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D60 carriers
- Thread starter cybrfire
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Carriers are the same regardless of high or low pinion
Seems like I read somewhere that the high pinion axles use a 4.10 range carrier for all ratios.
Interesting.
I ended up with an axle housing along the way that doesn't have a carrier and recently ended up with a carrier. I'm sue I have a set of axles somewhere. Got some reid racing knuckles. All I'm really short is spindles and hubs and I could put together a pretty nice axle.
I ended up with an axle housing along the way that doesn't have a carrier and recently ended up with a carrier. I'm sue I have a set of axles somewhere. Got some reid racing knuckles. All I'm really short is spindles and hubs and I could put together a pretty nice axle.
Found it, from the D60 Bible on Pirate...
Carrier split, reverse cut: All use same carrier **
** Note: The carrier is the same for all Ford RC 60's UP TO 98, and is the same as the GM/Dodge 4.10 carrier - namely part # 706040X.
BUT - the Ford RC60 was never offered stock with a ratio lower than 4.10 in those years. When aftermarket vendors started making gears lower than 4.10 for RC 60s - they made the ring gear thick, so it could just go on the stock carrier. So if you bought aftermarket 5.38 gears for RC60 - they would likely be thick. Now - if you buy an aftermarket carrier (i.e. locker, spool, limited slip) for your RC60 - I imagine, depending on where you buy it from, they ask "year/make/model" and based on that would likely sell you the 4.10 down Detroit - that way - if you already had aftermarket lower gears, they would just go on the locker. The problem you might run into, is this:. You buy aftermarket gears first - lower than 4.10 and they're thick. Then you buy a locker by ratio, not make and model, and naturally you'd think "I have 5.13 gears - I must need the 4.56 and up locker" but you get hooped because the gears are thick, and won't go on that carrier. Also note, The 2000+ RC60 Fords are offered with stock gears as low as 5.38 - but these are not thick to go on the same old 4.10 down carrier - they are thin and go on the same GM/Dodge 4.56 up carrier. The carrier break is 4.30 and down go on the 4.10 and down carrier. I don't know if Spicer is the only manufacturer offering thin RC60 gears - but the bottom line is - when dealing with an RC60, you do have to match your carrier and gear set.
Carrier split, reverse cut: All use same carrier **
** Note: The carrier is the same for all Ford RC 60's UP TO 98, and is the same as the GM/Dodge 4.10 carrier - namely part # 706040X.
BUT - the Ford RC60 was never offered stock with a ratio lower than 4.10 in those years. When aftermarket vendors started making gears lower than 4.10 for RC 60s - they made the ring gear thick, so it could just go on the stock carrier. So if you bought aftermarket 5.38 gears for RC60 - they would likely be thick. Now - if you buy an aftermarket carrier (i.e. locker, spool, limited slip) for your RC60 - I imagine, depending on where you buy it from, they ask "year/make/model" and based on that would likely sell you the 4.10 down Detroit - that way - if you already had aftermarket lower gears, they would just go on the locker. The problem you might run into, is this:. You buy aftermarket gears first - lower than 4.10 and they're thick. Then you buy a locker by ratio, not make and model, and naturally you'd think "I have 5.13 gears - I must need the 4.56 and up locker" but you get hooped because the gears are thick, and won't go on that carrier. Also note, The 2000+ RC60 Fords are offered with stock gears as low as 5.38 - but these are not thick to go on the same old 4.10 down carrier - they are thin and go on the same GM/Dodge 4.56 up carrier. The carrier break is 4.30 and down go on the 4.10 and down carrier. I don't know if Spicer is the only manufacturer offering thin RC60 gears - but the bottom line is - when dealing with an RC60, you do have to match your carrier and gear set.
Thanks for posting the info. This is a stock carrier that originally had a 3.73 or 3.42 on it. Can't remember exactly which. The 4.88's I'm selling are from this carrier and I'm sure they were the thick gear set as well.
All that information seems to hold true to my experience with this carrier. Just stoked I can reassemble another D60 axle.
All that information seems to hold true to my experience with this carrier. Just stoked I can reassemble another D60 axle.
