Although this particular conversion was performed on a Land Cruiser, the information is applicable to any vehicle with the popular Dana 44 front axle using Chevy or Jeep Wagoneer knuckles.

When the rear Wagoneer Dana 44 axlehousing in our ’49 CJ-3A literally broke in half at the 2013 Tierra Del Sol Desert Safari (“Unintended Consequences,” July ’13), we considered many ...