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dana from a truck for an A body #1484754 08/14/13 11:01 PM 08/14/13 11:01 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,101 cincinnati ohio M mcat4321 OP master
mcat4321 OP master M Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,101 cincinnati ohio	i want a dana for an A body where should i start looking? what year , truck, van, ford, dodge 1500, 2500 2wd,4wd ???? thanks gentlemen

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: mcat4321] #1484755 08/14/13 11:30 PM 08/14/13 11:30 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,228 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,228 Bend,OR USA	Quote: i want a dana for an A body where should i start looking? what year , truck, van, ford, dodge 1500, 2500 2wd,4wd ???? thanks gentlemen Nothing stock out of a van or truck I have ever heard of will bolt in and fit your car You will need to have one cut down and narrowed and have new axle bearing ends welded onto any of those units. Be careful onthe axle tube diameters, the stock Mopar Car Dan had three inch axle tubes, some of the early Dana 60-1 had 2.5 inch axle tubes Some of the early 3/4 ton trucks had three inch tubes also Some of the later 3/4 to trucks and one ton vans had 3 1/8 and some ahd 3 1/4 inch axle tubes Not so good to work with for narrowing on a stock leaf spring car I would take my time and try and find a good used core that has the gear ratio in it that you wnat, there are a lot of the later model trucks and vans that have 3.54 and 3.73 ratio in them as well as a bunch of 4.10 ratio out there I have bought a bunch of them over the years to use for narrowing, I have found perfectly good units with posi also Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: Cab_Burge] #1484756 08/14/13 11:49 PM 08/14/13 11:49 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,101 cincinnati ohio M mcat4321 OP master
mcat4321 OP master M Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,101 cincinnati ohio	i should have specified.. i am aware that they will need cut to fit...

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: mcat4321] #1484757 08/14/13 11:52 PM 08/14/13 11:52 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,101 cincinnati ohio M mcat4321 OP master
mcat4321 OP master M Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,101 cincinnati ohio	what years should i be looking at?

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: mcat4321] #1484758 08/15/13 12:46 AM 08/15/13 12:46 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,228 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,228 Bend,OR USA	I think a lot of the Pre 1970 Dana 60 3/4 ton truck and 1 ton van rear ends had the three inch axle tubes I use to ask the junkyards if they had any 3/4 ton truck rear ends with damaged axle ends for sale, I would tell them I neeed some of the parts from the insides Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: Cab_Burge] #1484759 08/15/13 11:55 AM 08/15/13 11:55 AM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,920 Calgary, Alberta Canada a12rag master
a12rag master Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,920 Calgary, Alberta Canada	For what is is worth, why not check with Doctor Diff here on the board and see what he would charge for a complete unit, set up and ready to install ??? He does great work and is great to deal with. Cheers

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: a12rag] #1484760 08/15/13 12:35 PM 08/15/13 12:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,141 A Red State SNK-EYZ I Live Here
SNK-EYZ I Live Here Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,141 A Red State	Quote: For what is is worth, why not check with Doctor Diff here on the board and see what he would charge for a complete unit, set up and ready to install ??? He does great work and is great to deal with. Cheers Dr.Diff/Cass is great to deal with. I bought my axles and driveshaft from him. If you're starting from scratch and have none of the parts for the dana I would just buy a complete one from Dr.Diff. I had a collection of new parts that I had been collecting for years (gears, power lock, etc.) to start with and in reality it was a royal pain in the rear. It took 3 different dana 60 housings before I had a good one that I could use. Kayse can't keep up at all now. lol

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: SNK-EYZ] #1484761 08/15/13 08:20 PM 08/15/13 08:20 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,585 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy Rhinodart Rhinotruck
Rhinodart Rhinotruck Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,585 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy	And be aware that most truck and van housing do not have provisions for pinion snubbers. The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it. JB Rhinehart, Realist A-Body's RULE!

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: Rhinodart] #1484762 08/16/13 01:10 PM 08/16/13 01:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,376 D dogdays I Live Here
dogdays I Live Here D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,376	And HOOGAS? Pinion snubbers were a cheap crutch. There are better ways to plant the rear and keep it from rotating. R. Sorry, it's a knee-jerk reaction to the words "pinion" and "snubber".

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: mcat4321] #1484763 08/16/13 01:19 PM 08/16/13 01:19 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio Challenger 1 Too Many Posts
Challenger 1 Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio	I can promise you will be money and time ahead to call Dr diff or Moser. I drove up to Moser and picked one up and got a tour of the place. I would gladly buy from Dr Diff if he was closer.

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: Challenger 1] #1484764 08/16/13 04:35 PM 08/16/13 04:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,376 D dogdays I Live Here
dogdays I Live Here D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,376	In the Denver Area, Mark Williams is worth a call or a trip. R.

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: Challenger 1] #1484765 08/17/13 10:25 AM 08/17/13 10:25 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,101 cincinnati ohio M mcat4321 OP master
mcat4321 OP master M Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,101 cincinnati ohio	Quote: I can promise you will be money and time ahead to call Dr diff or Moser. I drove up to Moser and picked one up and got a tour of the place. I would gladly buy from Dr Diff if he was closer. i been doing some research..moser are really proud of their stuff,even with the shipping from DR.DIFF, he is probably alot cheaper?

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: mcat4321] #1484766 08/17/13 11:56 AM 08/17/13 11:56 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,016 Polson, MT DoctorDiff master
DoctorDiff master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,016 Polson, MT	I can provide a new, bolt-in S-60 Dana 60 with Track-Lock for $1875. Upgrade to True-Trac $300. Freight runs about $200. Most of my custom length 35 spline axle packages run $300 assembled, plus about $45 shipping. You can research options and individual components on my website: www.doctordiff.com Contact info

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: DoctorDiff] #1484767 08/17/13 01:54 PM 08/17/13 01:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska astjp2 master
astjp2 master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	If you want disc brakes, use the ford torino ends and you can use the explored disc kit for 250, or if you use the small bearing ford ends, you can use the 2006 and up crown vic vented rotor rear brakes. Make sure who ever does the narrowing, they need to put the pinion angle 4* nose down because the perches are located on the forward third of the springs. Lessons learned.... the hard way. 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: dana from a truck for an A body [Re: mcat4321] #1484768 08/19/13 02:47 AM 08/19/13 02:47 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 161 Logansport, Indiana B Budman member
Budman member B Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 161 Logansport, Indiana	Theres a guy that does what you are wanting done just north of you. I have bought Dana 60 parts from him before. (937) 765-0911 Im going to have him set up my truck rear for my 67 Plymouth once its mini tubbed. He has disc brake kits to. Its definitely worth a call. All MOPARS & nothig else.

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