72 k20 Dana 44

[Miller230]

Rebuilding a Dana 44 on my 72 k20 and came across the drivers side spindle bearing having a brass washer backed up on it and the passenger side not haveing one? Is this correct or has someone worked on this prior to me owning it?
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[mongocanfly]

Welcome
Got a pic of what your describing?

[B. W.]

The early disc brake 44's ran a small u-joint and a brass washer, the later ones (73 & up) run a larger u-joint & a plastic one, they don't interchange because different inside diameters. I don't think the brass washers are available. You might check with Quad 4x4 (Torque King) They have some NOS stuff.

I had the same issue with some damaged parts & ended up switching axle shafts to the larger u-joints for better parts availability.

[Miller230]

BW thanks for the info... I searched torque king and found the kit with the plastic washer but they also sell the bronze washer. The kit says it’s for 73 and up but I cross referenced the bearing that it comes with it and that’s at least the same one for my 72. So I am going to give it a try and replace the plastic washer with the bronze one
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[special-K]

I see that bronze spacer misplaced more than correct. At least the times I have had someone else work on my stuff. First thing other than visual damage I look for when hubs won't engage. I see them put to the outside at the lockout end.