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Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
What is your guess on how bad off it is? This is on my 69 1/2 ton coil sprung truck.
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Re: Axel and wheel fell out of Dana 60
Probably broke the tip of the axle off where the c clip goes. Probably not good for the internals.
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Re: Axel and wheel fell out of Dana 60
I for got to mention the axel/wheel area was smoking like crazy and the azel is scored badly near the end closest the wheel.
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Re: Axel and wheel fell out of Dana 60
Did you catch the wheel? LOL U got any pics of it, did it snap the axle right at wheel?
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Re: Axel and wheel fell out of Dana 60
These aren't C-clip axles, so I am ASSuming the retainer bearing cooked.
If you want, I will gladly come by and get rid of that "problem" axle for you, free of charge! ![]()
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Re: Axel and wheel fell out of Dana 60
Been there, done that. The ear on the lock washer sheared off and allowed the retainer nut to back off. The axle and wheel walked out about 10" in a low-speed corner.
![]() ![]() The only damage was to the threads on the end of the axle tube. Took awhile to find someone with an adjustable die that big. With your smoke and the scoring, I'd second the failed bearing diagnosis.
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Re: Axel and wheel fell out of Dana 60
Trying to learn something. How are these not C-clip axles?
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Re: Axel and wheel fell out of Dana 60
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Re: Axel and wheel fell out of Dana 60
There are a few out there. I think they may have been special order. Someone else is looking for one for a half ton in the parts for sale section. I will try to post some pics of the damage to the axel this evening.
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Re: Axel and wheel fell out of Dana 60
It came apart in the middle near the gears while I was towing the truck so no damage to the truck. We slid the axel and wheel back on after we jacked the truck up then winched it on a trailer. I have another 6 lug rear but wondered how much it might cost to fix this rear end or how much could the rearend be worth in this condition?
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Re: Axel and wheel fell out of Dana 60
You may not be in too much trouble as long as any bearing surfaces have not been scored. On a 67 Dodge 3/4 ton with a heavy duty rear I once had one or more bent ears on a retaining ring fail and the axle assembly just unscrewed going around a corner - knew nothing until I lost push while turning and happened to look in the side view mirror and saw the wheel/tire out about 12 inches from the truck and a very bendy axle shaft still running into the housing. Managed to steer the other direction and the wheel/axle moved back almost into place. Stopped, jacked er up, screwed everything back into place as best I could on the spot, put the retaining ring back in place and locked by bending a couple of the remaining ears.
Next day got a new ring, took it all apart to check everything, found no visible damage to bearing or shaft surfaces, put it all together correctly and installed the new lock ring - then drove the truck another 50,000 mi. with no issues. Carefully check the bearing surfaces before you proceed with any fixes.
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
Guess I should pay more attention to the thread title! LOL
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
The truck is about as original as it gets even has the original 165k mi motor. I was told it was a Dana 60 by the rear end shop I had service the rearend when I purchased the truck. It was also almost impossible to find a replacement carrier bearing because it was a Dana 60 rearend so I went to a one piece driveshaft.
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
Easy enough to check. It has a "60" cast right into the housing. The top of the "6" is normally almost closed off but it looks like mine has been struck at some time. The second picture is from the web and shows one that doesn't have a leaking gasket like mine. ggg
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
A little more off topic
![]() I spotted them thinking they would have a HO axle and they truned out to be 60's. Any idea what there worth or are they even worth the effort? Jason. |
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
Here are some pics of what it looks like and proof that it is indeed a Dana 60 from the factory.
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
damm dude, that is some scary stuff!
wonder if this is any help? |
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
I had that happen on a 79 CJ5. May have been a Dana 60, not sure though. The reason why my axel came out though was because the previous owner replaced the bearings but never had the bearing retainers pressed back on.
I was doing about 50mph when I felt the right rear drop down. I came real close to rolling the damn thing. lol The weird thing was, when I finally got it stopped in somones front yard, the tire was back under the wheel well and the axel was laying on the leaf spring. I was really lucky.
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
Does any have a guess now that we have pics?
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
well that rear end is trash there is a metteel piece that sticks out and the lock rings and bearing screw too that looks like it got riped off, unless you can find that out plate with ti an a new axle i'd say its not worth fixing
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
Might be fixable... if I was closer I would try to talk you out of it!
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
First, unbolt the retainer and pull the bearing and seal out of the housing. You will probably need them for samples because I don't think a normal parts store is going to have a listing for that rear. Hopefully, the bearing and seal will have numbers on them.
Then take the wheel and drum off the shaft and see if there is any shop that wants to press a new bearing onto it. My gut feeling is that you are going to need a new shaft. Ray |
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Re: Axle and wheel fell out of Dana 60
i may be wrong btw i'm not use tot eh dand 60s but that axle doesn't look right i'm use tot the style in the youtube vid
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