50 bucks for a 8 lug GM Front Dana 44: good deal?

[GM Guy]

I already bought it, couldnt stand to see it go to scrap. I shot him 50 bucks, and he really had to think about it, but went for it in the end. It was bought to put under a truck that the front axle went out on, so it is prolly a good used takeout. It looks like new brake pads on good used rotors.

I am 99 percent sure it is a dana 44, because IIRC, the smallest 8 lug front axle is a dana 44 and it does not have the four bolts on each knuckle, which I guess is the sign of a Dana 60. It has warn hubs with really aged plastic, but she still works. It has GM cast right on it, and it was bought to replace a gm axle, so I will bet money it is a GM axle!

Did I screw up? if so, 50 bucks down the tube, but i still got something.

 

[Joey D]

What year truck did it come out of? Could be a 10bolt as GM used them in the 3/4 ton 4x4 trucks right up to the IFS changeover. They started in 79-80 depending on model and availablity

 

[malibu795]

i have a 44HD in my 75

if is a dana it will have 44/60 casted in to the dif housing

 

[GM Guy]

i believe later 70s