????? WHATS THIS DANA 60 or 70

[IRISH RT]

Recently accquired this diff thinking Its a Dana 60 but the Pat # suggests its a 70 How hard and what involved in converting it to an A Body????????

 

[1970Duster]

Pretty sure to convert is just the correct flange and cutting it down and move spring preachs that about it, you'll also need new drums or a rear disc setup. Also Im pretty sure the difference between a d60 and d70 is that the d70 was a full floater where as the d60 is not.

 

[IRISH RT]

So What you are saying is to throw everything away except the housing and the gear set, can you get aftermarket axles for these , or would it be easier to convert an 8 3/4 Thanx

 

[skykeith]

No matter which one that is, it's a full floater. Save that one for your Power Wagon project. It would take a lot of time and money to narrow and convert it to a semi-floater.

 

[damnimcooltom]

What is the diameter of the tubes? If it's larger than 3", it may be more trouble than it's worth.

 

[crackedback]

What's the center section look like. It's a floater rear. Look on the lower right web when looking at the gear set, cover off, and see if there is a 60 cast in it.

Housing ends are 50-100, shorten cost about 50-150 around here.

 

[sireland67]

It really looks like a 70 to me, sell it to sombody with a 4x4
You can buy 60's cheap, cut them down, Mopar sells the axle ends to weld on a 60 that takes 8.75 hardware.
Custom axles, standard 8.75 brakes, Cheap to build.
I sold a matching set of 60 and 44 front with 4.10 gears for $100 becuse I was tired of tripping over them when I went in the barn.
The good thing with 60's they most always have decent gears 3.73 to 4.56 on average.
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