help with a dana 60

[billssuperbird]

can a 79 f350 dana 60 rear. be made to fit a 1970 rr.and is it worth it.

[71gtx]

no

you buy new one  for a 70 b -body  1800

[elacruze]

+1

It can be done, but it's a great deal of work requiring a lot of heavy grinding and welding, great care to keep things straight, and new axles in any case. There's no profit in it in my opinion.

[Troy]

Yes. Probably not. Dr Diff sometimes converts truck Danas to car size. He even welds up a pinion snubber mount (which the truck Danas don't have). He has all the parts and equipment to do it and his price is generally somewhere around $1,000 finished. You'd have to get a killer deal on one and have the skill, knowledge, and parts to do it in order to beat that price.

Troy

[firefighter3931]

Sure it can be done 

My 68 has a ford truck housing with aftermarket (Strange SS) axles and a detroit locker SG unit. I can tell you it's one Heavy SOB ! 

The truck housing is much beefier than the passenger car version ; extra thick webbing on the center housing and thicker axle tubes. There is no pinion snubber mount but for me that wasn't a consideration with the CalTrac suspension system anyway. Mine is built to handle 1500hp so that's probably overkill for most people. 

If the truck dana has a servicable suregrip unit it might be worthwhile considering if the price is right. 



Ron

[billssuperbird]

thanks for the help.