I'm getting a jump on things this year. Here is the tentative list:
Number one on the list is almost there.
The Dana 60 is one I bought off of Craigslist right before Christmas. It's a housing pulled from a 1983 F250 (Ford switched Sterling axles not long after). Originally it was a full floater, so if I had to change housing ends I opted to use something that I could get an economical disc brake kit for. The ends are Ford and the brake kit is from an Explorer. Included the rotors, brackets, calipers and e-brake hardware (e-brake is inside the rotor hub) for $390. Limited slip is a Power Loc and I reused the 3.54 ring gear set that the axle had in it. Just don't need 4.10 gears anymore.
All parts to rebuild the axle came from Doctor Diff. He provided exact instructions on how to cut the housing down that even took the disc brake rotor and bracket thickness into account.
More to come!
- Dana 60 swap with disc brakes
- Front 11.75" disc brake swap
- Converting to manual brakes
- Custom gas tank with in-tank pump
- Swap high stall converter out for much lower spec (maybe stock)
Number one on the list is almost there.
The Dana 60 is one I bought off of Craigslist right before Christmas. It's a housing pulled from a 1983 F250 (Ford switched Sterling axles not long after). Originally it was a full floater, so if I had to change housing ends I opted to use something that I could get an economical disc brake kit for. The ends are Ford and the brake kit is from an Explorer. Included the rotors, brackets, calipers and e-brake hardware (e-brake is inside the rotor hub) for $390. Limited slip is a Power Loc and I reused the 3.54 ring gear set that the axle had in it. Just don't need 4.10 gears anymore.
All parts to rebuild the axle came from Doctor Diff. He provided exact instructions on how to cut the housing down that even took the disc brake rotor and bracket thickness into account.
More to come!
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