eb44, ttb44 parts swapping

[vince87ranger]

my jeep buddie just offered me a eb44 for $40. don't get excited about a "good deal" because it's a bare housing with shafts, main caps, and knuckles. nothing else.

now at work (junkyard) i have a eb44 housing that is somehow bent on the pass side tube (thinking it slid into a rock or something in winter). it has a carrier with gears, brake caliper mount plates, and spindles.

not knowing the years of either axle can i use my buddies axle parts with the carrier and spindles off my axle then use a ttb44 to complete the missing brake parts?

also without being able to look at my 44 right now (im at school, and its hiding where my boss cant find it. plus its 2 foot under snow) is there a common gear that the eb44 axles came with?

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

No, TTB spindles won't fit the bronco knuckles.

 

[vince87ranger]

i know. using the spindles off of the bent bronco axle. guess i, just wondering if the bearings, calipers, rotors, and lockouts off a ttb44 will fit a eb44. and if there is a difference in the drum brake vs. disc brake knuckles as far as swapping

 

[dangerranger83]

Well if you plan on using the gears, its a no go as the ttb is HP and the EB is a LP.

 

[ThatGuy]

You can get the spindles cheap. All of the bearings should be new anyway. Better to get your parts from a FW 44. The drum knuckles are worthless. You cant get bigger shafts through them and would be stuck with a smaller joint than what you have. If they are both 44s you can swap parts just make sure one isn't a 30 instead. The two standard gearsets are 4.10 from a 6 cylinder or 3.50 from a V-8.

 

[1badexplorer]

If your axle has a knuckle with a 5 bolt pattern for the spindle it is 76-77 and was disc brake, if it is a 6 bolt pattern knuckle it is a 71-75 and was drum brake.

If plan to swap the outters to discs. you can use knuckles and eveything from a 76-79 F150 or 78-79 Bronco. Or you can use the drum brake EB knuckles with chevy/jeep dana 44 calipers, caliper mounts, and spindles. Then use your 5 lug TTB d44 hub & rotor and lockout. The TTB calipers are different and the caliper mount is cast into the knuckle and can't be used either.

As far as gears, EBs came with 3.50s and 4.10s. But you could also use gears from another front axle you may have at the junk yard such as: Scout dana 44, jeep Wagoneer dana 44, chevy/ gm truck dana 44, pre 94 dodge truck dana 44, or 77 older F250 "highboy" dana 44 front.