Any tips on getting the carrier out? I've been tapping it with a rubber mallet and I can get it to rock back and forth a bit, but it isn't coming out. I'd hate to pull my usual crap and bust out the BFH too soon. 
CK5
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a prybar if your careful, the proper way to do it is with a case spreader, but those are a hassle to rent/find. If the axle is out of the truck, this gets harder as the housing will start to move around and there heavy.
You can try putting a rag between the gears and spinning the pinion yoke.
I've always used a prybar.
I've always used a prybar.
odin
1/2 ton status
Here's how I do it.
pauly383
Daddy383
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m-4x4-chevy
Registered Member
I built my own housing spreader. With the spreader I can get the right amount of preload on the dif side bearings. Also makes it easy to pull the dif back out when you have to change the shims.
Thanks for the help. I got it out without a pry bar or a case spreader. It wasn't the "proper" way - but it came out.
No harm no foul right?
Next time - if I have a cherry picker handy - I'll try Odin's idea.
No harm no foul right?
Next time - if I have a cherry picker handy - I'll try Odin's idea.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
i used two prybars one on top and one on bottom, fulcrum on the case and it just popped out.
Ned Kelly
1/2 ton status
Prybars worked for me too. And when re-assembling the D60 here's some specs from Pirate 4x4 D60 bible to save you a search. I keep a laminated copy of it inside my toolbox lid, held on with a couple mini-magnets:
Dana 60 Torque Specs:
Pinion bearing preload (new) 20-30 inch pounds
Pinion bearing preload (used) 8-10 inch pounds
Pinion bearing HP60 used in rear 12-20 inch pounds
Backlash 6-10 thousandths of an inch
front wheel bearing freeplay 1-10 thousandths of an inch
Ring gear bolt torque 110 foot lbs
Bearing cap bolt torque 80 foot lbs
Cover bolt torque 30-40 foot lbs
Pinion nut torque 240-300 foot lbs
Cover fill plug 40 foot lbs
Yoke U-joint bolts 8-15 foot lbs
wheel brg adjusting nut 50 foot lbs - then back off approx. 90*
wheel brg locknut 50-70 foot lbs
Kingpin 500-600 foot lbs
Upper and lower kingpin cover bolts 70-90 foot lbs
Spindle nuts (the ones that hold the spindle to the knuckle.) 65 foot lbs
Dana 60 Torque Specs:
Pinion bearing preload (new) 20-30 inch pounds
Pinion bearing preload (used) 8-10 inch pounds
Pinion bearing HP60 used in rear 12-20 inch pounds
Backlash 6-10 thousandths of an inch
front wheel bearing freeplay 1-10 thousandths of an inch
Ring gear bolt torque 110 foot lbs
Bearing cap bolt torque 80 foot lbs
Cover bolt torque 30-40 foot lbs
Pinion nut torque 240-300 foot lbs
Cover fill plug 40 foot lbs
Yoke U-joint bolts 8-15 foot lbs
wheel brg adjusting nut 50 foot lbs - then back off approx. 90*
wheel brg locknut 50-70 foot lbs
Kingpin 500-600 foot lbs
Upper and lower kingpin cover bolts 70-90 foot lbs
Spindle nuts (the ones that hold the spindle to the knuckle.) 65 foot lbs
74K30
Registered Member
Get yourself a snatch block and winch it out. Probably not proper, but it worked for me.
Here is how I did it. I rotated the carrier so that the casting was in line with the pinion and then tapped the end of the pinion with a rubber mallet. The pinion head hit the casting and pushed the carrier right out. It didn't even leave a mark on either the carrier or pinion.
