tom Woods F & R drive shafts, Warn 9500i winch, 6 point cage, Homemade F&R bumpers and tire carrier, 1" body, Pro Comp supension Kit, 12.5x35x15 BFG's, 15x10 OMF beadlocks, Body armor, OBA.
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08-25-2005, 07:38 AM
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Just guessing but the knuckle should work with GM brake stuff bolted on. This is the way the Dana 30s (where I got my conversion parts) are and everything is pretty much interchangable. I have a 78 Wagoneer axle I am putting under mine this winter and the calipers, caliper mounts, ect. are the same as I dug up on my Dana 30 disk conversion. I got some F150 hubs so the bolt pattern would match. Ford spindles, knuckles, caliper mounts & calipers are not the same as the GM and Wagoneer stuff. The spindles are five bolt, not six like everything else and the calipers mount up differently. So you should just be able to swap the drum backing plates for GM caliper mounts and go from there.
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08-25-2005, 09:40 AM
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Is it open or closed knuckle? If it's closed knuckle, it's '73 or older. I haven't seen a '74 with open knuckles and drum brakes. But...we are talking about AMC...anything's possible.
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'81 Scrambler w/ FI 360 AMC, 33x12.50 BFG M/T's, 5" of lift, ARB'd Dana 44's F & R, Dana 300 clocked & twin sticked w/4:1, Warn XD9000i, etc...
2002 Grand Cherokee Limited, 2008 Overland Grand Cherokee, a 1976 CJ-7 in pieces and 3 more off-brand 4x4s...............
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08-25-2005, 10:41 AM
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John N,
It's kind of odd. The vehicle tag say's 74' It's and open knockle with drum brakes. I read on some Waggy web site that front disc where an option until 1976.
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80' CJ7, 360 Howell Injected, 3" single exhaust, NP435 4spd, Dana 300 AA clocking ring, Currie twin stick, Tera-Low 4 -1 kit, Dana 44 front, cut 10" wider to 63", 4.10 gears, ARB, Yukon axles and Super H/D u-joints, Currie Dana 44 rear, cut wider to 60 1/2", 4.10 gears, ARB 35 spline, Currie 35 spline axle shafts, 2 1/2" x 11" Ford drum brakes, CJ-SOA conversion, Tom Woods F & R drive shafts, Warn 9500i winch, 6 point cage, Homemade F&R bumpers and tire carrier, 1" body, Pro Comp supension Kit, 12.5x35x15 BFG's, 15x10 OMF beadlocks, Body armor, OBA.
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08-25-2005, 12:22 PM
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dawgates, you are correct. Or you looked in the same places I did for information.
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