Dana 60 musings
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 1:22 pmOk, here is a random sampling of my train of thought:
I'm thinking of squeezing some 15" wheels on a dana 60, to save the cost of buying new beadlocks. Of course, the lug pattern would be different. Steel wheels can, however, be recentered.
Ford Dual piston calipers are huge compared to Chevy calipers and thus need a lot more grinding. 3/4" ton chevy brakes require no grinding. sells 3/4" ton caliper brackets for either the chevy/dodge knuckle, or the ford knuckle. Sound simple. I would need the Ford ones. Right?
I read that there are a couple of ways in which you can have 35 spline outer shafts. Using Chevy Spindles or grinding .6" off the end of the 35 spline stub shaft. I happen to have 35 spline stub shafts. You can use the chevy spindles either by re-drilling the ford knuckle to a 6 bolt spindle or running chevy knuckles out. I wonder which of these three options mine has? If I had to guess based on the photos below, I'd say that it has Ford knuckles on it, since the tie rod is mounted underneath the steering arm. I think. I'll have to go take some more close up shots.
You might be thinking - Why spend all that extra money just to run 15" wheels? I'm not really thinking about costs at the moment; just options. Though running the 15" wheels would mean that I would not have to buy new tires. Basically it would be a balance of replace tires and wheels versus change out the brakes, calipers, backing plate (possibly the knuckles) and recentering 5 wheels. I'd eventually like to replace the knuckles with the dedenbears anyway. It would be nice to get the right knuckles when I order them.
The brakes could probably stand to be replaced as well, looking at the images below. It definately needs new kingpin caps / highsteer arms.
Thoughts from the peanut gallery?
I'm thinking of squeezing some 15" wheels on a dana 60, to save the cost of buying new beadlocks. Of course, the lug pattern would be different. Steel wheels can, however, be recentered.
Ford Dual piston calipers are huge compared to Chevy calipers and thus need a lot more grinding. 3/4" ton chevy brakes require no grinding. sells 3/4" ton caliper brackets for either the chevy/dodge knuckle, or the ford knuckle. Sound simple. I would need the Ford ones. Right?
I read that there are a couple of ways in which you can have 35 spline outer shafts. Using Chevy Spindles or grinding .6" off the end of the 35 spline stub shaft. I happen to have 35 spline stub shafts. You can use the chevy spindles either by re-drilling the ford knuckle to a 6 bolt spindle or running chevy knuckles out. I wonder which of these three options mine has? If I had to guess based on the photos below, I'd say that it has Ford knuckles on it, since the tie rod is mounted underneath the steering arm. I think. I'll have to go take some more close up shots.
You might be thinking - Why spend all that extra money just to run 15" wheels? I'm not really thinking about costs at the moment; just options. Though running the 15" wheels would mean that I would not have to buy new tires. Basically it would be a balance of replace tires and wheels versus change out the brakes, calipers, backing plate (possibly the knuckles) and recentering 5 wheels. I'd eventually like to replace the knuckles with the dedenbears anyway. It would be nice to get the right knuckles when I order them.
The brakes could probably stand to be replaced as well, looking at the images below. It definately needs new kingpin caps / highsteer arms.
Thoughts from the peanut gallery?
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