rear axles

[randyswelding]

hey if you missed scheilds fest you missed out! shered pinions and all!did yall know that the dana 70 rear axle on a cab and chassi is narrower than the pick up rears?neither did i until me and my dad were talkin to the mustang dyno guy.then the funniest thing happened i broke the pinion oops.but big thanks to bgilbert and tim and matt i got a dana 60 pick up rear from bill and made it home, now the 70 is the shop and gettin yukon gears and maybe a detroit limited slip. thanks again to bill,matt and tim for all the help and a fun weekend

[oldcool90]

Glad to see you made it home. You should find you a dana 80 for your truck, 12,000 pound truck is alot of weight to pull around all the time.

[randyswelding]

ya what i wana do is build it so for now i think the yukon gears that are chromally and rebuildin this one should be good for now,the shop specilizez in 4 wheelin and muddin so when i was talkin to them they were tellin me that when they do the gears and a few other tricks they know that it will handle it but i got to find an 80 for sure thanks guys again

[bgilbert]

I'm glad it got you home Randy. So much for 'no such thing' as a Dana 60 DUALLY rear end . I gave Randy my D60 dually rear end, swapped the sissy 60 yoke for his D70 yoke and slapped all his brakes, guts and hubs onto the baby 60hd rear end and guess what, it was wider by about an inch, hmm, but it fit. The good thing, the spring perches lined up. You gonna reuse the yoke we had to beat onto the pinion ? Don't pitch that rear end, I'd take it back off your hands the next time you're over this way, or I'm out that way.

[randyswelding]

okydoky,i plan on gettin a new yoke,i can bring back the rear probebly this winter if ya aint doin nothin.thats our slow time and that would give me a chance to get a good set of chains.

[dpuckett]

If you get to SE MO, you can drop it of at my house, too. I can relay it to Bill's next time I head that way. Or maybe Christina can, who knows?

Glad you got back home alright.

I have a D80 under my pickup- might sell if for the right price. I also still have some D70 parts left from my C&C axle. R&P went in the W350.

Are Yukon gears as good as Spicers? I see that they are quite a bit less costly for a D80 3.31 (what the 2wd will get if I sell the 4x4), but am leery of a lower price- get whatcha pay for, you know.

Daniel

[Ace]

Yukon is made in China, but the stuff I've been running in my Chrysler 8.75 rears seems to be pretty good quality. Don't know about the Dana parts, but the Chrysler axles are NHRA certified and I've been runnning two different R&P sets for a couple years now with no issues. Another no-name Chinese R&P set I have howls like a banshee.

YMMV.

[TWorline]

Glad the new loaner D60 got you home, now on to bigger and more costly endeavors!

[Jeep-hauler]

I've had good luck with Yukon parts. I've had 2 sets of gears and a pair of their alloy axles. Although I did blow up one set in my jeep, but that was operator error mixed with a rock punching a hole in my diff cover .

[Philip]

Randy if I happen to head that way I could bring it back also. I have relatives all over OK. I grew up south of Tulsa.

[bgilbert]

Now that's 1st gen Dodge owner hospitality, Daniel and Philip, thanks.

[randyswelding]

heck ya thanks guys i also had a few sets of yukon gears and like them chromally is good stuff ive learned.ill be lookin for a 80 this winter to work on and narrow to get the tires in the finders.id like to rebuild this 60 for bill also so hell have a almost good rear end( remember the rear end bill?)ill have to see how work goes this next few weeks,but i may have philip of daniel bring it up to ya bill

[dpuckett]

Find me a set of p/u dually 3.07 axles, and I can sell ya my Dana 80.

[randyswelding]

im assuming dodge,60 front and 70 back?

[dpuckett]

That's right. But, I think the D80 may be sold with the truck it's under. More updates as I get them.

DP