68 4x4 Front Axle Junk or Not? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

junksaver · 01-11-2011, 05:55 PM

I have the factory original dana 44 drum brake closed knuckle front axle that came out of my 68 1/2 ton. I need to clean up my shop. Is this axle or any parts off it worth anything or should I just scrap it?

BLAZERMAN · 01-11-2011, 06:48 PM

If the brake drums, backing plates and hardware are good you might hang on to them...theses parts are hard to
find new and the purists that want to keep there truck stock could benefit from them.
There may be someone out there that would want the whole axle....not thats its a bad axle its just that the open knuckle disc brake version of the same axle work so much better!

junksaver · 01-12-2011, 12:23 PM

Thanks for the reply. I would hang on to the whole axle, but I need to clean up. I guess I can pull those parts off.

68chevyfuelie · 01-12-2011, 11:35 PM

If it has 4.56 or 4.10 gears in it, I'd possibly be interested in the gears/carrier. Thanks.

**dutchmanz** · 01-12-2011, 11:39 PM

Dang, you're in driving distance. I needed a steering knuckle just a few weeks ago, but swapped to a newer 10 bolt. I'd say don't scrap it.

Americanrider · 01-15-2011, 03:44 AM

D-44 carrier is the same old or new, they are all 30 spline. I got 45 bucks out of one a long time ago.

01-11-2011, 05:55 PM	#1
junksaver Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Durham NC Posts: 216	68 4x4 Front Axle Junk or Not? I have the factory original dana 44 drum brake closed knuckle front axle that came out of my 68 1/2 ton. I need to clean up my shop. Is this axle or any parts off it worth anything or should I just scrap it? __________________ 68 4wd Stepside 69 2wd Stepside Project 71 2wd Blazer Project 72 2wd 3/4 Ton Project or Parts? 73 4wd Blazer

01-11-2011, 06:48 PM	#2
BLAZERMAN Currently Blazerless Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: St. Joseph Mo. Posts: 4,828	Re: 68 4x4 Front Axle Junk or Not? If the brake drums, backing plates and hardware are good you might hang on to them...theses parts are hard to find new and the purists that want to keep there truck stock could benefit from them. There may be someone out there that would want the whole axle....not thats its a bad axle its just that the open knuckle disc brake version of the same axle work so much better! __________________ 1972 C/30 133" W.B. C&C 1970 GMC 3500 157" W.B. single wheel C&C Last edited by BLAZERMAN; 01-11-2011 at 07:18 PM.

01-12-2011, 12:23 PM	#3
junksaver Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Durham NC Posts: 216	Re: 68 4x4 Front Axle Junk or Not? Thanks for the reply. I would hang on to the whole axle, but I need to clean up. I guess I can pull those parts off. __________________ 68 4wd Stepside 69 2wd Stepside Project 71 2wd Blazer Project 72 2wd 3/4 Ton Project or Parts? 73 4wd Blazer

01-12-2011, 11:35 PM	#4
68chevyfuelie Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Posts: 487	Re: 68 4x4 Front Axle Junk or Not? If it has 4.56 or 4.10 gears in it, I'd possibly be interested in the gears/carrier. Thanks.

01-12-2011, 11:39 PM	#5
dutchmanz Knuckle Buster, Instructor Join Date: May 2010 Location: Pantego, NC Posts: 562	Re: 68 4x4 Front Axle Junk or Not? Dang, you're in driving distance. I needed a steering knuckle just a few weeks ago, but swapped to a newer 10 bolt. I'd say don't scrap it. __________________ Current classic fleet: 72 K5 Blazer CST, unrestored factory Orange paint...mostly 69 C10 factory SWB, 454, TH400, Saddle tan, Rust-o-ration 53 Studebaker M35 w/331 Reo gas I-6, Air Force Strata Blue

01-15-2011, 03:44 AM	#6
Americanrider Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NW, WA. Posts: 1,421	Re: 68 4x4 Front Axle Junk or Not? D-44 carrier is the same old or new, they are all 30 spline. I got 45 bucks out of one a long time ago.

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