how amny of these things are around? fairly plentiful or rare? full width? anyone know if they came on anything else besides the big jeeps?

30 spline: fairly common
35 spline: less common

From my limited searching. The Jeep ones were the ones with 35 spline and the ones in the IH Travelall have the 30 splines.

Mopar musclecars ; usually 23 spline. about the right width for a jeep. mine is 61'

ford 1/2 ton's had the 30 spline also.

ford 1/2 ton's had the 30 spline also

So what years had the Dana 60 5x5.5 rear end????

Originally posted by DieselYJ


So what years had the Dana 60 5x5.5 rear end????

1969-1975 IH T-all's and Pick ups may have a 5x5.5" D-60-2 SF @ 64". It was an upgrade from the d44.

were these centered or off-set Oldscout????

If you get just a regular Dana 60 front you can E-Zly make it a 5 on 5.5... And the back is even E-Zer... Go to this wed site and it tells you how they made there front. I did the same to my front 60... http://www.bc4x4.com/tech/2001/hpd60front/ That site there will tell yah how to do the front... And the back all you do is get a full floater rear and cut the spindels off of it and weld 9" Big Bearing ends on it and put 35 splined 9" axles in it... Hope this helps...

I believe they were used sporadically up to roughly 77. Ford 1/2 tons used the 9', a 5 lug 44 and a 5 lug 60, all depending on the application. I have not noticed a set in stone rule for when they used what. *usually* the heavy half had a 60 but not always. It's a ford thing...

Originally posted by Alaskan Assassin
If you get just a regular Dana 60 front you can E-Zly make it a 5 on 5.5... And the back is even E-Zer... Go to this wed site and it tells you how they made there front. I did the same to my front 60... http://www.bc4x4.com/tech/2001/hpd60front/ That site there will tell yah how to do the front... And the back all you do is get a full floater rear and cut the spindels off of it and weld 9" Big Bearing ends on it and put 35 splined 9" axles in it... Hope this helps...

Why couldn't the rear hubs be turned as well?

Originally posted by hoehand
Mopar musclecars ; usually 23 spline. about the right width for a jeep. mine is 61'

Yeah, but I could buy 5 60 rear truck axles and cut em down for the going rate on a 60 from a mopar ;)

yep, i've actually got one of those rare mopar muscle 60's, not complete though. so even if i went with the 30 spline would this be a worthy upgrade of my 9 and 1/4?? i believe it already has 30 spline (tapered??) shafts. real weak point i see is the c clip design, and limited to a 4.56 ratio. i want 5.13's!!:) thanx for the info so far!

Originally posted by DieselYJ
were these centered or off-set Oldscout???? .

offset is a jeep thing:flipoff2:

Some of the Dodge trucks from the late 67 to 71 used the D60 with a 5 on 5 1/2 as well as the previously mentioned IH-- big Jeeps-- and Fords