closed knuckle dana 60
- Thread starter 74highboy
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take it out and put a dana 44 under it. -JK, sorry I couldn't resist
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
A closed knuckle one would be best.
I don't know much about the closed knuckle D60. Is it 35 spline at the carrier? I wonder if you could buy some 'C' and knuckles from somewhere (Dedenbear and Crane make aftermarket BEEFY units so there might be some stockers floating around somewhere?) and make it into an open knuckle unit? I'm not sure if it wouldn't be easier/cheaper to just find an open knuckle unit, though.
convert it using stock parts or using aftermarket stuff? If you can do all after market stuff for $1200 then that may be the way to go. As it is I wouldn't spend a dime on a closed knuckled 60. I assume this is a driver side drop? If so then it's low pinion right? I would personally go for a different high pinion front 60 thats got open knuckles.
tsm1mt
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- Location
- Helena, MT
What makes the closed-knuckle 60 such a turd, other than the closed knuckles (which inhibits turning radius)?
Can't you just upgrade to 35sp hardware and call it good?
I don't believe there's enough room in that closed knuckle for a D60-sized Ujoint.
If you have wheeled at all and not broke anything on it then it would be stronger than the 44.
i,ve got a closed knuckle 60 on my truck too. mine is a j-3000 but it looks to me like a with a little grinding you could fit 35 spline shafts in there for the inners at least. i don't know if you could get outter shafts to match the length and spline count for your hubs without going custom? waggoner machine did a 35 spline conversion once, you might check with them if your serious about it