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What Front Axle Is this D30 or D44?

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Old 06-06-2022 | 07:47 AM
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Default What Front Axle Is this D30 or D44?
This axle is from a JK that was swapped into a XJ, is it a dana 30 or dana 44? How can you tell?


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Old 06-06-2022 | 11:38 AM
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the cover bolt pattern indicates to me that is a D30 axle you got there.
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Old 06-07-2022 | 07:52 PM
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D30. im sure someone will tag up that popular Diff cover reference photo that shows the most common axles
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Dana 29.5
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Old 06-12-2022 | 08:49 PM
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You have gussets on the C's, which is a plus.
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Old 06-13-2022 | 07:06 AM
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Ya know, you guys are welcome to save and use my photos any time.....
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