Posted by Eric B. on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 3:12PM :
In Reply to: Large knuckle vs small knuckle posted by Lonnie Jordan on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 2:18PM :
The picture is a Big Knuckle Dana 44 in Gene's 1966 PW TW.
A Dana 44 with the small knuckle is used in 1/2 and 3/4 tons from 1957-1971.
Before 1961 I have never heard of a big knuckle dana 44 being used in a Dodge truck.
After 1961 there were a few trucks, Crew Cabs being the main ones, that got big knuckle Dana 44s.
Also some special order standard cab W200s, a few W100s, and a small number of 1966 TWs.
The small knuckle Dana 44 is the standard ball on the Dana 44 tube.
The big knuckle is a Dana 70 sized ball, on a Dana 44 tube.
Go here for both pictures:
http://townwagon.vexed.org/5460/general.htm
Hope this helps!!
Eric
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