Broke My Front Axel... Any Ideas
 

i borke the front driverside axel on my 1969 chevy c20 pickup... and now i don't know where to get one from. i was curious if any of u guys could help me out by maybe finding a new or used one.... and if any other chevy axels would fit into it... i'll try to get u guys a pic of wut i got, and what happened.

Cheers
Dan

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is ti a solid axle?

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yah it's a solid axel.... i spun the u joint out of it

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Is the inner or outer axle broke or is it just the ujoint??

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i need the innner outer and u joint... i'll try to get a picture tommorw after work

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heres some picture of wut i got going on. if u guys have anyideas on what i cna do that would be great
http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2643/pbpic2643463.jpg
http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2643/pbpic2643458.jpg
http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2643/pbpic2643460.jpg


cheers
Dan

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From your pictures that appears to be a 1977 Chevrolet Dana 44, Any Chev/GMC Dana 44 from 1971 to 1978 or 79 parts will fit,
I have been told some of the later (1979-83) 10 bolt parts will interchange too but can not confirm that.

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If it's a 8 lug the outer axle stub shafts will be different too, make sure he gets the right one, shouldn't be hard at all.

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I'm no help here but I gotta ? Wouldn't that be a K20? I thought that all 4 wheel drives were K trucks?

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not entirly sure... new to the older chevys... i was told it's a c20... but dont; take my word for it... but it is a 8 bolt.... and livrat, u think it's a 1977 chev front end in a 1969?...... thats cool... anyone know where i cna get one for cheep... and also just incase i go to the scrap yard or anythign wut do i need to look for to find the same type of front axel

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bad thing is that you have to pull the wheel, then lock-outs, then brake caliper, then hub, then spindle and then get the spindle off (that's the hard part). Then do that again in the junkyard and put it all back together... If you can find a matching dana 44 3/4 ton axle (8 lugs) then buy the whole thing (maybe $150?). Do all the work at home and keep the extra parts.

A newer 10 bolt won't work because the inner axle is different (length and spline count) so you have to find a Dana44 3/4 ton.

Or you could buy replacement axles and U-joints $$$ http://www.offroaddesign.com/catalog...axleshafts.htm

Try not to spin those front tires so much unless you go up to a Dana 60 ($900).

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i always see posts on here saying a 10 bolt shaft won't work in a 44. in an emergency,(read trail riding this weekend),they will work! i've done it personally. the 10 bolt is shorter but only by a few fractions. i just leave out the outward most c-clip because the outer stub shaft is just shy of reaching. it has never hurt anything on mine. as far as spline count, i'm not sure on that but in my eyes, if the shaft goes in & the wheel pulls in 4x4, the spline count must be the same. lol

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nope.. 10 bolt is 28 spline and dana 44 is 30 spline inner axles.... outer axles are the same...

I wouldn't think that a front axle would constitute an emergency that grinds your differental to shreds... but it's your truck...

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