Chevy D60 front axle question

[RTM]

I found a GMC truck in the yard today and it has a low pinion king pin front axle which from what I could see may be a D60 but I could not see the front pumkin that well and I kow very little about these axles. So my question is are all chevy king pin axles D60 axles? If not then what would it be?

The truck is a 4x4 dump truck with dual rear wheels. Not sure what the rear axle is and I think the motor may be a desiel? It was a 6.? liter engine.

I am going to try and grab atleast the front axle tomorrow if it doesn't rain and maybe the rear axle if it's worth while. Anything else worth grabbing? thanks bob

[trkklr77]

will be a d60 front and a d70 rear, anything less than $1000 is a good price, over $1200+ is going rate now.


you didnt say what year but odds are its a 6.2 .

[RTM]

I think it was a 6.2. I will get the year tomorrow but I would guess at or around late 80's maybe.

I would have grabbed the axles today but I ran out of time. I had to pull a trans and a bunch of AC parts for my DD truck.

[Davethorik]

Most likely a 14 bolt rear, the 70 was under "Big Dooley" pickups.

Grab the rear if you're gonna swap them under whatever you have, so you have matching 8 lugs and gear ratios...if you're just gonna resell for a quick buck, don't get the rear. Usually the package deal front + rear is killed by the rear, because full float rear axles are stupid common.

Where exactly do you live? (I'm not gonna go swoop the axles from under you, just curious). I live right outside Akron.

[RTM]

I live in Grafton. I'm about an hour or so from Akron. I will be reselling the axles for a quick buck. I have no use for Chevy axles. I will grab the rear when I grab the front. I'm sure the price I can get them for will be worth my while and who ever buys them from me.

I may not even be able to buy the axles. The truck appears to have been set aside in an area that means one has spoken for it but I just pulled a trans from an F150 sitting right in front of this chevy truck so I will go back and ask today if I can buy them.

It's a very rusty dump truck. Being a dump truck do you still think it will only have the 14 bolt rear axle? I would think it should have something bigger?

There's an axle set like the ones I speak of on ebay, from a dually truck and they're in Ohio.

[GMCTruxrule]

The rear axle is either going to be a 14 bolt (more than likely) or possibly a Dana 70. Count the bolts on the cover plate, 10 bolts if its a 70. 14 if its a well...14 bolt:flipoff2:

[RTM]

I got the front axle today but they want to keep the rear axle. They told me this after I had everything cut loose. Oh well, atleast I got the front axle.

I will still try to find out what the rear axle was. It's a monster of a rear axle.

The truck is an 88 and it has a cast iron t-case. I would guess this is the chevy 205 piece but have no clue what trans came behind the 6.2 and if any of that is even worth grabbing.

[trkklr77]

behind a 6.2 would more than likely be a 208.




wtf is a BIG DOOLEY? if you ment dually as in a dual rear tire the what do you consider a big dually? my buddies 83 is a standard cab bbc th400 with a d70, its about as basic small as a dually gets.

[s10 truggy]

is there a pump from that dump bed

that might be worth grabbing for hydro steering

[Davethorik]

behind a 6.2 would more than likely be a 208.




wtf is a BIG DOOLEY? if you ment dually as in a dual rear tire the what do you consider a big dually? my buddies 83 is a standard cab bbc th400 with a d70, its about as basic small as a dually gets.

If it's a K30, it's a 205. Yeah, the CUCV's had the 208, but I have never seen a civilian truck like that (and I'm sure since I said that someone will prove me wrong). And if he said it looks like cast iron...probably not a 208.

Big Dooley is what GM called the DRW pickups (it was the actual name, and spelling, of the option). For whatever reason, they got D70HD's, and the cab and chassis DRW trucks got 14 bolts.

[RTM]

I'll check on the hydro stuff and case next week if and when the rain stops.

The case is cast iron.

[N_Rod]

As previously mentioned it probably is a 14 bolt. I had an 82 4wd dump truck and thats what it had, But it seemed to be built heavier than a 14 bolt you would find in a srw 1 ton. It had extra webbing cast into the 3rd member.

[cj8scrambld]

I agree on the....most likely....14B theory. I had recently pulled D60 from a very late 80's K30 dump truck....it had the 14B rear.....but Damn only 3.73's per the BOM. It was a BB.