Thinking of picking up a rear Dana 44 with drum brakes but the drum brakes are missing. What vehicles at junkyard has disc that I could swap on ? Or if someone can send me a thread where this has already been talked about ?
Which vehicles have discs brakes I could swap onto a Dana 44?
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I believe the ZJ and WJ Grand Cherokee disc brakes work. That would be 1993-2004 models.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Other than easier brake replacement, is there a benefit to a rear disc conversion? I thought our TJs are front braking for the most part? I ended up just having the shop take the drums from my 35 and install it on the 44 for sake of cost savings mainly
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The only direct bolt up to a Dana 44 is from an 03-06 TJ and Liberty 03-07
WJ is a no go at all. ZJ will fit if you open up the center bore to fit the Set 10 bearing and seal through.
WJ is a no go at all. ZJ will fit if you open up the center bore to fit the Set 10 bearing and seal through.
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That means you have a Dana 35 and you still had to cut and flare the hard lines to get them attached to the flex hoses to the calipers.
I definitely overlooked a more creative method of hooking up hard lines. But, there is something a bit off. The Set 10 bearing and seal won't fit through the hole in the middle of the ZJ backing plate. If you look at the brake pads, there is enough room for the abutment clips at the ends of the pads which likely points to them being off of a TJ or Liberty.
They likely swapped on the other backing plates and kept the calipers and brake pads. You need to install the abutment clips though. If you go to Stu Offroad and look up the disc brake conversion I did on his about 15 or 16 years ago, it shows what has to be done.
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