TX Dana 60 Rear W/ Power Loc Posi

[viking427]

Originally Posted by 68GMCCustom

I'm interested.....I'm wanting to upgrade from my trucks 12 bolt to a Dana 60 but was also hoping to find one for a coil spring truck. Since grinding off and welding new saddles isn't that big of job my question comes to this. I'm not familiar with converting 8 lug type rears. Can this be converted to a 5x5 lug with just new axles...and I'm guessing, brakes? Also is this a narrower width rear or the wider version?

Yup, you're gonna need a 2wd coil sprung 3/4 ton rear to get the panhard mount thats integrally cast into the carrier housing. Here's just a gutted housing, but missing the special stud that's pressed into the housing which the panhard bar bolts to. That studs gotta be just as hard to find as the rear itself, I think its bigger diameter than 1/2 ton. Another option is to go with an aftermarket adjustable panhard bar setup that bolts the mount onto the axle tube instead.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Special-Rear...r#ht_93wt_1170