Dana 60 truck to car
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06/18/15 04:19 PM
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I'm having a hard time locating a65-67 b body housing either 8 3/4 or Dana for my e body. Truck Dana diffs are easy to find. So is there a good base vehicle to grab one from ? I'm after a 3.54. I want to keep my wilwood disk brake kit so I want to cut one down and get aftermarket axles and get new bearing ends for the housing.
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Re: Dana 60 truck to car
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06/18/15 05:01 PM
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You have already answered your question...get a 3/4 ton Dana 60 truck housing, cut it down to fit, use big Ford housing ends, use sealed Ford bearings on 35 spline axles, use a PowerLock diff carrier for strength & longevity, 3.54 or 4.10 are easy to find to match the carrier, you will have to cut your driveshaft 1.12" to match the longer nose on the Dana, pinion yokes are available new in different sizes (use the strap style if you can) and make sure your u-joint matches the yoke, DAMHIK all this stuff.
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Re: Dana 60 truck to car
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06/18/15 05:17 PM
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I don't think ford ends accept my disk kit for 8 3/4. Or does it? Looks like no. Mopar ends I guess if I want my brakes.
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Re: Dana 60 truck to car
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06/18/15 09:13 PM
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There is a Dana 60, 4:10, Trak-Loc in my '74 W200 Dodge Power Wagon, but it's not for sale.
When I made a Dana 60 Truck-to-Car conversion 12-years ago, I got the donor Dana 60 out of a '72 Dodge B300 Van. It had 4:10 gears and a Trak-Loc.
It cost $73 at the local Pick-A-Part, Floating-Axle, drum-to-drum.
I had a donor 8 3/4 housing in my collection, so cut the bearing ends off and a local shop grafted the ends on, inspected and checked the tooth pattern/setup, etc, for $200 total.
I had a set of 30-spline 8 3/4 aftermarket axles (which fit the 30-spline Dana 60 Truck differential). Had to have one axle shaft cut shorter by an inch.
35-spline axles are better. To install, you need to buy some 35-spline side gears. I just saw a New set of side gears for $100 on eBay.
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Re: Dana 60 truck to car
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06/19/15 04:52 PM
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I got my dana out of a 72 Ford 3/4 ton truck. There either 3 inch or 3 1/8 A older ford 4x4 will have a dana
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