how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60

Posted By: JACKSON

how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/03/09 08:43 PM

i hearing too many different opinions on how many quarts of gear oil to put in a race only car.
how many quarts and which kind are you using? thanks Larry

Posted By: Leigh

Re: how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/03/09 11:33 PM

I use 2 quarts of Mobil 1 75W90.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/04/09 12:06 AM

i was going to try synthetic in my new dana 60
wonder if it will make any difference in performance?
i use 2 quarts as well.

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Posted By: dc426

Re: how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/04/09 12:10 AM

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i was going to try synthetic

Probably make it leak worse than it already is

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Posted By: Leigh

Re: how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/04/09 01:24 AM

If your combination picks up between long, extended rounds, it's a nice addition for less variables. I've never experienced any leakage.

Posted By: Cab_Burge

Re: how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/04/09 04:18 AM

Mopar use to put on drag seminars back in the day before they went BK the first time, they always advocated running one quart of gear lube in both the Dana 60 and the 8 3/4 for drag race only cars. The explantion was that the one quart was way more than adequate for lubrication at the track and the additional fluid in the rears was for noise containment and long, hard drives across country during the summer

Posted By: fourgearsavoy

Re: how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/04/09 12:38 PM

What about when you have an Ultimate60 cover?Does it hold more oil? The level plug sits pretty far above the axle centerline.
Gus

Posted By: cudabunch

Re: how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/04/09 06:37 PM

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What about when you have an Ultimate60 cover?Does it hold more oil? The level plug sits pretty far above the axle centerline.
Gus

Yes it does hold more, almost three quarts. I use Royal Purple 85W-140 no leaks and my rear end seems happy and cool.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/04/09 07:20 PM

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What about when you have an Ultimate60 cover?Does it hold more oil? The level plug sits pretty far above the axle centerline.
Gus

Yes it does hold more, almost three quarts. I use Royal Purple 85W-140 no leaks and my rear end seems happy and cool.

GARY,thats some heavy oil. i think that might have some extra drag on your rear.
i think the royal purple 75w -90 might have been a better choice.

Posted By: cudabunch

Re: how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/04/09 07:32 PM

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What about when you have an Ultimate60 cover?Does it hold more oil? The level plug sits pretty far above the axle centerline.
Gus

Yes it does hold more, almost three quarts. I use Royal Purple 85W-140 no leaks and my rear end seems happy and cool.

GARY,thats some heavy oil. i think that might have some extra drag on your rear.
i think the royal purple 75w -90 might have been a better choice.

I know, but Iam crazy about fluids and in my mind it wont break if there is alot of thick stuff in there.Iam not a real racer if my car breaks down,I put it in the trailer and watch.But Iam happy.

Posted By: 340Cuda

Re: how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/05/09 01:36 PM

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i was going to try synthetic in my new dana 60
wonder if it will make any difference in performance?
i use 2 quarts as well.

The one thing we have noticed since we started using synthetic gear oil in our Dana 60 is the first run of the day is not always slower like it used to be.

Good Luck,
Bill

Posted By: Michael

Re: how many quarts of gear oil in a Dana 60 - 07/05/09 04:04 PM

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mineral here

Same here