Hey Guys,
I was hoping you would be able to help me out getting some quick information. I found a great deal on Craigslist for a rear Dana 60 being sold for about $40. Here is the info I was given: it came out of a 69 Chevy, it has 4.10
Unless you were already planning on upgrading from stock shafts to aftermarket ones, just find a complete rearend and save yourself the headache.
You can get lower gears for a D60/D70 rear than you can for a 14 bolt.
It will work, ya just gotta move the spring perches. The nice thing about a 60 over a 14 bolt is that with a 60, you have a lot more diff clearence, that said, a detriot for a 14 bolt is a lot cheaper, and the 14 bolt is also a lot beefier, but with the beefyness, comes weight.
Does it have the hubs,brakes,etc? or is it just the housing?
Also, I wonder if it did come out of a chev truck. Usually, i thought those era of trucks had the Eaton rear end. What lug pattern is it?
If anything, you can resell it an gain your money back, if not some more.
Thanks for all of the replies guys. I should have been more clear the first time. I am swapping in both front and rear D60's. The Front will be out of a Ford because it is a driver side drop (as mentioned above), and I was going to get a matching rear out of a ford I just figured if the Rear Dana 60's are all similar I could just get this one now due to the very low cost. I will be rebuilding both axles once I have them so the parts were not a huge concern. The cherokee is going to be a full buggy with airshocks front and rear, double triangulated 4 link front and rear, full hydraulic steering, 40's or 42's, and possibly H1's. I have a 4.0L and am planning on running a flipped Dana 300. I originally did not plan on narrowing the axles, but I am starting to think I will want them narrowed from what MarcW mentioned above. I realize now that full width's might be a little more challenging to keep on tight trails, which we have so much of in WA. With that being said I will probably narrow the axles somewhat, Im not sure exaxtly where I want the WMS at yet. Wide axles do look sick, but may not be practical at this point. I know its frowned upon to build a unibody buggy, but at this point I have a great cherokee with awesome unibody/drivetrain but the interior and some body panels are very moldy corroded and rusted, plus I wanted to stay true to my XJ. It will be a :flipoff: to the guys who dont like unibody buggies.
It will be a :flipoff: to the guys who dont like unibody buggies.
I would classify most buggies as unibody so to speak.
uni
I would classify most buggies as unibody so to speak.
uni
I was planning on upgrading the shafts. I was looking into the new RCV shafts that use a CV joint instead of U-Joint. Thanks for the info of the gears I actually did not know that.
I would classify most buggies as unibody so to speak.
uni
What the **** are we talking about here????
Your post said "Rear Chevy D60 In XJ"... so I am assuming your talking about a REAR axle... and you said it had no axle shafts in it... but your gonna upgrade them to RCV shafts w/ a CV? This sure makes it sound like your talking about a front axle...????
I would classify most buggies as unibody so to speak.
uni
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Your not building a buggy Marc:beer:
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Oh, and a Cherokee will NEVER be a "buggy". The closest you will get is to build a BUGGY, and put Cherokee skins and emblems on it...
One HUGE glaring difference though... A buggy isn't built out of pieces of 22 gauge sheetmetal laminated loosely together. :flipoff:
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Your not building a buggy Marc:beer: