D60 Q's

I can get a great deal on a set of Dana 60s from a 2000 7.3 Powerstroke Ford F-250. Stock gears, rotors and calipers included. Are these a desirable year for Dana 60s?

Thanks

theyre not bad. front is high pinion and they have giant brakes. but i believe they have sealed bearings on the front and no flat top knuckles. but you can get around that. if you can get em for cheap id jump on em, and start looking for some flat tops.

Ball joints, might be the new metric lug pattern, rear might be a Sterling not a Dana and others are all downsides. F250s might have been a D50, not a 60?

Ballistic Fab recently came out with a high steer kit for those axles, but I bet its pretty spendy.



Here is the front 60 "bible"
http://pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/60_front/index.html

Read it, worship it, know it.

The front suspension on 4x4's use a solid front (monobeam) Dana 50 and Dana 60 axles on the F-250 and F-350 pickups. A Dana 60 is used on the F-450 and F-550's until the 2005. The 2005-2007 models use a Dana Super 60. Leaf springs eventually got switched to coils and a sway bar was added. The front suspension on 4x2 models is independent twin I-beam with coil springs on the F-250 and F-350 pickups. While a solid axle is used on F-450 and F-550 trucks.
The rear suspension on all F-250 models and some F-350 models use a 10.5-inch (270 mm) Visteon 35-spline axle with choices of conventional or limited-slip differentials in 3.73, 4.10, and 4.30:1 ratios. While the other F-350 models use a Dana 80. All models have heavy duty 3" wide leaf springs and staggered shock absorbers. A standard stabilizer bar is included on DRW (dual rear wheel) models. An optional slide-in camper certification package with heavier springs and an optional stabilizer bar package are available on SRW (single rear wheel) models. The rear suspension on F-450 trucks used Dana 80 axles while F-550 models used a Dana 135 until 2005 models. 2005-2007 models use a Dana S 110 axle.

from wikipedia

kevermt said:

I can get a great deal on a set of Dana 60s from a 2000 7.3 Powerstroke Ford F-250. Stock gears, rotors and calipers included. Are these a desirable year for Dana 60s?

Thanks

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Should be a D50 front and a 10.5 Sterling rear.....if both axles are from a 2000 F250.

Thanks for the input! Not what I'm after for the Cherokee but I'm probably going to pick them up for my 95 F-250. Thanks again.