i might have found....

[xenomarine]

a dana 60 for $150. i didn't take it off the truck right there because i had to be at work training in an hour. and the earliest i can get it is monday, and it's at a junk yard. this also requires me to drive back 45 minutes from my college, pull it, then go back to school.

even with junk gears, which i didn't get a chance to check 'em, worth it? it's doolie width i think, even though it didn't have 6 wheels on it. it has the wheels that go in a few inches to tuck the tires a little.

EDIT: i'd also like to note that it is stamped 60F, and i looked at the tag in the glove compartment and it said the gvw was only 7700 IIRC. the truck is an 84 according to the paperwork in it.

 

[76zimmer]

60F=Dana 60 Front.
Sounds like a really good deal regardless of what the truck came with originally.
It is an open knuckle right (you can see the ujoints on the axleshafts?)

If you can post up the BOM numbers on the drivers side axle tube we could find out where it came from originally, gears etc.

 

[xenomarine]

alright, are there any major differences besides the width? i know it's wider, about 6 iches right? i'm on my phone on my way to a concert or i'd look it up myself

 

[boz42]

As long as we are talking late 70's to early 90's open knuckle Chevy D60 Fronts...width is the only difference.

SRW D-60f = 70" WMS to WMS
DRW = 77.5" WMS - WMS

So a little wider than you are thinking. Good news is it can be converted to & from DRW to SRW with only Bearing hubs, Rotors & wheelstuds.

 

[K5dreamer]

and if you want SRW spacing, you might find someone with a SRW D60 that wants to run H1 rims, and you can swap all the parts to make both parties happy.

 

[xenomarine]

....anyone want to swap to h1 rims? haha. i'm on the fence about going to get it monday, not sure if i want to really.

and yes it's open knuckle, presumably stock off a 1984 k30.

but might i ask, why would someone wanting to run h1 rims need DRW hubs? problems with stuff rubbing on brake components?

 

[BoondocK5]

Just go get it. Worst case scenario, you don't want it, then sell it for 10 times what you bought it for.

 

[resurrected_jimmy]

Just go get it. Worst case scenario, you don't want it, then sell it for 10 times what you bought it for.

Quoted for truth

 

[USSkoval]

No kidding, go get it! Even if it takes you all day in the hot sun with problem after problem, it will still be worth it.

 

[xenomarine]

well i guess i better get my work done tonight if i need to make time for this tomorrow. it's not the heat that's the problem, it's the mud and the cold. it's 45 here now at my brother's graduation, with a terrible windchill. i'm gonna bust out my snow pants soon!

 

[BoondocK5]

Carrharts and thermals Brother! Oh and it's 70 and sunny with a slight breeze here!

 

[gone huntin]

My wife and I went to a junk yard and pulled the d60,14b,t400,and np205 from a truck in mud and freezing our asses off. I paid $300 for all of it and sold the d60/14b combo for $1200.

 

[xenomarine]

now that is an encouraging story. i have a 14bff from a k20, so i'll have a nice set of rebuilt axles to slap under any 1/2 or 3/4 ton truck haha.

 

[4X4HIGH]

He who procrastinates on a killer deal misses out on said killer deal.

Around here a D60F goes for anywhere from $900.00 to $1200.00 all day long.

 

[str8axle55]

I just sold my SRW for $400, no body here that I could find wants them. Apparently the stock has dried up out west.

 

[Stomis]

I just sold my SRW for $400, no body here that I could find wants them. Apparently the stock has dried up out west.

East coast is a different story man. Noone on here believed me when I said that d60s were going for scrap price practically. When I had a set of one tons I bought em for $400. Sold the 14b for $100 bux and the dana 60 for $450.

I cant wait to pay a whopping $200 bucks for a low pinion 36in perch width ford 60 when I get a OBS truck lol.

 

[USSkoval]

They still bring good money here, and I can see why. I had been looking for a while (thanks to CK5), and just recently got one. There just aren't many around.

 

[xenomarine]

it's gotta be for two reasons primarily. one, off-roading is huge out in the midwest, not so much here. the second, and most people don't think about this, alot more trucks get junked here because the body is falling apart. that leaves drivetrains almost ripe for the picking in these parts compared to say CO or somewhere else of the like.

 

[stumpbuster]

Quoted for truth

wrong. you would get about "2wice" as much for a drw dana 60. you can find these things all day over here for 350... (and having it still in the truck, you have to pull it, load it, you gunna be hatin life tryin ta figure how to manhandle 550 pounds..) so the price is about right for over here in the east.

let me know if you need a hand with the swap, i just finished my 60 swap last month.

 

[6.2Blazer]

Selling it for 10 times what you pay = $1,500.......not likely for a junkyard condition DRW 60 but you might find a chump. A buddy of mine here in the Midwest searches for great buys on 60 fronts and then resells them. He has probably bought and resold 15 in the last couple of years and generally gets around $600-$800 out of a complete axle in decent shape. The high side for the more rare and desirable '78-'79 Ford high pinions and the low side for the Dodge versions.