Since I got so much help with the 4 link question i asked last week https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/images/icons/frown.gifi thought Id ask another question. Are most of you guys using the factory type 8 3/4 /dana 60 housing ends or are you switching to the ford big bearing type housing end. Thanks Seth

I am in the same boat in needing to make this decision. We shall see what others have to say ....

I used the Ford ends, Reason being I can get disk brake parts a whole lot cheaper that having the Mopar ends......

Just finished mine ,big fords.

Where do you guys get these ends from?

josh

had my dana narrowed by dutchman and used big ford ends mainly becouse the original bearings were very hard to find and the bolt circle was odd, the doner rear was from a jeep pickup. i used a brake assembly from mid 90's f150..

I used LBF ends on my Dana 60 when I worked a Strange, mostly because of the better bearings that are avalible (timken Taper roller bearings) and the better brake options. You can't go wrong with those ends.

I used the regular passenger ends.

Got them from Dr Diff.

They have worked on millions of 8 3/4's and 9 3/4, so I can't see why they wouldn't work for me.

i used strange mopar ends

I butchered a 8-3/4 and used it's ends. I wouldn't have been able to sleep at nite knowing I had ferd ends on it. Dave

Late Big Ford ends here

I am about to have Mopar style ends from Moser put on my Dana 60.

We used factory 8.75" ends of a bent housing. If I were going to run rear discs I'd use Ford ends.

Big ford bearing, mopar end, M Williams.

big Fords on the Camaro...(has a Dana)(using SVO brakes with center EM drums)

and mopar ends on the Duster..(Aerospace brakes)

the 63 Dodge has a 9" with BOP ends..(I bought the rear built that way,just bought Wilwood backing plates to fit their discs..)

Unless you already had mopar axles, I would use late ford ends. If you step up to 40 spline, the
mopar ends wont work.Cheap explorer disc brakes are a plus.

this is rear end that you are building from scratch right?

The reason I like the LBF ends is the piece of mind that that Timken Taper bearing gives me. I have had a Green style bearing fail on a car ( a street car but still) and the only thing that kept the axle in was the fender skirts (68 VIP).

The fact that a part was used by Ford,Gm, Toyota or Renault (ok maybe not anything from France ) dosen't make it automatically bad to me, but then again I am not a Mopar purist-more like a mut that likes things that work well and happens to only own Mothers products-for now.

Just had to add and additional

Housing end depends on what type of brakes you want to run.

All popular housing end designs, including Mopar are available for 3.15" (Ford style) ball or tapered wheel bearings.

BTW, Timken tapered wheel bearings failed on my dad's 1/2 ton Ford pickup. There was nothing that kept the axle in the wheel well.

Thanks for the help guys think ill go with the big bearing ford.