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which is stronger and more practical the rear Dana 60 massive 14 bolt or the 10.25 just curious. <IMG SRC="smilies/jeep1.gif" border="0">
Thanks for the update. I knew they would be bringing stuff out for them sometime. How about the ones that come in the new 1/2 tons, Expeditions and Navigators?Originally posted by Dustball:
<STRONG>Just to mod 66CJDean's gearing info-
Ford's 10.25 can go as low as 5.38 from Randy's R&P or 7.17 from Ford and you can get a Detroit, Lockright, or an ARB for it.</STRONG>
As one of the other posts pointed out "to each his own"...but, the 14 bolt and dana 70 are at the top as the 14 bolt has 1 10.5 inch ring gear and the 70 has 10.54 inch ring gear..The 70 has more ground clearence than the 14 bolt and 1.5 inch 35 spline axle shafts which are practically speaking equally as strong as the 30 spline 1.5 inch axleshafts of the 14 bolt.Gearing for the 70 goes down to 7:17 and numerous lockers are available..14 bolt weighs more,less ground clearence, and you can only go to 5;13's.But, it has the extra bearing to support the pinion..The eaton 12.5 inch is plenty strong.However, the axles are coarse spline and I hear the bearings(particularly the pinion bearings) are expensive and the lockers for it are no longer produced(just weld it).nowadays somebody may have a good reasonable source on the bearings though... Next, would be the 10.25 with 35 spline 1.5 inch axleshafts and then a dana 60 that is stock oem unit with 30 spline axles 1.3 inch axleshafts..Hope this helps. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">Originally posted by Jeepmangled87:
<STRONG>which is stronger and more practical the rear Dana 60 massive 14 bolt or the 10.25 just curious. <IMG SRC="smilies/jeep1.gif" border="0"></STRONG>