i cant find a damn BOM# anywhere on the tubes and nothing is too visible on the center section. its about 65" wide FF 8 lug. anyone got an idea what its out of? heres pics. would the ring gear numbers be of any help?

other side

the double ribbing around the pig ususally tags it as a Ford.
Is there a Ford script oval cast into the pig?

doesn't look to be a 60 to me.

Originally posted by Aggro
doesn't look to be a 60 to me.

I think they call them a 60HD. Extra heavy, and extra ribbing.

Brad, I assume you took a wire wheel to the normal spot for the BOM numbers? (Looking at the diffcover - right side tube near the pumpkin)

DODGE HD dana 60. Probably has 4.10s and open. The dodges are a little narrower than the fords, and the chevys are 14bolts(unless older than 73)If you look on the web where it says 60 in the pumpkin casting that one will say HD60. That means it has 1/2in tubes and is an excellent axle to narrow or build. It will still only have 30 spline axles and the small spindles though. Nice find.

Dodge and Ford both used the HD housings on many of their D60s. Check the distance between the backing plate bolts. If the pattern is 3 3/8" x 3 3/8", then it is a Dodge D60 HD housing. From the looks of it, it is probably a Dodge axle, with 30 spline shafts, small bore spindles, 9/16" lugs.

Originally posted by wheelinjp
DODGE HD dana 60. Probably has 4.10s and open. The dodges are a little narrower than the fords, and the chevys are 14bolts(unless older than 73)If you look on the web where it says 60 in the pumpkin casting that one will say HD60. That means it has 1/2in tubes and is an excellent axle to narrow or build. It will still only have 30 spline axles and the small spindles though. Nice find.

But if it is a pre-73 Chevy 60, it may have 19 splines, right? A friend of mine has a pre-73 Chevy 60 and the drums look just like those!

Looks like a late 1970s early 80s Ford Dana 61 out of a van.

oldjeep, yea i took a wire wheel to both sides just to make sure, i plan on cleaning the pig up when i get home from work tonight and try and find any other marks. its got 30 splines and 3.73s, ill measure the backing plate bolts tonight too.

can anything be deciphered by the numbers on the carrier caps? this thing is fawkin heavy:eek:

If you're standing over top, looking down on the housing, you
will see "60 HD" embossed in the last webbing, closest to the
diff. cover (drivers side). I've got one 73" wms & has 35 SPLINES. The yard I got mine from said it came out of a 90's Chevy van that carried old folks around town (not sure of the model designation). If you pull out the shaft & it's 35 SPLINE - MAJOR
SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just PM'd him with the same info Chuck.....LOL


Here is a pic of the 60HD that is in the webbing....Stolen from Jack Rice's page......

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jrice/cruiser/D60HD/D60HD-3.jpg

Eric - that pic has different webbing & is from a 70's Dodge,
which shows the model # cast into the pumpkin flange. So,
it will not be in the same location as I described previously:D

My hd 60 came out of a winabago motor home and it has 4.88 gears and was open carrier but had 1.5 axels w/ 35 spline dana 70 outers.

The winabago's with small blocks had 4.88's and big blocks had 4.56

ok i FOUND the bom# well what i can see of it anyway is
6377 6287 and i think there is a A an inch over from the rest of the numbers

and it DOES say HD60
i will repeat this, it has 30 spline shafts and 3.73 gears hope this helps figure it out

Brad,

I dont think that BOM is accurate. It should be a few inches to the right of the diff on the passenger side axle tube. Usually they are 60XXXX-X or something like that, any ideas?

Originally posted by CJ Lagos
Brad,

I dont think that BOM is accurate. It should be a few inches to the right of the diff on the passenger side axle tube. Usually they are 60XXXX-X or something like that, any ideas?

ill look again but i cant really get a good reading cuz its probly rusted over a couple numbers, those were on the passenger side tube next to the pig. lemme check again

ok saw i missed some numbas
603775 6?287 ?A
8 3

the numbers below the long one are what they might be, i cant tell, it is rusted insome spots

this help any? can u atleast narrow it down to what it might be?

I can't make much sense of it. I don't have very good resources though, I'm sure someone who knows more can easily figure it out.

The housing LOOKS like a Dana 61 to me with that little circular pad and gussets on the side.

CJ

Oh and anohter thing you axle gurus. Those spring perches look WIDE, does that tell us anything?

CJ

Originally posted by CJ Lagos
Oh and anohter thing you axle gurus. Those spring perches look WIDE, does that tell us anything?

CJ

well it DOES HAVE the cast in HD60 in the webbing like the pic above. the perches are 2.5" wide

3.73 is the tipoff in my mind that it is a Ford. Dodges seem to be either 3.54 or 4.10.

why does it matter?

Ron

Originally posted by evilfij
3.73 is the tipoff in my mind that it is a Ford. Dodges seem to be either 3.54 or 4.10.

why does it matter?

Ron

i just wanna know:D

im thinkin dodge now cuz ford had 3.54 and other weird gear ratios. this has 3.73s

What does the rear brake line fitting look like where it connects to the axle? Ford uses a rectangle block and the lines "o|---" out of it. Dodge uses a block that is shaped like an arrow "o>--". The "o" is the hole in the brass brake line which is where it bolts to the housing with the breather fitting.

if the # is maybe 603725 that would be a 79 F250 CC

I believe the 3.73 would be a GM ratio.. Dodge used 4.10 ratio with smallblocks and a 3.54 with bigblocks,I believe Fords were the same way.. General Motors seemed to use 3.73's alot..

welll i think i figured it out
603725 seems to work, i guess i just guessed a rusty number wrong:D

now i know, thanx everyone