anyone got pics of one or even seen it done? how does the width work on a 60. seen alot of 40's like it but never any 60's. found a 1 1/4 ton milt truck thinkin of a axle and drive train swap. the truck is cheap and runs dont look so good its rolled but we drove it with the crushed top drives nice :D. i did some searches can't find any, anyone help this poor dumb red neck out?:beer: :usa:


thanx Kling-on

I checked it out a little when I was thinking about a Cummin 5.9 swap into a 60 after seeing this truck (http://www.collegeinternetsolutions.com/cisautoweb/dtlc/6btfj60.html). :eek:

I'm not too familar with what trucks came with what axles. I'm not sure if there's a suitable axle right out of the box. I was looking into purchasing a good running Dodge truck with Dana 60 rear and 70 front. Over all the axles were about 5" wider than the FJ60 axles. So I would have had to have had them shortened. Shortening the axle sleeve isn't the expensive part (and it can actually be done yourself), Medusa has a writeup about it on his site and hopefully he'll chime in, but having custom axle shafts made is where it can become expensive. I also wanted the goodies too, disk brakes, and was looking into using the 6 bolt Toyota pattern and in the end was looking at several thousand dollars just for the axles. In the end I scrapped the idea and spent the money elsewhere so go figure :rasta:

you will have to do alittle work for the rear drive shaft for the offset, i would leave the axles full width and use hummer rims with some high steer arms that clear. it should have a dana 60 front with 4.56s and a 14bolt rear with 4.56s and a detroit. if you can get it cheap jump on it. and i couldn't find the shifter for that 4 runner or the drive shafts. i was so damn tired when i got home i didn't look till last night. mike

what i said is only correct if you are talking about a chevy mil truck 83 to 86 6.2 diesel.

There was a Red One in TT a year or so ago, he ran some 2" offset 15" wheels to clear the calipers so the tires really hung out in the wind, I did not like that aspect of the conversion, but it seemed to work well.
Butch

Originally posted by gunracer1
you will have to do alittle work for the rear drive shaft for the offset,

if he is doing a complete drivetrain swap he would end up with a 203 or 205 t-case. No more rear offset. :D

But i agree, it would be bitchin! Hummer rims and some big ass tires and get it. :D Cool idea.

I'm not too familar with what trucks came with what axles. I'm not sure if there's a suitable axle right out of the box. I was looking into purchasing a good running Dodge truck with Dana 60 rear and 70 front. Over all the axles were about 5" wider than the FJ60 axles. So I would have had to have had them shortened. Shortening the axle sleeve isn't the expensive part (and it can actually be done yourself), Medusa has a writeup about it on his site and hopefully he'll chime in, but having custom axle shafts made is where it can become expensive. I also wanted the goodies too, disk brakes, and was looking into using the 6 bolt Toyota pattern and in the end was looking at several thousand dollars just for the axles. In the end I scrapped the idea and spent the money elsewhere so go figure

If you're looking for a Dodge, pre '94 are the one's that have a 67" wms, kingpin D60 knuckles, pass side drop & leafs. '94 & up have the vacuum D60 fronts with drivers drop & ball joints with coils :barf: In 2000 the Ram 3/4 ton & 1 ton D70/D80 rears have disk brakes. Can't help 'ya on the Cummins engine though :(

David Lawrence ran full-size 1-tons under his FJ60 for a while, it worked well in terms of performance but it forced MAJOR trimming and in the end, the trails he was running just weren't suitable for the big boat, it looked like a crumpled ball of foil! David later sold it and went back to an FJ40...

Originally posted by gunracer1
you will have to do alittle work for the rear drive shaft for the offset, i would leave the axles full width and use hummer rims with some high steer arms that clear. it should have a dana 60 front with 4.56s and a 14bolt rear with 4.56s and a detroit. if you can get it cheap jump on it. and i couldn't find the shifter for that 4 runner or the drive shafts. i was so damn tired when i got home i didn't look till last night. mike \


shifters in the rear cargo area... shafts i forgot about those when i went out to the barn :mad: i'll get them and let you know... everry one else thanks for the info... sounds like i should use dodge axles i know there shorter than chevys but the 6.5 4sp 205 would still bet nice:D i'll let ya know when the axles go up for sale (if my deal gose throught) and i find dodge axles;)