D60 1350 U-joint

[Mastiff]

I'll be ordering some new driveshafts soon, so it seemed logical to upgrade the U-joints on the front. I'll be sticking with 1350 in the rear, but the D60 U-joint seems puny. Is switching to a 1350 yoke on the D60 a bolt on situation, or do I have to worry about messing with shims or anything? Anything else I should be thinking about?

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Crush sleeve differentials lose the pinion bearing preload when you remove the yoke.

Chevy Dana 60's use shims rather than a crush sleeve so no problem with swapping yokes on those. Replace the seal and pinion nut while you're in there!

 

[sweetk30]

also stock joint will handle more working angle over a 1350 . http://www.highangledriveline.com/yokes.html

so do your home work and find the joint that will work for your needs in both strength and working angle.

 

[Mastiff]

Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't realize about the working angle. I could always go to 1410, but it looks like they get pricey. 1410's are no bigger if I understand right, at least not in terms of their "diameter", just slightly stronger and they go up to 28 degrees.

 

[sweetk30]

1350/1410 same cap size

1410 has bigger width in the cross over the 1350 .

my stubby build I did 1410 at the axles . and then flat flanges at the case.

 

[Mastiff]

my stubby build I did 1410 at the axles . and then flat flanges at the case.

Can you explain what this means? I assume a CV at the t-case, do you just mean flat as opposed to a yoke? Did you do a dual 1410 CV?

 

[sweetk30]

ya flat flange for c/v head shafts when I finish the truck .

was planning 1350 c/v heads and the 1410 at the axles .

call and chat with jesse he will get you what you need .

 

[Mastiff]

call and chat with jesse he will get you what you need .

I'm close to pulling the trigger on a 208 SYE from Tom Woods. Thing is, he bundles a rear shaft with the SYE kit, so I need to work with him on that. I may check out HAD for the front though.

 

[Mastiff]

Does anyone know if a 1350 CV will have issues clearing the crossmember at the front of a 208? I don't see a lot of clearance for the existing CV.

 

[Kay86K5]

Crush sleeve differentials lose the pinion bearing preload when you remove the yoke.

Chevy Dana 60's use shims rather than a crush sleeve so no problem with swapping yokes on those. Replace the seal and pinion nut while you're in there!

^This. I swapped a 1350 yoke on my d60, just unbolted the 1310 and bolted the 1350 up. My seal and pinion nut looked almost brand new, so I didn't bother, and no leaky leaky for a couple years now, but 38377k5 has a good point to take a look at it

Does anyone know if a 1350 CV will have issues clearing the crossmember at the front of a 208? I don't see a lot of clearance for the existing CV.

When I went from a stock shaft on the front to a 1350 cv shaft, I had clearance problems (contacting the stock crossmember). I just clearenced it for now. I plan to build my own crossmember/skid plate in the future, so I'm not too worried about if by clearencing it that it weakended it. But some people might be

 

[Mastiff]

So by clearance, you mean you ground away 1/16" , or something, of material? Or beat it with a BFH?

I assume it's almost always the lone U-joint that fails. I wonder if it's sensible to put a 1350 (or 1410) on the axle side and use something smaller (1310?) in the CV up front...

 

[Kay86K5]

Cut enough until it doesn't rub. Every situation is different

 

[Mastiff]

Where did you get your 1350 shaft? A local place here claims they aren't available for flat flange 208 front output. I think HAD can make them, though I haven't confirmed.

 

[Kay86K5]

Where did you get your 1350 shaft? A local place here claims they aren't available for flat flange 208 front output. I think HAD can make them, though I haven't confirmed.

I got mine from a buddy just down the road from me. He is linking the front of his K5 and didn't want a driveshaft with as much slip as his had. However if I remember right, he got it locally here in CO. It was a while ago though. IIRC though I think the cv/flange portion that connects to the tcase was sourced from a dodge shaft