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Dana 60's in a Cherokee? Is it easier to get 60's out of a Dodge or Ford and build them up myself, or just buy the already completed ones from like Dynatrack or something????
wingnutooa said:i've recently acquired a rear 60 pumpkin (no axle tubes, axles, brakeparts,)
i've been thinking about welding up some axles to fit with a 5 on 4.5 pattern and welding some tubes to it and putting it under the rear of my cherokee.
any thoughts?
i can do all the work myself . i'll have to find brake parts somewhere
I would like to second that nomination :greensmokwingnutooa said:nominated for what? building my own axle? okay i accept the nomination. let the building commence. or if you want you can nominate someone else to donate money to the person that is going to build the axle for me.....(nominated of course...)
I'd say your pretty close. I'm building up a set of 60s right now and I'll have about that into them.KarlVP said:Depends on the budget.
The rear 60 will cost you $100. Add gears, shafts and a locker you are looking around $2000 at most if you do the work yourself.
Front 60 anywhere from $500 to $1500. If you do the work yourself, you are looking at around $3500 to $4000 for a completed, locked axled front 60.
While I agree you won't break the shafts, 35's are just plain to small for D60s and14bolts.mk153smaw said:...If you are putting only 35's (with the shave pumpkin option) I dont think you would be breaking the 1.5" axles. ...
wingnutooa said:nominated for what? building my own axle? okay i accept the nomination. let the building commence. or if you want you can nominate someone else to donate money to the person that is going to build the axle for me.....(nominated of course...)
RCman said:- Bore Spindles to 1.630" for 35-spline shafts- $55 + Time (My Writeup)
Yup, I stole your idea and ran with it... hence the disclaimer at the top of the write-up. :laugh: I did things alittle different and I was pleased with the results.Sierra Drifter said:Wow!
Your write-up on boring your spindles with hand tools is the first one I've seen other than my own. I also bored my 1979 Ford D60 spindles using almost the identical method. I used 2 hole saws, 2 arbors, thread cutting oil and a craftsman rechargable drill. It took me about 10 min per inch to bore each of the 8 inch spindles and I used 2 holesaws per spindle. It's in my axle swap write-up. I had read somewhere about boring with a hole saw, but I never saw a write-up anywhere, so I went to the hardware store and came up with the double holesaw technique. I used a 1 1/2" holesaw because I was worried about cutting to much off, then I took off a little more with a small cylinder hone and some sanding drums.
I found that Starrett ‘OOPS’ Arbor A19 [Part # 66078] and thought that it would be prefect for that application. IIRC you used a second drill arbor? I didn't like that as the second 'inner' hole saw was to far away from the cutting saw. Either way it did its task very similarly. The 'OOPS' Arbor is a great little adapter, I've already used it on other things. Works wonders.RCman's D60 Spindle Boring Write-up said:Disclaimer: I’m not the first to do this, and I’m not claiming to be. I just thought I condense all of the information I have as well as part numbers I used to one place to make it easier for the next.