dana 60 u bolt swap - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

250jon · 11-25-2009, 02:17 PM

i have a 96 250 with a Dana 60 front out of a 94 350. the way the u bolts are in the front is the nuts are on the bottom and hang low. what i am trying to find is a kit that allows me to turn my u bolts upside down so the nuts are on the top giving me more clearance. the reason this is confusing to me is b/c on the driver side you cant put a u bolt on one side b/c the leaf sits on the beginning of the pumpkin. if there are no kits any ideas for fabing would be good. thanks

wv85bronco · 12-02-2009, 07:05 AM

http://fullsizebronco.com/forum/show...ht=u-bolt+flip

snowracer · 12-02-2009, 04:47 PM

i just made my own

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top plate is 1/2 and i just cut out a slot for the u bolt to fit in the pumpkin.

250jon · 12-03-2009, 03:04 PM

what size u bolt did you use on the driver side?

79FordF250 · 12-03-2009, 03:32 PM

The pumpkin side of the drivers side uses a 3 7/8" u-bolt. A 4" will work fine also. You can also use the u-bolt plates from a sterling and ream out one side slightly, I had some lying around, saves you from buying some.

250jon · 12-03-2009, 04:53 PM

allright thanks im going to try it this weekend ill let you no how it goes

D60 · 12-04-2009, 12:20 PM

Yeah, just make your own spring plates

The mo' tricker way to do this is to drill a hole in the web. It was a minor PITA getting the u-bolt thru, but not that bad. Just take care not to crush the fine threads. If you're feeling lazy a notch is fine, too.

11-25-2009, 02:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
250jon Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Member # 120224 Location: Berlin Posts: 27	dana 60 u bolt swap i have a 96 250 with a Dana 60 front out of a 94 350. the way the u bolts are in the front is the nuts are on the bottom and hang low. what i am trying to find is a kit that allows me to turn my u bolts upside down so the nuts are on the top giving me more clearance. the reason this is confusing to me is b/c on the driver side you cant put a u bolt on one side b/c the leaf sits on the beginning of the pumpkin. if there are no kits any ideas for fabing would be good. thanks Last edited by 250jon; 11-25-2009 at 02:23 PM.

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wv85bronco Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Member # 129728 Location: WV ... Montani semper liberi Posts: 80	http://fullsizebronco.com/forum/show...ht=u-bolt+flip __________________ '85bronco,5.13s,60's,spool/detroit,2001cummins505/1032,2006cummins,KFX700-TRX 450r-RZR 900 XP

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snowracer Granite Guru Join Date: Sep 2009 Member # 141697 Location: Great White North aka BC Canada Posts: 538	i just made my own [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] top plate is 1/2 and i just cut out a slot for the u bolt to fit in the pumpkin.

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D60 Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Aug 2001 Member # 6398 Location: CO Posts: 3,369	Yeah, just make your own spring plates The mo' tricker way to do this is to drill a hole in the web. It was a minor PITA getting the u-bolt thru, but not that bad. Just take care not to crush the fine threads. If you're feeling lazy a notch is fine, too. __________________ "Take 300 people and on average 290 of them just generally suck at life"

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12-03-2009, 03:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
250jon Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Member # 120224 Location: Berlin Posts: 27	what size u bolt did you use on the driver side?

12-03-2009, 03:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
79FordF250 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Member # 143707 Posts: 2	The pumpkin side of the drivers side uses a 3 7/8" u-bolt. A 4" will work fine also. You can also use the u-bolt plates from a sterling and ream out one side slightly, I had some lying around, saves you from buying some.

12-03-2009, 04:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
250jon Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Member # 120224 Location: Berlin Posts: 27	allright thanks im going to try it this weekend ill let you no how it goes