Definitely looks dana/spicer. Can't see clair enough on my phone but looks similar to a 44. The ribs on the housing are throwing me off but shout make it easier to identify Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
From the pictures sent to me..it has a 10 bolt cover... I think it's a truck cover from looking at this link: http://www.dieselpowerproducts.com/p-6489-yukon-gear-axle-gm-85-10-bolt-ring-and-pinion.aspx
What's the bolt pattern? Spacing between the vertical bolts isn't right for a 10 bolt My guess woulf be an 80s jeep cherokee/xj dana 44. Would be 5x4.5 pattern unless shafts were replaced. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Good axle if it is a xj 44. Alloy shafts are easily found for dual pattern 5x4.5 and 5x5.5. Interchange with the jeep tj (97-06 wranlger) 44 shafts. Just need drum retainer which is very common. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
My Dana 44 housing has those same ribs. Mine is out of a late 70's jeep with 6-lug wheels. They came either way 5-lug or 6-lug.
That rib above the tube centerline is what is getting me. Here is the xj 44. My knowledge off 44 is limited to xj/tj rear axles and fsj/tj and ford fronts which is only a few of the 44s made. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
I can tell you with a good confidence that the original pic doesn't look like a gm axle do to the diff cover. Ribs on the gms look parrallel and on the 44 they are angled towards the yoke and above/below the tube as they go back Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Thanks...wish I had the axle in front of me for casting numbers etc. The GM stamped the axles on the passenger side tube...did the 44 do the same?
I think the did also. Unfortunately I'm limited to my rockcrawling days. Visual identification was more common then stampings. But we only use a handful of axles and the only gm is typically a full float 14 bolt. Edit..iirc dana casts its model number in a webbing by the diff cover. Good reading http://www.differentials.com/technical-help/differential-identification Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Good info here: http://manuals.forever-ink.com/Dana_BOM.pdf The axle model number IS NOT always on the rib.
What is the bolt pattern for the wheels? Is it the original pattern? To the ends of the axles look like this: Or this: Nut in the middle, or no nut in the middle?
Looks like a Dana, probably a 44, which was used in about a billion different applications, from Checker cabs to GMC pickups and early T birds etc not enough info in that pic to identify what it's out of...
WAG here.... Scout II http://www.ebay.com/itm/IH-INTERNATIONAL-SCOUT-II-DANA-44-REAR-AXLE-/161022427689
gwarren007 and all: Looks like you nailed it. IH International Scout II Dana 44 (Attached the ebay picture) Thanks