Dana 60

One of the few good deals I saw for Detroit Lockers lately, and it been up for quite awhile. Looking for a couple myself but, can't score a good deal on a 8.8" or a 8.5" 10 bolt.

cool40 wrote:

samiam wrote:do you do about gears, or is the rotation not effected

gears are the same. Ford hp 60 is the odd one for gears,dodge and Chevy fronts are same as rearend also.

In my opinion, the ford "odd" design is much superior. In the front axle application, the reverse cut gears that a ford HP differential has keeps drive forces on the drive side of the gear instead of the coast side.

The drive side face of the ring gear tooth is more perpendicular to the axis of rotation. This decreases the amount of wedging force trying to push the pinion away from the ring gear. On the coast side, however, the ring gear has more of an incline plane and mechanical advantage to push the pinion away.

The ford 9" has a head bearing on the face of the pinion to combat that issue.

Also, Currie has reverse cut gear sets for their 9" for front applications.

Does the 70 have a similar bearing on the face of the pinion to a 9"?

460bronco wrote:

cool40 wrote:

samiam wrote:do you do about gears, or is the rotation not effected

gears are the same. Ford hp 60 is the odd one for gears,dodge and Chevy fronts are same as rearend also.

In my opinion, the ford "odd" design is much superior.  In the front axle application, the reverse cut gears that a ford HP differential has keeps drive forces on the drive side of the gear instead of the coast side.

The drive side face of the ring gear tooth is more perpendicular to the axis of rotation.  This decreases the amount of wedging force trying to push the pinion away from the ring gear.  On the coast side, however, the ring gear has more of an incline plane and mechanical advantage to push the pinion away.

The ford 9" has a head bearing on the face of the pinion to combat that issue.

Also, Currie has reverse cut gear sets for their 9" for front applications.

Does the 70 have a similar bearing on the face of the pinion to a 9"?

no it doesn't ,as you probably know but do they have reverse cut gears lower than 5.38?

About got the 4 link set up. :

supervel45 wrote:http://www.ebay.com/itm/D70-HD-DETROIT-LOCKER-NEW-SURPLUS-/272151292775?hash=item3f5d7b2b67:g:vhQAAOxywh1TBMwc&vxp=mtr                If you can use it or want it, here it is under best offer. He also has a lot of other differential parts.

thanks for the tip!

Sweet, wish I could get my photo bucket to work so I can post mine. The Dually is flooded in so it will be a couple of weeks before I could pull it anyway. Probably should keep it anyhow.

Did he say if those were commerical or military surplus? Just curious.

supervel45 wrote:Did he say if those were commerical  or military surplus? Just curious.

he didn't say but he does have 8 or 10 more.

Steering is done.    :

That is looking good.




Here is that Sterling 10.5" I just got rid of. Man it went fast and for good money.

supervel45 wrote:That is looking good.




Here is that Sterling 10.5" I just got rid of. Man it went fast and for good money.

thanks! I haven't had time to do much lately.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dana-60-Power-Lock-Posi-22935X-30-Spline-Powr-Lok-4-Series-4-56-and-Up-Mopar-/111950566226?hash=item1a10c61352:g:XwoAAOSwQjNW-TVE

Found it looking at other stuff. That make offer was why I posted it.

Project prostock is coming along slow but still making progress. Painting is about done so now back to building!

Did you take them pic's while hanging by your feet from the ceiling???

res0rli9 wrote:Did you take them pic's while hanging by your feet from the ceiling???

no,are you hanging from the ceiling looking at them? they look fine on my iPad .

They're upside over

IDK........I think my last pic I posted was also upside down for some folks.

Truck looks good! That is a pretty nice setup! Goodluck

460pulling wrote:Truck looks good! That is a pretty nice setup! Goodluck

thanks! It's a work in progress.

Truck looks awesome! Where'd you get the body?

460bronco wrote:Truck looks awesome!  Where'd you get the body?

thanks! I bought it wrecked on the frontend. I sold off the driveline and bought new metal for the front.

That's really cool! Could you post some pics of how the body is held together?

Thanks,
Jon