redrockcrawler
earth rover 2012
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- hooper
i need to change from 8 on 6.5 to 6 on 5.5 and if i have to use disks that is ok please let me know if you have don this and what parts you used
dana 60 bolt pattern change
- Thread starter redrockcrawler
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redrockcrawler
earth rover 2012
- Location
- hooper
i am not sure what it come out of i belive it was a late 70's dodge dana 60 it is a full float and has skinny brake drums
no way at all with that sixty
The problem with the full float sixty hub is that the bolt pattern where the shaft bolts to the hub is that it is 4" across there. That is too big to machine down and fit the six lug pattern. You have two choices to achieve the 6 lug patter:
1) use the 14 bolt dually wheel hubs. They are only 3.5" across and you can machine the hub down and redrill the hub to take the 6 lug patter. You also have to modify the sixty and put the fourteen bolt spindles on there.
or
2) go to a semi-float rear using something like the wagoneer drum brakes. You would have to cut the ends of the housing off and weld in a bearing pocket for the new axle shaft.
Kind of a pain huh. We can do it though, I'll PM ya.
ELLIS
The problem with the full float sixty hub is that the bolt pattern where the shaft bolts to the hub is that it is 4" across there. That is too big to machine down and fit the six lug pattern. You have two choices to achieve the 6 lug patter:
1) use the 14 bolt dually wheel hubs. They are only 3.5" across and you can machine the hub down and redrill the hub to take the 6 lug patter. You also have to modify the sixty and put the fourteen bolt spindles on there.
or
2) go to a semi-float rear using something like the wagoneer drum brakes. You would have to cut the ends of the housing off and weld in a bearing pocket for the new axle shaft.
Kind of a pain huh. We can do it though, I'll PM ya.
ELLIS