Dana 60 1/2 ton rearend

[71Bowties]

Originally Posted by 6872xtc

If my brain is working correctly, was the axle spline count in these somewhat low? I believe that the D60 was mainly an option that ended up in the BB 4spd 1/2 tons. I think you could get it with TH400, but less likely???? My Dad's '69 396/TH400 truck has 12 bolt in it. I know the rearend that you found and was tempted, but I didn't have a home for it, so I am pleased to see someone is going to get some use out of it. I had a chance to buy the truck it was in from the original owner back in the mid-90's, but of course I made the mistake of holding on to my money!! Make sure you check the housing for straightness, my buddy's granpa used that old truck hard in it's early years.

That truck was definitely used and used hard, I wish I could have gotten the trailing arms off of it too.

I think you're right on the spline count being really low, like 16 or something on some of them. I am actually going to change everything inside to upgrade for Moser 35 spline axles and take the opportunity to change it back to 5 on 5" pattern too.

Do you get up to Western Colorado Dragway much?