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Originally posted by 72addict
I thought the 6 lug dana's came behind bbc's with sticks. Is Your th400 original?
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So you guys have seen them….I did not know a coil sprung semi-floating Chevrolet variant existed. I have seen coil sprung full-floating Dana 60’s before but no semi-floater.
Yup, she is an original 396, TH400, factory tach, factory bucket seats, A/C, ridicules power steering assist rather than real powersteering, which I have converted to real powersteering. The Dana 44 that I put in it when the 60 broke came out of a 68’ GMC C1500 with a 305 V6 and a SM435 4-speed manual.
I am going to start gathering parts to put the Dana 60 back together. I will most likely use National Drivetrain for the parts. Will also be adding a Detroit locker or limited slip so I can ruin both tires instead of just one at a time.
The real difficult thing to find for these old GMC ½ ton rear axles are new brake drums. The drums are much different than a Chevrolet drum as the GMC drum is more bowl shaped. If you put a Chevrolet drum on the back of a GMC axle about a quarter inch of brake shoe is exposed on the backing plate side.