D60 front prices

xjmarc · Aug 1, 2018

Can someone explain to me why the older balljoint ford D60s are still bringing well over a grand for a builder axle but a complete SD is 3-600 bucks. The 05+ even have 35 spline inner and outers and are still half the price. I really don't want to run the metric pattern but it's going to be hard to pay double to stick with 8x6.5.

NickMaul · Aug 1, 2018

SD is beef but the housing leaves very little room for a leaf spring suspension. That and maybe people don't want to have to get 17" wheels which is preferred for the SD brakes?

muddinmetal · Aug 1, 2018

Cleaning the brackets off of a sd60 housing is a dirty, nasty, whore!

sparepartsdave · Aug 2, 2018

Kingpin 60's over a grand, ball joint 60's $500-$750, Super duty front and rear packages $750-$1000

Kubotaorange76 · Aug 2, 2018

The later 85-97 ford 60's bolt in to f-250's from 80-97...might be the reason they still bring a bit more, and the kingpins from 85-91 of course bring more.

Bebop · Aug 2, 2018

xjmarc said:
Can someone explain to me why the older balljoint ford D60s are still bringing well over a grand for a builder axle but a complete SD is 3-600 bucks. The 05+ even have 35 spline inner and outers and are still half the price. I really don't want to run the metric pattern but it's going to be hard to pay double to stick with 8x6.5.

Just re-drill the UBs to use 8x6.5 wheels.

waggener1 · Aug 2, 2018

muddinmetal said:
Cleaning the brackets off of a sd60 housing is a dirty, nasty, whore!

TRUTH! There's no telling how many hours I spent with a sawzall, cut-off wheel and grinder to get mine ready for a truss and brackets.

xjmarc · Aug 2, 2018

Bebop said:
Just re-drill the UBs to use 8x6.5 wheels.

that's actually not a bad idea I guess I'll have to make up some kind of a jig though.

blacksheep10 · Aug 2, 2018

They sell a drill guide for like 30 bucks that bolts to the existing studs and you use a pilot drill to get them all in place and then run them through Square on the drill press

The Luke · Aug 2, 2018

That's what we did. Just redrilled. Heck, I didn't even cut the brackets off. Just used ruff stuff sd radius arm kit. Lost a little ground clearance. But it's just an old beater Cherokee trail rig. If it gets to be a problem, it could very easily be converted to a 3 link.

xjmarc · Aug 2, 2018

The Luke said:
That's what we did. Just redrilled. Heck, I didn't even cut the brackets off. Just used ruff stuff sd radius arm kit. Lost a little ground clearance. But it's just an old beater Cherokee trail rig. If it gets to be a problem, it could very easily be converted to a 3 link.

I considered that but I'm looking for a pre 05 if I go with a SD axle because I don't want that extra 4" of width. If I was swapping wheels too it wouldn't be an issue but I'm doing this on a budget.

The Luke · Aug 2, 2018

xjmarc said:
I considered that but I'm looking for a pre 05 if I go with a SD axle because I don't want that extra 4" of width. If I was swapping wheels too it wouldn't be an issue but I'm doing this on a budget.

Preaching to the choir. I did mine on the cheap. Only reason I went with their kit was it was on a deep Black Friday sale.

Bronco72 · Aug 2, 2018

The Luke said:
Preaching to the choir. I did mine on the cheap. Only reason I went with their kit was it was on a deep Black Friday sale.

Yours turned out sweet. Idk wat that guy charged but he sis a hell of a job lol

The Luke · Aug 3, 2018

Damn right he/you did a hell of a job.

Couple blind goats a 3 legged coon hound named Carl.

blacksheep10 · Aug 3, 2018

xjmarc said:
I considered that but I'm looking for a pre 05 if I go with a SD axle because I don't want that extra 4" of width. If I was swapping wheels too it wouldn't be an issue but I'm doing this on a budget.

Either way, easy to redrill and link.

Bebop · Aug 3, 2018

xjmarc said:
I considered that but I'm looking for a pre 05 if I go with a SD axle because I don't want that extra 4" of width. If I was swapping wheels too it wouldn't be an issue but I'm doing this on a budget.

Chop the long side tube 4"ish and run a shorter shaft ?

grcthird · Aug 3, 2018

xjmarc said:
Can someone explain to me why the older balljoint ford D60s are still bringing well over a grand for a builder axle but a complete SD is 3-600 bucks.

RUSTYC and I had this conversation a while back, we figured it was due to all the 6.0 diesel trucks that got scrapped due to expensive engine fixes. Supply is higher than demand for them vs the old axles. We've seen some in the $200 price range lately. The offroad world must really be the only demand there is for them, I don't ever have them come in the shop needing a whole front assembly.

xjmarc · Aug 3, 2018

grcthird said:
RUSTYC and I had this conversation a while back, we figured it was due to all the 6.0 diesel trucks that got scrapped due to expensive engine fixes. Supply is higher than demand for them vs the old axles. We've seen some in the $200 price range lately. The offroad world must really be the only demand there is for them, I don't ever have them come in the shop needing a whole front assembly.

For 200 bucks I'd learn to deal with the extra width.

onepieceatatime · Aug 3, 2018

That's very believable and very funny

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blacksheep10 · Aug 3, 2018

I chose my 92 because of how weak the knuckles are on the KP axles (also rare and expensive). It was already the right width and lug pattern, steering on top of the knuckle is pretty much the same as steering on the bottom of a high steer arm on a KP (It's really pretty high) and it was $550.
The 05 up fronts are about the same around here, but more plentiful for sure.