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Re: Expensive lessons learned from my 4x4 build
Dana 60’s are getting hard to find these days. I’ve seen some go for more than 2K around here still needing rebuilt. I’ve got a of them stashed away for future use. They are all dually axles from mid-late 80s cab and chassis trucks I’ve parted out. I’ve got the 14 bolts and 465/205 and 400/205’s to go with them. It blew my mind to see how much those compete round 205 combos are going for these days along with the 60’s.
I converted one of them to srw for my ‘72. I’ve got about 600-700 in used srw hubs, bearings, seals, complete Dana/spicer king pin kit. The brakes were pretty new on that particular axle so I won’t have to do much to them. I didn’t really need a 60 but since I’ve got a couple I figured why not. I went ahead and converted the 14 bolt from the same truck to srw and the late model disk setup as well. It’s definitely not a cheap hobby especially these days.
OP your truck sounds like a killer build. Going to be a real animal when done no doubt.
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