79 f250 axle help

[Blake]

Is it just the 83 W300's rear 60 that bolt in or most rears from the 80's? Any years from that decade that wouldn't work? Heading to the junkyard in a few days, so it'd be nice to know what to keep an eye out for

I really don't know what years. I remember seeing a couple other early 80's Dodge D60's that appeared to be the same. Best bet is to measure the spring perches on your truck, then get one that is the same.

But like I said, I rounded off the factory spring perches and had to weld in new ones, so I kinda think it's a mute point. The stock ones aren't that great. Plus, there doesn't seem to be any good 'bolt on' disk brake kits out there. (this is up for debate though).

[cajun_lad]

The rear I used on my wag was from a 80's Dodge 3/4ton truck/van. It would have bolted right in, but like what was said, the stock perches aren't that great. I went with a set of TTS tall perches to help with axle wrap and to give another 1/2"-1" of lift. And the GubNi disc kit is a bolt-on for the Dodge axle, no problems with mine. He makes kits for different years and makes, you just need to know what year and make your axle came out of for the best fit.

[cajun_lad]

FYI, if you don't know the year/make of your axle.. here's a very helpful tool. All you need is the BOM # stamped on the axle...

http://www2.dana.com/pdf/XGI.PDF

[Headhoncho]

I thought it was zero caster????????? I did an SOA on my 79 at 0* and it worked perfectly

Probably couldn't feel the difference 'cause all the snow.


If you have a Ford 9" axle planned for the rear, does this mean you're swapping out the eight lug outers on the F250 front or are you going to run mismatched wheels?



JR

[AKjeeper]

Probably couldn't feel the difference 'cause all the snow.


If you have a Ford 9" axle planned for the rear, does this mean you're swapping out the eight lug outers on the F250 front or are you going to run mismatched wheels?



JR

No, I messed up and I have a dana 60 rear end lined up from another 3/4 ton ford, not the 9". Sorry

[misfittom138]

If you're going to swap in a different rear axle, In my opinion it should be full float. Gotta do all that work for the swap anyway, why not put in something 100x stronger?

There are 35 and 40 spline full float kits made for the 9". Pretty sweet.

[Carnuck]

The Ford axle is just slightly wider than Jtruck.