A while back we went wheeling with a few toyota owners, one having a quite unusual axle set-up. The rear axle had a dana 60 center section with dana 40 axle tubes. I at first assumed it came from a rare Ford ton truck, being that the front axle was suspended via coils and ford radius arms, however, the pumkin was on the passenger side (to match for the yota). This could've been a dodge front end I suppose, but it looked too factory from the mounts to have been modified with ford radius links. I'm quite confused over this and the owner was somewhat reluctant to give away his trade secrets. I do know that at least the rear axle wasn't modified and came straight as it is, from the factory. The front and rear axles may not be related (coming from two different trucks) but I would still really like some feedback on this situation. :sure:
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dana 60 center section with 40 tubes?
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bj-666
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dana 40 outers huh isn't that a tractor trailer axle. what makes you say it had d40 tubes.
tealcherokee
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andyxj said:
dana 50.
its got a 60 pumpkin, smaller ring gear, etc etc
junk
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andyxj said:
Contratry to what Teal said, D-50's are not passenger side diffs, so he is incorrect.
It's likely just a 44 with the tubes swapped.
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ChicksDigWagons
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CRASH said:
It would be a passenger side if it was in the rear.
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ChicksDigWagons
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I was under the impression it was a rear steer setup. I guess that was never specified, so I can see your point. But I'm still guessing its a front axle application used in the rear, but its hard to interpret what the original poster intended to say. But its still feasable it could be a Dana50 in the rear. That would place the pumpkin on the passenger side.
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sorry about the confusion and this "non-advanced tech" question. The front axle was a dana 44 with the pumkin on the passenger side (which is the axle I was referring to being coil sprung, the rear axle was a centered 60 pumkin with 40 tubes. The axle was also a retaining plate axle (non-full-floater), not shure of the bolt pattern. The owner did no fabrication to the rear axle and would only let on that it came from a rare truck. The ring gear in the 60 pumpkin was full size, so it could not have been a dana 50.
Hope that clears this up
Hope that clears this up
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I've now edited the whole thread to assuage ChicksDigWagons.
Carry on.
Carry on.
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Ford ordered some offset rear 60's in the 80's for their van program to accomadate an offset overdrive setup. They were 8 lug, but some were semi-float.