Chevy axle in a scout II am I overthinking this?

[Justutt67]

I have already done a cut and turn with SOA conversion on my stock Scout II Dana 44. I decided I wanted to use Chevy outers for the internal hub design. I got a 1976 Chevy Dana 44 small bearing off of Craig's list for a song and dance. I didn't want to just rob the outers off the Chevy and scrap the rest of the axle so I have prepped it for a cut and turn and narrow job and figure I will sell the complete Scout Dana 44 SOA ready including IH flat top knuckles for hi steer.

My question is while measuring everything 10 times for narrowing my numbers aren't adding up. If I cut 3.72" off the short side and 3.22" off the long which is the difference between the inner shaft lengths and move the spring perch center pin holes in 1/4" on both sides which is the difference between Scout width and Chevy width. My axle is offset to the driver side 1/2"! If I measure from the tube end to center pin I get about 6 1/2" on the passenger side and about 7 1/4 on the driver side. Stock measurements on the Scout are 7"ish on both sides.

It appears the differential is offset about 1/2" to the driver side on the Chevy axle vs the Scout axle. If I offset the new center pin locations in 1/2" on the passenger side and leave it where Chevy had it on the driver side it seams the axle is centered. Anyone else run into this? Am I overthinking this?

 

[ihpartsjeff]

Your measurements seem correct and yes to get the axle perfectly centered under the Scout you May need to get custom shafts made.

 

[Justutt67]

Thanks Jeff. As I was watching football this weekend it occurred to me I was totally over thinking this. I am cutting basically 3 3/4" off the short side and 3 1/4" off the long side of course it will be a half inch shorter on the short side. I am gonna see if I have enough room to set the centering pin a 1/2" in on the passenger side only so I can be as centered as possible. What was throwing me off was all the info on the internet I found says to set both centering pin holes in 1/4" I assumed that centered the axle.