Dana 44 HD help? anyone?

ok i just bought a dana 44 HD and it was tore apart and i need help with the whole pinion depth and i need to know if i can take the ring and pinion out of my old front end which is just a regular 10 bolt chevy and put the ring and pinion on my new dana cuz i need to have the 4:10 gears to match the back and the dana came with 3:73's any help please?