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talk to randy, doctor4x4 for a 14 bolt, he can hook you up and is in socal /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
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Good price for dana 60?
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owen
1/2 ton status
Would you guys be pissed if I told you I got a D60 w/ 4.56'2 and a Lock-Right, plus a 14FF w/ 4.56'2 and a Detroit both for $300? I hung out at the local "mud drags" and found a guy upgrading! had to do some cleaning and the drum crap was shot, but I am happy. According to the seller, that stuff is strong, but too heavy. The serious racers like D44's or even 10bolts. They have to spend as a$$ load to get them strong, but the savings in weight is worth it. Just an idea of a place to "play buzzard" as my friends call it!
I got two good 14bolt axles with newer brakes on them lined up in Indy for $100 each... I know at least two more in the $150 range /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
All with good brakes and yeah maybe a little rusty...
$300 more dollars for a clean axle or save 300 buy two cans of $.97 paint and spend a little time cleaning /forums/images/graemlins/thinking.gif
$450, only if it has 4.56 or up, detroit locker and/or maybe disk brakes
All with good brakes and yeah maybe a little rusty...
$300 more dollars for a clean axle or save 300 buy two cans of $.97 paint and spend a little time cleaning /forums/images/graemlins/thinking.gif
$450, only if it has 4.56 or up, detroit locker and/or maybe disk brakes
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I figure this guy is going to setup some 4.56's for me so it might be ok. Oh and I forgot that is with a detroit.
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i wonder if all these naysayers are even reading the post, you are getting a 14 bolt with gears and detroit for 450, if i read correctly; that is a deal, have any of these naysayers priced gears and detroits, if it is what you want/need, then yes, it is a good price, go for it /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
I figure this guy is going to setup some 4.56's for me so it might be ok. Oh and I forgot that is with a detroit.
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i wonder if all these naysayers are even reading the post, you are getting a 14 bolt with gears and detroit for 450, if i read correctly; that is a deal, have any of these naysayers priced gears and detroits, if it is what you want/need, then yes, it is a good price, go for it /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
TTT
Triaged
1/2 ton status
I just picked up my D60 SRW w/ 4.56 gears and a extra hub for $750. I have been waiting a while to find it...time is the key. Some people will want $1200 for a D60...it is the people that can't wait and have the cash that drive the price so high.
I picked up my old 4.56 3/4-ton axles from a CK5 member for $400. I figure that the 3/4-ton D44 is worth more than the 14FF so I would say I payed $100-$150 for the 14FF. That isn't the best price but the 4.56 gears arn't so easy to find.
If you go to a U-Pull-It type place (Ecology or pick-a-part) you could pick up a 14FF for well under a hundred on a 1/2 off day. You just have to go playing in the grease for a day to find the gears you want. They are very common. I would also worry about some j/y guy "setting up the gears". 4.56 was a factory option so paying alot more for.
If you wait I bet you could find a set of military axles for under the $1400 you would end up paying for that set of axles. The D60 isn't a good deal or a bad deal...but the 14FF is way to high. Even if you had to buy a new detroit for a $100 14FF you would still be around $450.
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Damn...missed the update. $600 is good. Where did you find it?
I picked up my old 4.56 3/4-ton axles from a CK5 member for $400. I figure that the 3/4-ton D44 is worth more than the 14FF so I would say I payed $100-$150 for the 14FF. That isn't the best price but the 4.56 gears arn't so easy to find.
If you go to a U-Pull-It type place (Ecology or pick-a-part) you could pick up a 14FF for well under a hundred on a 1/2 off day. You just have to go playing in the grease for a day to find the gears you want. They are very common. I would also worry about some j/y guy "setting up the gears". 4.56 was a factory option so paying alot more for.
If you wait I bet you could find a set of military axles for under the $1400 you would end up paying for that set of axles. The D60 isn't a good deal or a bad deal...but the 14FF is way to high. Even if you had to buy a new detroit for a $100 14FF you would still be around $450.
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Damn...missed the update. $600 is good. Where did you find it?
