Dana60: puller for side bearings? Home-made spreader?

[Steve_87K5]

1. Is the Posi-Lok puller sold by Sears strong enough to remove D60 carrier bearings? Sears sells 2 sizes. 4 & 6 ton IIRC.

2.Case spreader: anyone have a drawing so I can make one?

 

[ntsqd]

No drawing, but the spreaders are fairly simple in concept.
It's a pair of bars (say 1/2" x 2-3") a little longer than the diff casting is tall, with a pin that fits into the drilled holes on the casting at each mid-point.
The top or bottom ends of the bars are seperated by another bar held on with a single bolt at each end. The opposite end of the bars have what amounts to a turn-buckle seperating them. Fit the pins into the holes and turn the turn-buckle to lengthen it.

 

[BadDog]

You may not need the spreader. Mine was fine with small pry bar and rubber mallet. If you use a spreader, be careful. I've heard more than once of a housing damaged by over-spreading...

 

[Steve_87K5]

I built this Dana60 10 yrs ago and I put it together w/o a
spreader. High miles on it now. I suspect the carrier preload is light and
I am thinking of adding maybe a .005 on ea side. May have trouble getting it back in.