Dana 44 8 lug conversion?

StokesCo.94HB

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Aight heres the deal, ive got a D44 out of a 81 J-10. Its a 6 lug wide track axle, WM-WM is 64.5 in. Its for my Nissan Hardbody and now that im looking at my options for a rear axle im thinking about going 8-lug. I know its easy to convert 6 lug to 8, but my problem is i want it to stay 64.5 in. wide. From my calculations if i put eight lug hubs on its going to make it a full witdh axle @ 67.5 in. I would love it if some one had the knowledge to tell me otherwise.
 
I could be off a little but I believe it only adds 1". I did the same thing and it is not noticable enough to worry about. I say change em.
 
I had a 6 lug waggy front and installed chevy 8 lug outers. it was a direct swap. remove the hubs\ rotors and brake mount and slip on the 8 lug goodies. the only thing is you must have the large bearing spindles which waggys 44 have, at least the 1976 version do.
 
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