What I really need to do it a third or fourth gen steering swap. Brakes are actually good.
Oh but first thing to do now is fix the d70… pinion has a ton of slop.
And I still have a eye out for Ford lock outs.
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Oh but first thing to do now is fix the d70… pinion has a ton of slop.
And I still have a eye out for Ford lock outs.
So last week the Kate took her truck out for a drive she got back home and I noticed the pass rear tire going flat. I jacked the truck up and heard a wooshing of air. Great!
A sharp rock went right though the Center of the tread.
A sharp rock went right though the Center of the tread.
I took it to my tire guy and turned out that it was actually a chunk of aluminum that went through. No good way to fix it either.
A replacement tire was going to be 420.00!
I posted a add on Alberta coal rollers looking for a tire and as luck would have it a girl a hour and a half away in Calgary had two Cooper STT muds she didn’t need for 350.00
They only had 3000 Klms on them and she gave me a third tire of the same size for free, offshore mud with decent tread.
This is a pic of the chunk from the inside.
A replacement tire was going to be 420.00!
I posted a add on Alberta coal rollers looking for a tire and as luck would have it a girl a hour and a half away in Calgary had two Cooper STT muds she didn’t need for 350.00
They only had 3000 Klms on them and she gave me a third tire of the same size for free, offshore mud with decent tread.
This is a pic of the chunk from the inside.
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Dang. That’s a souvenir she picked up.
Lol! Yup I’ll take a pic of it. It’s sitting loose in the tire in our back shop. I don’t have the heart to trash the tire yet. That chunk of aluminum plate is actually a big piece.
Oops!
Ear missing on the one side of the yoke.
Ear missing on the one side of the yoke.
Too much powaaaa!!!
Lol! More like to much slop in the pinion. How hard is it to replace the pinion bearing on a Dana 70?
Shouldn't be too bad. Pull the carrier and pull the pinion. Look up service procedure and see what the torque is on the pinion nut. I had a Dana 80 go out in a Ford dually and it was a massive torque value for the pinion nut. Had to get my work to buy me a torque multiplier to do it. Did a quick search and it looks like it doesn't even use a crush sleeve to set the pinion bearings, just shims, so it should be pretty easy.
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General Tech - The Dana 70 Bible
Well, pirate seems like a place I'm no longer interested in sharing my tech with, so I'm moving the Bible here! Here is a copy/paste of the bulk of the info I've compiled. I'm going to skim through it and grab any additional useful info I see. Enjoy the tech! -Redd The Dana 70...
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Thanks Luke! Got some reading to do.Shouldn't be too bad. Pull the carrier and pull the pinion. Look up service procedure and see what the torque is on the pinion nut. I had a Dana 80 go out in a Ford dually and it was a massive torque value for the pinion nut. Had to get my work to buy me a torque multiplier to do it. Did a quick search and it looks like it doesn't even use a crush sleeve to set the pinion bearings, just shims, so it should be pretty easy.
General Tech - The Dana 70 Bible
Well, pirate seems like a place I'm no longer interested in sharing my tech with, so I'm moving the Bible here! Here is a copy/paste of the bulk of the info I've compiled. I'm going to skim through it and grab any additional useful info I see. Enjoy the tech! -Redd The Dana 70...
Found a Dana 70 with factory disk brakes rebuilt for 350.00.
The guy had it on for 900.00 but it is now missing the rotors the new callipers. He has callipers for it. The e brake shoes are worn out.
Was thinking I could convert it back to drums with what I have if it checks out ok. Said some kid rebuilt it in school.
Didnt think a factory disk brake Dana 70 was a thing but after he gave me the numbers and I called them into the dealership… they made them for 1.5 years. Very rare!
The guy had it on for 900.00 but it is now missing the rotors the new callipers. He has callipers for it. The e brake shoes are worn out.
Was thinking I could convert it back to drums with what I have if it checks out ok. Said some kid rebuilt it in school.
Didnt think a factory disk brake Dana 70 was a thing but after he gave me the numbers and I called them into the dealership… they made them for 1.5 years. Very rare!
my 02 has a disc brake rear; actually both my 02s do but the other is a dually
Yeah but I bet they are D 80 the dually will be for sure. Not that I don’t want a 80 for it but they are more work to swap and way more money.
Yeah I was gonna say '02 only, they had the 60 front 70 rear discs all the way around and the 6 speed manual. But I don't like Dodges so I am not 100% on that.
that is why I throwed the dually part in there; I was thinking the dually's had rear disc.
both of mine are automatics.
Spent some time in our shop making a spot to replace the rear end. The shop has been a disaster for years… not my doing but I finally got my in-laws motivated to cleanup a bit. Still a long way to go for my liking,but I got some room and don’t have to rush too bad to get this done.
You wouldn’t thing this socket would be such a problem? No parts store had one, my buddy’s didn’t fit. Spent a hour and made my own.
Made that video for my kid that has 50k worth of tools but not anything I need when I need it!? 
Did anyone know that the mounting flange is totally different for the disk brake D70 than the drum brake version. Or did everyone know that besides me!
