Yeah, we ended up stripping it to an empty housing because the left knuckle was full of rust, a spider gear was busted in the diff... bas kingpin bearings, bad diff and pinion bearings... it was all bad in regards to bearings. So she got stripped empty, blasted, cleaned, epoxy primed and reloaded with goodness.

Here's a look at the tiny kingpins in the 65 D44 vs the 1975 HD44 pins.

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there she is, ready for work.


Something clever here.