Re: [ihc] Ford outers, D44?

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel M Brodsky" <jmbrodsky@domain.elided>
To: <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 20:45
Subject: [ihc] Ford outers, D44?


> Binders,
>       Ummm, okay, I've heard about this over and over, and now I'm really
> getting curious...
> The talk is that one could take some year Ford outer knuckle from a Dana
44
> front axle and swap
> them for the stock IH Scout outers, and then have a high steer setup with
a
> higher mounted steering
> arm and shorter radius steering arm and drag link connection.
>
> Is this true?  Do the ford outers have two holes drilled in the steering
> arm for both the drag link AND
> the tie-rod placements?  Are the Ford outers drilled 8-hole for the IH
> outers?  Most of the outer knuckles
> I've seen are 6-hole drilled. If I can, can I bolt the IH rotors and
> bearings to the ford outers directly without
> swapping spindles?  If I have to change the bearings and use the ford
> knuckle and spindle what are the
> part numbers for the bearings?  Is there a way to use the Ford outer
> knuckles, spindle, hub and rotor, and
> possibly the brakes?
>

If you use the ford knuckle you can easily use the ford outer stuff.

To use the IH outer stuff, if it's 6 bolt you'd need to grab a scout II dana
30 and get the spindles from it?

-Ryan


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