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Dana 60 and 14 Bolt housing material?

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What material is a Dana 60 housing made out of?

What material is a 14 Bolt housing made of?

If it helps my set came out of a CUCV.

Just wanted to know if they are cast iron or cast steel for welding reasons.
 
handloader90 said:
What material is a Dana 60 housing made out of?

What material is a 14 Bolt housing made of?

If it helps my set came out of a CUCV.

Just wanted to know if they are cast iron or cast steel for welding reasons.
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Iron.

Only housing Im aware of that is cast steel is ford 8.8s. Preheat to 500*, burn with nickel rod and cool it slow with a welding blanket, sand, or using a torch to put slight heat back into it.
 
Well it's either weld em shut and run a breather out of the diff cover or drill the current holes out to the next larger size and retap.

I did a really bad tap job on both holes.
 
handloader90 said:
Well it's either weld em shut and run a breather out of the diff cover or drill the current holes out to the next larger size and retap.

I did a really bad tap job on both holes.
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I would just overtap them. You seem like you're heading to make extra work for yourself TBH.
 
That's exactly what I did. I ran the tap all the way down and didn't leave any taper. Now the holes aren't watertight. I had my 14 bolt flipped upside down on my axle rack and fluid was dripping out around the pipe plug I had in there with pipe tape.

What's the best method of re - drilling to a larger size hole? I want a nice clean hole and doubt I'll be able to get the axle up on the drill press and angled correctly.

Just use a hand drill?
 
I'd either braze the barb fitting in the tube permanently,brazing is the best method to repair cast iron--or maybe use some Permatex "stripped thread repair" 2 part epoxy stuff on the fitting--I've used that stuff on stripped intake to carb bolts and had good results..

I'd be afraid enlarging the hole more ,or welding,might weaken the tube in that area..
 
permatex rightstuff seals up a lot of stuff also .

glob it on and run them in . let it cure and see if it leaks . :dunno:
 
sweetk30 said:
permatex rightstuff seals up a lot of stuff also .

glob it on and run them in . let it cure and see if it leaks . :dunno:
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This...

Don't make unnecessary work for yourself. Put some pipe tape or permatex rightstuff like sweetk30 said and run it.
 
handloader90 said:
That's exactly what I did. I ran the tap all the way down and didn't leave any taper. Now the holes aren't watertight. I had my 14 bolt flipped upside down on my axle rack and fluid was dripping out around the pipe plug I had in there with pipe tape.

What's the best method of re - drilling to a larger size hole? I want a nice clean hole and doubt I'll be able to get the axle up on the drill press and angled correctly.

Just use a hand drill?
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An NPT tap is tapered the whole way, what you've done is made the taper too large for the fitting. Just grab the next size fitting and i'll bet you can get it in.
 
What size did you tap it to?

Some NPT sizes share thread pitch or thread per inch and some do not.

but yeah, seal that sucker up with some goop and run it.
 
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