Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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Most of the truck Danas are 3.125" or 3.25" axle tubes. I have 2 truck Danas under 2 different road runners at home. Both have 3.125" tubes...one from a ford truck and one from a dodge truck.
6packdak...I'm no help w/ the newer van Danas. I saw several of those myself in the junkyard and wondered the same thing. Ended up finding a couple of older ones and got them instead.
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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Measure the OD of the tube to see if its the heavy 3.250 I will have to go back later this week to check. They definitely aren't any bigger than 3.25
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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The semi-floating Dana 60s under Ford vans and pickups from 1981 - 1982, (pickups) and 1981 - 1983, (vans), are 61s.
There's a guy on the Q&A page looking for one.
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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Thats what i used in my 65 dart ford truck dana but i cut off a set of the wide factory ends off 8 3/4 and used them on my dana
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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My buddy had a truck Dana- he cut to exact same width as his E body rear, welded 8 3/4 ends on and slipped his axles from his 8 3/4 in it.... I have a couple Dodge motorhomes with Danas under the rear.... hmmmm Truck housings have no pinion snubber holes.....
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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The Dana I put under my 65 Plymouth B-Body came out of a 78 ford truck. The 35 splines out of my 8-3/4 I tore up went right in my Dana axle
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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The Dana I put under my 65 Plymouth B-Body came out of a 78 ford truck. The 35 splines out of my 8-3/4 I tore up went right in my Dana axle Unless I'm wrong my buddy had 30 spline stock axles which slid right in....?
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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The Dana I put under my 65 Plymouth B-Body came out of a 78 ford truck. The 35 splines out of my 8-3/4 I tore up went right in my Dana axle Unless I'm wrong my buddy had 30 spline stock axles which slid right in....? 30 is stock.. most guys run the 35.. bigger is better
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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The Dana I put under my 65 Plymouth B-Body came out of a 78 ford truck. The 35 splines out of my 8-3/4 I tore up went right in my Dana axle Unless I'm wrong my buddy had 30 spline stock axles which slid right in....? I was runing 35 spline moser axles in my 8-3/4. I put a 35 spline spool in. My Dana 60
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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Also if you are runing the stock Dana suregrip and latter on want to change to 35 spline axles., but want to keep the sure grip.Doctor Diff sells 35 spline spider side gears
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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I used an early 70s ford truck with 3.73s in my belvedere. I bought a jig on ebay and narrowed and put on car ends. I could have got it done for about the same cost as the jig, but I've done a couple others, so it's paid for itself.
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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I used an early 70s ford truck with 3.73s in my belvedere. I bought a jig on ebay and narrowed and put on car ends. I could have got it done for about the same cost as the jig, but I've done a couple others, so it's paid for itself. I have a race fabrication shop less than 15 minutes from me so having them weld up the car ends and setup the ring and pinion was a no brainer! I have ~$900 in a Dana 60 that was cut to my width with aftermarket axles and a spool!
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Re: Truck Dana 60 to car conversion
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I usually look around for good used 35 spline axles around the length I can use... Less the jig, my rear cost around 300 with a new spool. 35 spline strange axles you couldn't even tell were used. I'm cheap, so 900 would be way too much for me!
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