Rear differential swap Dana 44 in Salsbury

[rustyrims]

the bearing and the race must match exactly. if the inner and outer races are not the same it will not work. you can put some grease on the outer race and see if it is hitting unevenly. hopefully you just need a different bearing. respectfully charlie

[Kestor]

After staring at it for a while, I think it's the distance from where the bearing seats to where the ring gear sits that is going to be the problem, maybe....
There's roughly a 0.1" difference between the two with the Auburn being shorter(face where the ring gear sits is 0.1" closer to the pinion)even though it is overall narrower.
I have the 542085 Auburn Gear carrier. There's a video, Don's cobra something on the ytube, he does use a different carrier. But from what I have found the one he uses and the one I have are interchangeable, supposedly. When he puts his Auburn carrier in his case he has quite a bit of play side to side. He also swapped ring and pinion to Dana 44 set.
I'll try to put a picture in of the measurements, but it won't let me post pictures right now

[Grubby]

Dana and Jag carriers are specific to certain gear ratios. For example a 2.73 gear set will not fit on a 3.54 carrier. The 3.54 ring gear would be closer to the pinion than the 2.73. This is because the 2.73 pinion would be much larger in diameter.

I am seeing different break points for the Dana carriers and I don't remember for sure. I do know I changed from 2.7? to 3.54 and the original 2.7? carrier would not work with my 3.54 gear set. I got a carrier out of a Jeep and it worked fine.

John

[Kestor]

Auburn is on the left