6 lug Dana44 to 8 lug

[kwmech]

The easiest will be to find an 8 lug, later model 44, or 10 bolt at the wrecking yard and either grab everything from the spindles out--including the outer stub shaft---or buy the complete axle and swap that in--if the ratios match. The 8 lug stuff is larger in diameter so, so yes the backing plates are different. there were 2 different 8 lug spindles. The early style which had the 'bolt on' locking hubs and the later which had the internal style locking hubs. The early style spindles and hubs are obsolete, so stay away from those.



edit: actually there are 3 different spindles. Early 1/2 ton which is the small inner bearing, (603049) The early 3/4 ton x-tra large inner (368a) And the later 1/2 and 3/4 took the same spindle which has the 104949. All of them take the same outer.