I've got a D 44 out of a scout II, and was curious to know what anybody thinks about redrilling the flanges on the rear to 6 lug pattern. I know aftermarkets come with all the holes, just wondering about strength.

thanks

If you don't think it will work, make it

The flange that mounts to the brake backing plate? unless you are running disc in the rear, you will have to find another backing plate, it is form fit. I don't think that you have to worry about strength, unless you use the stupid pedal alot.

JR
"Some People Live An Entire Lifetime And Wonder If They Have Ever Made A Difference, But The Marines Don't Have That Problem" R. Regan

It shouldn't compromise the strength if the bolt pattern is not any larger and closer to the edge of the flange. That kind of stuff is fairly standard fare for a machine shop to do. Gotta be cheaper than buying custom axles.

Tim

84 CJ7, 258, HEI, M/C 2100 carb, 5 inch lift, RS9000's, 33x12.5 BFG M/T's, 4.56's and Detroit softlocker, full cage & belts, Xenon flares, Dana 44 rear, GM dual diaphragm brake booster

WILL did this last year to a rear wag dana 44, converted it from 6 bolt to 5. he shippe it off and had a company do it.

It looked to me like they did great work, plug welded the old holes, drilled new, and even trued teh flange itself

you can ask him what he paid, I dont remember



OzarkJeep

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I sent them to Moser Engineering. It cost me $80 to have both redrilled, studs installed and shipped back. I had a good experience with them and they are holding up just fine.

An option to convert to 6 lug would be different Dana 44 axles. I keep a couple spare long side rear Dana 44 axles from a mid 70's full size Cherokee Chief, that are 6 lug. You could find similar axles, then have them cut and resplined to match the Scout II. The bearings are the same, so the axles would be interchangable. The only difference would be the bolt pattern for the retaining plate. It's kind of a push / pull on expense, some areas it's less expensive to ship parts to be modified, yet in other areas it's less expensive to find used parts and have a local machine shop modify parts.
dave

Will, Dave, ozarkjeep, TiminMb, That's perfect, thanks for the ideas. I've got a cherokee chief with a nice 44 in the front, but you guessed it, it's a Quadratrac. I'll see about shipping them out.
Thanks a load!


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