Teaser Dana 60 Build

Oh my, I am in heaven! This thing is gargantuan! That is a refrigerator dolly it's laying on. This thing has everything including ABS. $250 plus I paid him $30 to deliver it from Tacoma. Very sweet. It will be hard keeping my hands off of this and staying focused on the rear 60.
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JeepFreak21 said:
A Dana 61 is not all bad... depending on your goals! What gears/locker/shafts are you interested in running?
Billy
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My plan is to have 4.10 gears, ARB, 35 spline shafts. That way my jeep will fold like a taco before the axle breaks (wife said that).
 
Ba-Riedo said:
Christ Jeremey dont you think that 37's are overkill in the NW? It is gonna be sweet to see this thing when its done.

-Alex
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I will need 37's to clear my 60's:scottm: . Besides don't believe that, "I can run any trail on 31's" or "there is no reason to run bigger than 33 in the NW." I can think of a few people who said that to me and later went bigger. Did they need to? probably not. inchitis? perhaps. But in the grand scheme of things 37 isn't so big :laugh3:
 
Update on that unidentified dana 60/61. I just got word that the axle has 60HD cast in the webbing. So I will hopefully pick that up this weekend. WooHoo!!

3 dana 60's? I'm thinking 6x6 :roll: :roll::roll:
And yes I am just kidding.
 
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DrSockMonkey said:
My plan is to have 4.10 gears, ARB, 35 spline shafts. That way my jeep will fold like a taco before the axle breaks (wife said that).
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Yeah... 5.13 or deeper I would think, I'm running my 33's with 5.13s right now. The lower you go the slower you can go so less chance of breaking shit.
 
WaXJ_Skier said:
Yeah... 5.13 or deeper I would think, I'm running my 33's with 5.13s right now. The lower you go the slower you can go so less chance of breaking shit.
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I will be running a diesel, they generate there optimal power at lower RPMs. And thus require very different gearing. Now I may need to go to 4.56 but the transmission I will be using has an OD meaning that the gearing is even higher. Never the less I can get stock gearing for cheap. The 60HD is already 4.11. The current rear 60 already has 4.88 gears which I will leave in so that when I run with gas It will help my mileage on 33's. I will then build the 60hd for a clayton rear coil conversion application with the 4.11. If that works with the diesel great. If I need to go lower nothing lost. And I'm sure I have mixed up my higher/lower refrences. Does that make sense joe?

When did you go 5.13? do you stil have you d30 4.88's?
 
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DrSockMonkey said:
I will be running a diesel, they generate there optimal power at lower RPMs. And thus require very different gearing. Now I may need to go to 4.56 but the transmission I will be using has an OD meaning that the gearing is even higher. Never the less I can get stock gearing for cheap. The 60HD is already 4.11. The current rear 60 already has 4.88 gears which I will leave in so that when I run with gas It will help my mileage on 33's. I will then build the 60hd for a clayton rear coil conversion application with the 4.11. If that works with the diesel great. If I need to go lower nothing lost. And I'm sure I have mixed up my higher/lower refrences. Does that make sense joe?
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yeah makes sense, so are you building another rear 60 then?

EDIT: I would still go lower just so you can have a lower crawl speed
 
Yeah, this one has tapered spindles that I can't bore out to accept 1.5 35 spline shafts. So I am gonna finish it as is and make it a direct bolt with leaves and run it to see how I did. Then I am gonna build a Dana 60HD that I am picking up this weekend that already has the big bore spindles and may already have 1.5 35 spline shafts. It also has more reinforcing on the housing.
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yeah makes sense, so are you building another rear 60 then?



EDIT: I would still go lower just so you can have a lower crawl speed
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I am looking for DD fuel economy. I may run a doubler later.
EDIT: Also I will be running a 700r4 which has a lower 1st gear than the AW4. 3.02 vs 2.80 I think, Eli?
 
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DrSockMonkey said:
Yeah, this one has tapered spindles that I can't bore out to accept 1.5 35 spline shafts. So I am gonna finish it as is and make it a direct bolt with leaves and run it to see how I did. Then I am gonna build a Dana 60HD that I am picking up this weekend that already has the big bore spindles and may already have 1.5 35 spline shafts. It also has more reinforcing on the housing.

I am looking for DD fuel economy. I may run a doubler later.
EDIT: Also I will be running a 700r4 which has a lower 1st gear than the AW4. 3.02 vs 2.80 I think, Eli?
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cool when you're done with that 60 PM me, depending on when that happens I might be interested in taking it off your hands.
 
WaXJ_Skier said:
Yeah... 5.13 or deeper I would think, I'm running my 33's with 4.88s right now. The lower you go the slower you can go so less chance of breaking shit.
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fixed I was thinking about my next set of gears when I end up doing a front 44. Stupid dreaming whiole posting.
 
FWIW I've had Chevys since I could drive, all with 700r4 and 4l60e (the electronic variant) and 35's. I've been through 4 trannys in 60-80k? I HIGHLY recommend a different tranny, especially if you think you can run 37 inch tires and 4.10s. Your tranny will hate you and you will know it.
 
mud1059 said:
FWIW I've had Chevys since I could drive, all with 700r4 and 4l60e (the electronic variant) and 35's. I've been through 4 trannys in 60-80k? I HIGHLY recommend a different tranny, especially if you think you can run 37 inch tires and 4.10s. Your tranny will hate you and you will know it.
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Thanks for the advice, I will make sure to look at more options.
 
Ba-Riedo said:
why not go 39's? I mean 37's are so close to 35's and everyone has those now...

-Alex
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Please oh please tell me you did not just recommend a tire size based on what the cool kids are rolling...
Besides at 39 I would have serious COG issues, I mean more than what I will already have.
 
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