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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 11-15-2007, 06:28 AM

I saw a pretty clean D44 front axle on an '82 GMC Sierra Grande K/1500 Jimmy at a local pull-yer-part. Engine was pulled but truck once had an automatic.
1] What is the likelihood of a 3.73:1 gear ratio?
2] Will it match the D44 front axle on my '71 Custom Jimmy K/1500?
I was only after a spare Pittman arm for the Jimmy at a local junkyard, but after I got my part, I looked at the whole axle as a possibility. Since I'm a total '67-'72 guy, I didn't find a SPID in the glove box to list the options, including rear [and front]-end ratios.
Junker made me a fair price, since this unit is complete, with disc brakes, hub locks and axle shafts.

11-15-2007, 06:28 AM	#1
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,080	'82 D44 Front in '71 Jimmy? I saw a pretty clean D44 front axle on an '82 GMC Sierra Grande K/1500 Jimmy at a local pull-yer-part. Engine was pulled but truck once had an automatic. 1] What is the likelihood of a 3.73:1 gear ratio? 2] Will it match the D44 front axle on my '71 Custom Jimmy K/1500? I was only after a spare Pittman arm for the Jimmy at a local junkyard, but after I got my part, I looked at the whole axle as a possibility. Since I'm a total '67-'72 guy, I didn't find a SPID in the glove box to list the options, including rear [and front]-end ratios. Junker made me a fair price, since this unit is complete, with disc brakes, hub locks and axle shafts. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.