what a bad break

[sweetk30]

found this on a dana 60 axle I got recently .

all I know is I wont be using this housing anytime soon

cover face to drop in housing between the pinion bearings welded up crack . and huge hole just behind cast in plug pad size of 50cent piece.

 

[YZEATER]

wow, wonder what caused that.

 

[diesel4me]

That does suck man...I hate finding things like that on a used part,had it happen before.....hope you didn't pay much for it...

My guess is the truck it came out of was a city plow,and the spider gear pin got chucked out of the case while straining against a lot of heavy wet snow,seen more than one do it around here,and get welded back together and put back in service..

..(why they bother too fudge it that way when a local boneyard probably has a whole used axle cheaper I cant say,the DPW seems to repair things that broke than just replace the whole unit--I had a friend who knows a mechanic there,he claims they spent
800 bucks rebuilding a transfer case they could get used for maybe 300 or less...must be because the taxpayers are paying for it,and looking busy fixing something for a week in the garage makes it look like they are earning their paychecks..)..

 

[sweetk30]

even like this I still make money on what I paid for all 3 axles in the deal .

and yes big waste of time to repair like that and still not have a sound case that's square .