Dana 60 1 ton?

[72K5Cowboy]

I read that the full floater Dana 60 is a 1 ton axle. Is that correct?

When I bought the truck, I was told the axles were from a 3/4 ton.

They are also 8 lug.

 

[dfl701]

Yes. You would have a Dana 44 if it's 3/4 ton stuff

 

[72K5Cowboy]

I know my front is a Dana 44 3/4 ton.

Has D44-5F on it and its an 8 lug. This is correct...right?

Would it be possible to have a 1 ton on the rear and a 3/4 ton on front...possible, yes...stupid or wrong?

 

[gotblazers]

I know my front is a Dana 44 3/4 ton.

Has D44-5F on it and its an 8 lug. This is correct...right?

Would it be possible to have a 1 ton on the rear and a 3/4 ton on front...possible, yes...stupid or wrong?

Thats pretty much what differs 3/4 ton axles from 1/2 ton. A D44 with 8 lugs in the front and i think slightly larger brakes. Then a true one ton axle in the rear like a 14 bolt FF was common from what ive heard.

 

[90'K5]

Yes, a 3/4 ton has an one ton rear axle and an 8 lug 10b/D44 front. The only difference between the 6 lug and the 8 lug front is the lugs and brake calipers/brackets.

 

[jms]

Some early 70's 3/4 ton trucks came with a rear Dana 60 full floater axle.

 

[Stomis]

The "Tonage" rating of a rear really has nothing to do with the tonage rating of the truck.

Dana 60s front and rear came in loads of 2500 dodges. Thats a 3/4ton truck with 1 ton rears.

2500 Chevys came with 10bolt fronts (which is a half ton axle) and a 1-1/4 ton rear (14bolt)

The point is dont pay attention to the "tonage" that people say an axle is rated at.

Dana 60 rear rears are hit or miss. Theres loads of them out there with bad sized shafts and bad spline cuts. But theres also some that are very stout.

 

[72K5Cowboy]

Thanks y'all...explains a lot.

 

[6.2Blazer]

Since you are talking about a REAR D60, and not a front, then yes it would be a 3/4 ton rear axle. A D60 rear was very, very common on 3/4 ton series Dodge and Ford trucks. Several 1 ton trucks had rear 60's also but it's actually on the small size for a 1 ton. Dana 70's and 14-bolt FF's are a beefier axle and more of what I would consider a "1 ton" rear axle.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

The "1 ton" term has to do with a general range of weight that the axle can hold and has nothing to do with axle shaft or ring and pinion strength. A rear FF D60 did find it's way under some 1 ton trucks but it is the weakest rear in a 1 ton used in the last 40 years at least.

And, for example, the truck I use to tow with is a 3/4 ton and has a D80 rear. Don't get too caught up in 3/4 ton vs. 1 ton, the axle itself is more important than the "tag" people give it.