LP dana 60

Mr. leafspring · May 11, 2016

anyone got a remedy for taking off carrier bearings and not trashing them other than the $400 tool ???? :fish: :fish:

TBItoy · May 11, 2016

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Large bearing splitter, or die grind/file a lil notch in the case to get a jaw puller under the race

Beerj · May 11, 2016

Grind the jaws of the puller a little sharper. Also, tighten the crap out of it.

Derek12v · May 11, 2016

Mr. leafspring said:
anyone got a remedy for taking off carrier bearings and not trashing them other than the $400 tool ???? :fish: :fish:

I got the bearing puller tool for my birthday (I have an awesome wife :****:) and it is worth the money IMO.

Mr. leafspring · May 11, 2016

:dblthumb:if I keep goin thru R&P it'll b worth it for me as well :****:

natedawgxj · May 11, 2016

Retube to a high pinion problem solved.... :dblthumb:

nightcrawler4x4 · May 11, 2016

My buddy got a set of pullers off e-bay half the price of the Yukon ones and they look the same. Jana 76 takes care of the r/p problem then it causes a axle shaft problem.

Mr. leafspring · May 11, 2016

high roller status and a sponsored 14 bolt would solve one or two problems lolol flashemifyougotem flashemifyougotem

Mr. leafspring · May 11, 2016

thanks for the help guys I actually got them off little bit ago without damaging so on to the re build :dblthumb: :dblthumb:

skipnrocks · May 12, 2016

Mr. leafspring said:
:dblthumb:if I keep goin thru R&P it'll b worth it for me as well :****:

Load bolt works wonders. I also did the jana 76 and havnt had an issue (fingers Crossed) even coming down or hitting things pretty hard. Money well spent if you dont want to swap axles.

BUG-E J · May 12, 2016

SBJeepn said:
Load bolt works wonders. I also did the jana 76 and havnt had an issue (fingers Crossed) even coming down or hitting things pretty hard. Money well spent if you dont want to swap axles.

So far I have been happy with my setup. If you go 76 and don't put the load bolt in you are wasting money because if your not snapping pinions in half deflection is what's breaking your gears. I went ahead and sent my gears to rcv and had them heat treated and cryoed for the insurance.

85toyo · May 12, 2016

BUG-E J said:
So far I have been happy with my setup. If you go 76 and don't put the load bolt in you are wasting money because if your not snapping pinions in half deflection is what's breaking your gears. I went ahead and sent my gears to rcv and had them heat treated and cryoed for the insurance.

I remember seeing a insanely high price for heat treating that was deleted shortly afterwards. Did they come down on that any?

Rockwells607 · May 13, 2016

The first buggy I built was setup pretty similar to yours. The owner broke something every trip out with the lp60. If it wasn't a Yukon shaft then it was a ring and pinion . This went on for a year and 10 trips that he left early because it broke 30 minutes into the day . I built him a 14bolt this winter and and he hasn't had an issue since the last 4 trips out. Now he needs a second propane tank cuz he can run all day and outta fuel! I know it was a big expense but... All those trips he made and broke to turn around and come home were costly As well. And having at 25k$ buggy that wasn't reliable also sucked . Just my .02 cents by putting more money into a LP 60 is gonna get you no where but more mad when it breaks again... Cuz it's gonna ! I've seen you drive :driving:

BUG-E J · May 13, 2016

Rockwells607 said:
The first buggy I built was setup pretty similar to yours. The owner broke something every trip out with the lp60. If it wasn't a Yukon shaft then it was a ring and pinion . This went on for a year and 10 trips that he left early because it broke 30 minutes into the day . I built him a 14bolt this winter and and he hasn't had an issue since the last 4 trips out. Now he needs a second propane tank cuz he can run all day and outta fuel! I know it was a big expense but... All those trips he made and broke to turn around and come home were costly As well. And having at 25k$ buggy that wasn't reliable also sucked . Just my .02 cents by putting more money into a LP 60 is gonna get you no where but more mad when it breaks again... Cuz it's gonna ! I've seen you drive :driving:

