Dana 44

Over a dozen automobile manufacturers have made vehicles that have Dana 44 axles, including Jeep which currently manufactures four-wheel drive vehicles that have both front and rear Dana 44 axles.

This Dana 44 had no axle tubes but attached to the driver side traction beam, which also acted as a cover plate, and had "open air" axles which traveled through the beams to the spindles.

The TTB set-up is based on Ford's highly successful Twin I-beam design on two-wheel-drive pick-up truck models.

This ring and pinion does share some components and can be adapted into an earlier Dana 44 but requires some work, different bearings and spacers.

The benefit is the larger ring gear, better angle cut on the teeth and Dana 60 diameter pinion shaft.

The majority of Corvette and Viper Dana 44 IRS set ups use a limited slip differential.

The ring gear in the Salisbury uses slightly larger mounting bolts and the pinion shaft is a different diameter than the common version.

Standard 8.5" Dana 44 ring and pinion gear can be used in the IRS model through the use of an installation kit which includes special shouldered bolts to mount the standard ring gear to the IRS carrier and a special pinion bearing set to fit the standard pinion shaft to the IRS housing.

1967-1968 1/2 Ton Pickups Jeep International Harvester Isuzu Nissan Mitsubishi Montero/Pajero Independent Rear Suspension (IRS) Corvette Pontiac Dodge Jaguar Studebaker Cars 1951-1964 Some V8 powered cars had the Dana 44 rear axle when ordered with performance packages or Heavy duty drivetrains.