Barack Obama linked 2nd gen. SAS

[zainyD]

What year Ford is the D60 out of? Obviously a pre93 because it's a kingpin axle.

 

[IZwack]

1986 f350

 

[Mud Bug 94]

410 or 355?

 

[IZwack]

No idea, I didnt even bother asking what exactly the ratio was because I'm regearing it anyway. I'll count it once I have the gears removed -- but I'm still busy working on my axle stand

 

[Mud Bug 94]

if its 410 you uhh... wanna maybe come up with a price for me??

 

[IZwack]

If its a 4.10, its still worth nothing to me so pay the shipping and its yours.

 

[Mud Bug 94]

dude ur awsome...but its prob 3.55 hahaha no really thanks man..

 

[IZwack]

Turns out I didn't just break a U-joint during the last RC run, but also the axle shaft -- dandy

 

[lifeguard379]

how many shafts is that for you?

 

[IZwack]

That makes it two since the SAS.
I'm going to the junk yard sometime this weekend or sometime during the week -- I remember seeing I think two Wagoneers last time.

 

[IZwack]

Finally got the D60 out of the van today, onto the axle stand, and disassembled. This axle is so heavy fully dressed that it collapsed one of the caster wheels on my axle stand. I hope to have the housing to the machine shop for a hot-tank process sometime this week and if its cheap enough, maybe media blast the center section.

No pics cauz I don't have a digital camera since I broke my last one .
And Mud Bug 94, sorry you were dead on, the ring and pinion set is 3.53 ratio

Oh and as for the D44, its back and running again after receiving an axle shaft from one of the IFSJA guys.

 

[cybergasm]

And if the D60 does'nt do the job for ya then what?

 

[IZwack]

And if the D60 does'nt do the job for ya then what?

Then I'm going to drive my Explorer into the Atlantic Ocean and move to Paris, where I will open a pastry shop in some tiny old town with cobblestone streets so narrow you can't even drive a car through it -- the good [simple] life

 

[Dannyboy]

Then I'm going to drive my Explorer into the Atlantic Ocean and move to Paris, where I will open a pastry shop in some tiny old town with cobblestone streets so narrow you can't even drive a car through it -- the good [simple] life

or you could just learn to not drive like a redneck...it works for the rest of us.

 

[IZwack]

or you could just learn to not drive like a redneck...it works for the rest of us.

Hey! I take offense to that :

But I think once the D60's outers are upgraded to 35 spline, it should be a lot harder to break this axle.

And I've been debating full-chromos because the axle needs to be narrowed down anyways -- cauz its 69" wms-wms and I want to bring that down to maybe 64" or 65" (the 14-bolt is 63"). And there is no stock D60 axle shaft out there that is 4" or 5" shorter, so the only option is to go custom chromos or have the current passenger inner shaft cut and resplined (Currie I think does this for around $100 but there are other shops out there that can do it for around $60).

But what this D60 also allows me to do is run 38"s or 40"s which will finally get that boat anchor we call "14-bolt" up away from the rocks (really should shave that axle housing sometime).

 

[Dannyboy]

that's only 2.5" per side narrower... I'd run it wide up front and take all the extra money in your pocket from having custom shafts built to buy that grille for your truck you have been saving up for.

I don't think when you're running 40s at 5 lbs on an explorer somebody's going to say, gee is that front wheel 2.5" wider than the rear?

 

[IZwack]

Hehe I can't run a 69" wms-wms axle with the wheel/tire combo I have now -- the wheels only have 2.5" backspacing. It would be SUPER wide and the vehicle would never fit between trees and boulders. That and it would probably fall off of the trailer (it already overhangs a few inches per side).

But custom chromos aren't that expensive. CompleteOffRoad (whom I've ordered from many times) offers D60 axle shafts of any length, 35 spline for both inner and outer, for only $550
http://completeoffroad.com/wsm/i-1387_4340_axle_kit_dana_60_most_applications_35_spline.html

Which isnt too bad considering I really need 35 spline outers so the alternative would be:
- cutting resplining: $60-$100
- dana 60/70 35 spline outters: $110-130 each so x2 = at least $220 for a pair

And as for the grille, its sitting in the garage -- never to find its way on this Explorer again :

 

[sn0border88]

dude, guys run 42's on stock 60's with almost no problems, cromo 60 shafts get you into 47 territory.
And if your going to hot tank it, and blast the center section why dont you just get it all blasted?

 

[IZwack]

dude, guys run 42's on stock 60's with almost no problems, cromo 60 shafts get you into 47 territory.

So thats a money-back guarantee from sn0 that I will never break axle shafts again -- faaantastic

And if your going to hot tank it, and blast the center section why dont you just get it all blasted?

I dunno cauz I have no idea what blasting costs. The machine shop I usually go to charges $25-$30 for the tank process, I'll see what blasting costs sometime.

 

[sn0border88]

blasting will be more, but not by much.