Dana 60 1310 Yoke?

[pomai]

The Dana 60 I'm installing into my 88 blazer apears to be a 1310, Is that posible?

The front drive shaft universal joint from the 10 bolt I took out fits the dana 60 yoke. I want to install a 1350 yoke on the Dana 60.

Is there a 2 size universal joint available, which will allow me to use the stock drive shaft and connect it to the dana 60 with a 1350 yoke?
Thanks Ed

 

[Hossbaby50]

Yes, the D60 should have a 1310 yoke on it.

You can use a conversion ujoint to connect a 1350 to 1310. I believe the number is Napa #348.

Harley

 

[pomai]

Thank you very much. Thats what I wanted to know. But why a 1310 on a Dana 60

 

[sweetk30]

some stupid reason thay made all frt shafts same joint go figure. i think it should be a 1 ton joint on a 1 ton axle.


and the way you are headed is good for 1350 setup. but the trick joint is about the same strength as the 1310 joint. and the 1310 is o.k. in my setups over the years. my truck was 6500 lbs curb weight and 38 swampers never broke the frt setup with 1310 on it.

if you need 1350 then get the hole setup from tcase down to dana 60.

 

[79Beast]

My advice: DON'T use a "bastard" joint. A 1310/1350 combination Ujoint is weaker than a normal 1310 joint and you're really just wasting $$ buying a 1350 yoke for the 60 if you're still gonna run the stock driveshaft. I seriously doubt that the Ujoint at the axle will turn out to be a weak link.

 

[Hossbaby50]

You are very correct in saying that the 1310 at the pinion is probably not going to be the weak link. A 30 spline D60 stub is weaker then the 1310 pinion ujoint.

Harley

 

[NorthWestFab]

All Chev D60's came with 1310...as other have said why not 1 ton gear on a 1 ton axle...we will never know.

Unless you are planning to make all the u joints on your front shaft 1350 style, there isn't any advantage to upgrading *just* the pinion yoke to 1350, except maybe for future upgrades. I'm not a huge fan of conversion u joints, they're weaker, and if you blow one and don't have a spare chances are your stuck, not many guys carry them.

Cheers.

 

[pomai]

The problem I'm having is the yoke on my 60 needs to be replaced, and because I don't have the money right know for a new drive shaft but need a new yoke, I might as well buy the 1350 know and use the 1310-1350 universal joint untill I'm ready to buy a new drive shaft, And I'll already have the 1350 yoke.
I already bought a Jesse High Angle drive shaft for the 14blt ff I installed a week ago, but not financially ready for the front at this time.

Thanks Ed