I totally agree. If I was starting over I woukd build a 14 bolt. But this is what I had and I have already put so much money in it I can't justify starting over. And also after some measuring a 14 bolt won't fit in my buggy and still have the up travel I want. After talking with kreg in the rcv booth at the expo I decided to go this route. He told me they had been treating gears for drag cars and tractor pull guys and we're having incredible results. If I break a rear ring and pinion and will have my rears treated also. For what I have in the 76 now if I break a gear set every couple years it's worth it to have not had to do the 14 bolt and ride on the bumpstops. :****:

BUG-E J · May 13, 2016

I'm gonna pull the front cover off next week and change the milk in the front end. I will take a pic of where the load bolt has been touching the ring gear. I really think if I didn't have the load bolt installed I would have probably already stripped the gears. It's very noticeable where it touched a couple times. I will say a 14 has much bigger ring and pinion but what makes them strong? The 3rd bearing to keep down deflection.

fltruckwash · May 13, 2016

BUG-E J said:
I will say a 14 has much bigger ring and pinion but what makes them strong? The 3rd bearing to keep down deflection.

Agreed... But also better keep an eye on that third bearing periodically if you beat on it on a regular basis...

Fire Freak · May 14, 2016

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BUG-E J · May 15, 2016

Well my pinion nut on my front end came off this weekend. I was 2nd gear on the nitrous when the yoke came off. The pinion dropped into the pyder gear hole in the carrier and locked the front end down. I destroyed both pinion bearings and only broke 2 teeth on the ring gear. No pinion damage. I will be sending this set of gears to rcv to be treated also. I expected it to be toasted but it still looks good.

BUG-E J · May 15, 2016

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The pinion fell into that hole and locked the front end up when it landed. It had some decent air under the front tires too. I was very impressed that's all the damage that was done.

BUG-E J · May 15, 2016

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and that's the promised pic of the contact area on the ring gear from the load bolt.

Mr. leafspring · May 16, 2016

let that lincoln locker come apart and itll tear up alot more trust me :****: :****: and i always small tac weld the pinion nut

BUG-E J · May 16, 2016

Mr. leafspring said:
let that lincoln locker come apart and itll tear up alot more trust me :****: :****: and i always small tac weld the pinion nut

I'm tacking it this time don't worry!

Elliott · May 17, 2016

Crush sleeve or solid spacers on your pinion?

BUG-E J · May 18, 2016

Elliott said:
Crush sleeve or solid spacers on your pinion?

Solid

BUG-E J · Jun 2, 2016

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So there has been alot of talk about the process rcv puts the gears through and is it worth the money. When my pinion nut came off the pinion wedged itself in that hole in the carrier locking the front tires down. It was drug by a track hoe. Driven about 100 yards and loaded onto a trailer. Yall can imagine the noises coming from the front axle. Those 2 teeth on the ring gear were the only damage to the gears. Here is the pinion..

BUG-E J · Jun 2, 2016

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It destroyed both pinion bearings and broke both pinion races. Also found this.....

BUG-E J · Jun 2, 2016

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So I would say whatever those guys at rcv are doing is well worth it. I welded the cracks up and installed new gears that I also had heat treated and cryoed. I have had diff gears lock up more than once and that would have turned a normal gear set into wood chips.

Dirt700 · Jun 9, 2016

I just bought this off of here for cheap, basically for the drive train. I plan on swapping everything overy to the chassis I'm building. Now yall are making me nervous, are the lp60's really that bad? I have a hp60 I was going to use, but it's cheaper to just swap this one over, and not have to regear, rebuild kingpins, etc my other axle.

BUG-E J · Jun 9, 2016

Well let's just say I have ran into my old toyota problem. I have found a way to keep the gears in tact but I have blown my housing out 2 times now. I'm really rough on **** though. If you don't try to break it you should be fine.

Dirt700 · Jun 9, 2016

BUG-E J said:
Well let's just say I have ran into my old toyota problem. I have found a way to keep the gears in tact but I have blown my housing out 2 times now. I'm really rough on **** though. If you don't try to break it you should be fine.

I have seen some videos of that buggy in action, I can't afford to drive like that all the time. And the 42 non stickies will help a little bit, and the 6.0 is stock, and probably stay that way for a while until I can build a 14 front