I searched and searched and kept on searching. I looked through about 15 different truck junkyards down here in San Pedro, Wilmington area of the LA harbor, finally I got lucky and it was a friend of a friend who lives out in Devore that Im getting it from. All of these guys all have blazers too, and if it wasnt for that I dont think they would have all been so willing to give me more numbers to hunt down my 60 /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
unclematty
1/2 ton status
glad to hear that everybody is still hunting for the good parts at a decent priceI get worried when i hear guys paying big dollars for that stuff. I got everything for my blazer from friends and different salvage yards (mostly U pull it yards) my blazer is definatly built on a budget, I buy junk, clean it, rebuild it, (with the good hard parts),
then paint it.and install! if I remember correctly, I paid $100.00 each for my axles and t-case. $75.00 for the trans, and 250.00 for the engine. all got rebuilt(mucho deniro)
try buying spools and gears,and alloy shafts. not to mention hi-po caddy engine parts. did 90%of the work myself and still it adds up to over 15k. but it kicks a$$ /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif /forums/images/graemlins/hack.gif /forums/images/graemlins/weld.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grind.gif
then paint it.and install! if I remember correctly, I paid $100.00 each for my axles and t-case. $75.00 for the trans, and 250.00 for the engine. all got rebuilt(mucho deniro)
try buying spools and gears,and alloy shafts. not to mention hi-po caddy engine parts. did 90%of the work myself and still it adds up to over 15k. but it kicks a$$ /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif /forums/images/graemlins/hack.gif /forums/images/graemlins/weld.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grind.gif
Its funny that you mention this today, because on sunday I got my 14 bolt full-floater, f-150 rear springs, and 2wd steering box (for dana60 crossover) all for $118.65 with tax. /forums/images/graemlins/peace.gif I love 50 percent off days at the junkyard. Stuff there is pretty cheap already and when you get it for half the price its a steal.
atho
1/2 ton status
i'd say you are definitely getting a good deal on those axles...
as far as good deals go, [brag] I found a '78ish Dodge SRW Dana 60 front w/ drive flanges and 4.10s at the local JY, buried in a pile of trash, and got it for $150 out the door. I even talked the JY dude down from his initial $200 price. About a month earlier, I managed to track down an Eaton HO52 with a factory No-Spin (detroit locker) from a '66 C/20 in Western PA for $100 from a guy who had parted the truck out. Both need rebuilt and one of 'em needs regeared, but I think I am pretty far ahead of the game. I also got a $20 NP205, and then I got an SM465, slip yoke NP205, adaptor between the 2, and a set of blazer seats for FREE from another guy in W. PA who needed his garage cleaned out. You just gotta be in the right place at the right time, I guess. [/brag]
as far as good deals go, [brag] I found a '78ish Dodge SRW Dana 60 front w/ drive flanges and 4.10s at the local JY, buried in a pile of trash, and got it for $150 out the door. I even talked the JY dude down from his initial $200 price. About a month earlier, I managed to track down an Eaton HO52 with a factory No-Spin (detroit locker) from a '66 C/20 in Western PA for $100 from a guy who had parted the truck out. Both need rebuilt and one of 'em needs regeared, but I think I am pretty far ahead of the game. I also got a $20 NP205, and then I got an SM465, slip yoke NP205, adaptor between the 2, and a set of blazer seats for FREE from another guy in W. PA who needed his garage cleaned out. You just gotta be in the right place at the right time, I guess. [/brag]
By the time your done upgrading this, and uprading that,
the 200.00 you might save is gonna seem like chump change
anyway, Everything is more expensive and scarce when your looking for it, Its a dime a dozen when you arent. /forums/images/graemlins/whistling.gif
the 200.00 you might save is gonna seem like chump change
anyway, Everything is more expensive and scarce when your looking for it, Its a dime a dozen when you arent. /forums/images/graemlins/whistling.gif
well I'm glad that there are junkyards out there that are reasonable. all of the ones around here are expensive as hell and it's a waste of time looking for 1 ton stuff because the people around here don't have any and they don't even seem to know that k30s ever existed.
