Re: dana 60 spring perch location
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you can easily make up sleeves from a piece of pipe or tubing to take care of the rounded pin nub clearance. you will relocate the perches as needed. all that is left is the wheel offset (you said it is close) & #1 the condition of the gears/sure grip.
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Re: dana 60 spring perch location
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Your tape is your best friend right now
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Re: dana 60 spring perch location
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Your tape is your best friend right now that is what i figured i was just hoping it might of been done before by someone to save me some head scratching and figuring out.. i should probably just put the perches back at a stock 68-70 width and stuff it into a different car and call it a day..
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Re: dana 60 spring perch location
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i was just hoping it might of been done before by someone to save me some head scratching and figuring out. Oh I totally agree
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Re: dana 60 spring perch location
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i got some good info here by digging up a old thread but it doesn't really answer my question except that it would really fit well into a e body.. ok,i think from what i'm reading a e body dana will fit into a 71 b body a 68-70 b body dana will fit into a e body but it won't fit a 71 b body there is about a 3 inch difference between them ok,so now i need to make a new game plan https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbt...dy-dana-60.html
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Re: dana 60 spring perch location
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That reference is very handy for several reasons and among them it that you will need to shorten the drive shaft a bit if you are replacing a 8.75" with the Dana as dimension "C" is different. I will be involved in a winter project that will involve slipping a Dana 60 into a '72 Barracuda that has a tired 383 and is getting a Indy headed stroked 400 of some 500". The owner has had enough of the 8.75" that has cost him a lot of money in upgrades. I will post some pictures as we go along.
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Re: dana 60 spring perch location
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That chart sucks and should be burned at the internet stake. B 8.75 rears are NOT the same from 62-70... LOL
And what's worse, it's all over the net.
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Re: dana 60 spring perch location
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to make a long story short i have this dana 60 housing i picked up dirt cheap with a pile of other parts. its supposed to of came out of a camaro race car it has some honked up moved around perches on it and ladder bar brackets welded to it. the bom says it is a 69.5 - 72 b body 4.10 with a early 69 date code end to end it is approx 55 inches long. the perches on it seem to match up to a ebody perch width comparing it what i have. the center pin holes on the perches seem larger then stock mopar ones so i'm going to just cut them off and move them to begin with.
my question is would this rear be feasable to stuff under a 71 b body? the 71 8 3/4 rear i have is much a wider housing to begin with and i don't know if it will be a conflict with the housing being short if i put the perches in the same width as the rear i have I have one here that I was told came from a 69 GTX but is like yours,I need to cut off some funky ladder bar mounts and weld perches back on it.
who is that guy?
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Re: dana 60 spring perch location
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i'm going to have to talk to him before i give up on the 71 b idea. i have a fleet of junk 69-74 so i could always use it somewhere else if i have to. this rear had ladder bar mounts and 2 sets of perches on it it sorta looked funny the outer perches are e body width 46 inch apart center to center i already cut/ground off the goofy ladder bar brackets (they were pretty thick!) and one of the inner perches is gone and i started hacking away on the otherone its starting to look like something now
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Re: dana 60 spring perch location
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Grind off the old perches and do a mock-up on your 71...IIRC the mopar performance perches are the ones you DONT want... They had that bigger center locating hole like the set you're taking off...As stated it's an easy fix just make up a spacer but why start with them if you can just get a better set... Get the new perches,set them on the springs and install the dana on them...Bolt the U bolts but leave them loose until you measure your wheel openings to center the rear...Don't worry about the pinion angle at this point just check how the rear fits with the available spacings...A custom wheel offset is easy enough to do and you'll fill up the wheelwell much better in the process... The troublespot is always the inside tire sidewall at the rear leaf section the front segment before the rear housing gets narrower so if the back segment clears the front will by design..
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