Ford Dana 50 question

[elbastardo]

What kind of hubs do they use? Is it a standard style? not a funky vacume setup of some kind?

Also what style of brakeline do they use?
Thanks

[Chevelleguy]

They have unit bearing hubs. I think you could order auto locking hubs or the standard manual locking.

[KaiserMan]

Dont the early ones have regular full floating hubs, or is that only the TTB D50's?

[Stuka]

If it came from a super duty, they have unit bearings, with manual locking hubs. Not vacuum disco or the like.

[rockjeep44]

They have unit bearing hubs. I think you could order auto locking hubs or the standard manual locking.

Not all of them. I bought one for $50 a couple years back because everything from the knuckles out is Dana 60 stuff. I needed a new spindle which is like $150 so the whole axle paid for itself right there. I sold the rest of the stuff and ended up a few hundred in the black.

[addicted]

They have unit bearings with manual or manual/auto hubs on them and Dana 44 gears and shafts inside with the beefiness of Dana 60 external stuff.

[rockjeep44]

They have unit bearings with manual or manual/auto hubs on them and Dana 44 gears and shafts inside with the beefiness of Dana 60 external stuff.

I'm sorry but I just got done saying not all Dana 50s have unit bearings. I specifically told how I bought one because I wanted the live spindle. You just have to check the years. Up until the early to mid 90s they all had live spindle setups.

[Stuka]

They have unit bearings with manual or manual/auto hubs on them and Dana 44 gears and shafts inside with the beefiness of Dana 60 external stuff.

No D50 has D44 gears. The D44 has a 8.5" ring gear, a D50 has a 9" ring gear. The shafts are the same (1.31" 30 spline).

[addicted]

No D50 has D44 gears. The D44 has a 8.5" ring gear, a D50 has a 9" ring gear. The shafts are the same (1.31" 30 spline).

I stand corrected, I had assumed that if they used the 44 sized shafts and joints then the gears were the same.