Platime

Found a guy selling a dana 44 rear that he claims is out of an 89 cherokee. How do I tell if it is the correct 44 and not from a different jeep? Have a 95 sport and want it to bolt right up( other than drive shaft length?) new to this, so any advise would be a great help.

Platime

Ok, just got there and looked at it. Has different bolt pattern. Must be from wagoneer.

93XJLI

well, in 89 the only cherokee was the XJ. and waggys had AMC20 rears most of the time. J trucks stopped in 88 and FSJs 83 or 84.

Platime

Ok, checked it out and it has different bolt pattern. But he has matching 44's in good shape 100 for the pair. But has drop on wrong side. Dang, thought i found a great deal on an easy swap.

cruiser54

Where are you getting your info?

Full size Waggys had Dana 44s front and rear most of the time.

FSJs were made through 91 or so.

su871mina7

It had a passenger side drop? the dana 44 from under a waggy are a good 44 to have and the price is cheap enough. I'm not sure if the drop can be changed or what kind of mods will let it work ( I'm sure someone will chime in) but for the price I would look into it and see if it was more trouble than you want or not. I too am in the research mode of axle swapping. check out this link it's pretty helpful http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=101345

93XJLI

i was under the impression that AMC20s were more common underneath waggys. when i saw FSJ i mean cherokee. those stopped in the early 80s, wagoneers were built until 91.

Nathan9Mile

If i remember right amc20s where common in the passenger drop days when they switched to drivers drop they got 44s.

su871mina7

I'm looking at a rear out of a 76-78 its a driver side drop I'm not sure when they changed though. where are you located?

Platime

Did little more research. It's a matching set out of a full size waggy. He just kept calling it a cherokee. What would i have to do to deal with the pass side drop? And I'm from indiana.

cruiser54

Most common under CJs and MJs.

93XJLI

youd have to swap in a new tcase, reroute your exhaust at minimum.

really? MJs?

cruiser54

Yup. Metric tons IIRC.

93XJLI

5-90

ANY Dana axle may have its original application and configuration verified using the BoM (Bill of Materials) number, it's stamped into the right-hand tube, looking at the cover side of the axle.

It's a six-digit number with a one- or two-digit suffix. The first six gives original application, the suffix gives individual variation.

BoM numbers may be run on the "Dana Expert" site - www.dana.com and follow the prompts.