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Found 14bolt rear/ dana60 front,4.10 gears, for 1100. Yes or no, let me know what you think.

 

Depends. What kind of shape are they in?

 

The front just got rebuilt and rear needs brakes.

 

If it was a Ford '78-'79 Dana 60 I'd say yes. Otherwise, I'd pass. Even being 'rebuilt' isn't worth anything more (to me anyway). Most of the major components would still be replaced again (axle shafts, R&P, carrier, etc.)

14Bs are cheap and plentiful. The newer 14B (now the 'AAM 1050') comes from the factory with disk brakes and e-brake.

You can find a junk yard 60 for cheap and build it the way YOU want it. Or... (to be perfectly honest) if I could do it all over again, I'd have an axle built from the ground up instead of paying $850 for my Ford '78 D60 (which are normally $1,000-$1,200 IIRC?) and gutting the entire thing. (All I kept was the housing, knuckles, and spindles.)

But if it's purely for street use or you just want to half-ass it, an axle with 4.10s and stock components should work fine.

 

So i found 2front/ 1rear dana 60 axel from 79 ford for 1400$, im pretty sure its worth it but let me know what you think!!

 

pics? more info?

Front Ford '78-'79 D60s in good shape can run anywhere from $800-1200. I don't think I'd pay more than $250 for a rear axle, no matter the condition unless it's already built/upgraded.

 

I dont have pics right now but ill post some later, more info well they have 4.10 gear that im going to change, and all three axels have high pinion

 

Agreed. Dana 70U, 70HD SRW& DRW, 14 Bolts, etc. go for around $150.00 here all day. Dime a dozen. Kingpin 60 fronts is another story altogether. Around $1000.00

 

Condition is a big factor. Check seals if you can. Turn the knuckles, pinion, axle shafts, locking hubs etc. make sure things move freely and there's no damaged bearings and what not.

If you can, crack them open and check to make sure nothings seriously damaged, dry/rusted, etc.

This is bad, mmmmkay?







Also look for hairline cracks on the knuckles like this

 

Got a couple of pictures. Looks pretty good to me. Im getting 2 dana 60 high pinion king pin for the front (probably going to sell one or keep for spare not sure yet), 1 dana 60 rear, 5 super swamper 42" in good shape ,and 5 aluminum wheels all that for 3000$.

Let me know if you think its a good deal or not

 

Looks like he might have spray painted it to cover up some rust. As long as everything else that I mentioned checks out, yeah that's a pretty reasonable deal.

 

So i finally bought these



Cant wait to put them on but i need to change some stuff on them first,

 

Holy front blocks. Sketch. Looks like a decent 60 though. Casting #'s? Kingpins look suspicious. Dana 50?

 

Is that a 10 inch rear block? That must have driven well

 

not sure why anybody gives a fawk about the previous setup... moving forward looks like somebody is building something big!

 

That seems like a pretty fair deal. I am putting 1 tons under my 94. 14 bolt was the easy part to find and super cheap. I needed a pass side drop, which is chevy or dodge. That was trickier to find. Found one at a smoking deal. The 14 bolt is almost ready to go.

What are you guys running for driveline adapters? To get the yota d-shafts mated up?

 

All Dana 50's are ball joint axles

 

Not uncommon to see a 50/60 hybrid.

 

With Dana 50 outers yes, very common when making a 14 bolt front or other varient. The other way around would be just plain stupid.

 

Agreed, no reason to hybrid for kingpins and retain a 30 spline, smaller bearings and ring but you see lots of people doing really dumb shit. Not unlike the OP's donor rig.