ford dana 60 detonated!

keep your wheel bearings lubed. dont trust anyones word when dealing with private transactions.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• dana 60
• dana 44
• rear end
• ford
• f250
• ford ranger
• rear wheel bearings
• dana 60 detonated

[goofyexponent]

Wheel seal went and caused teh bearing to run dry when then seized up totally causing a broken drive axle, most likely a ruined housing and hub to boot. Ouch...

[warrior350yam]

@goofyexponent oh yea, gotta get another dana 60, this is what happens when you go buy a truck and drive away without checking gear oil level, wont make that mistake again haha

[richmistar250]

Ps. Thats Ford tough!

[warrior350yam]

@richmistar250 hahahaha hell yea! the only thing holding the brake drum and axle on was the shot pieces of bearings that were wedged in such a way that the wheel still moved, but half of the bearings were gone lol.

[goofyexponent]

@warrior350yam That 1993 I got INSISTS on eating up rear wheel seals. I am not sure what the cause is, but the vent isn't plugged, they are good quality seals and I drove tehm in right with the proper tool.....mught have a bent hub or something.

[bigpaw64]

not lookin to good cuz

[cochranviper1]

@johnyrebel188 My dad and I were having this Argument today... I think Dana/Spicer is a Divison of Eaton Corp the same company that builds Semi transmissions.

[johnyrebel188]

Dana spicers well known axles were made for chrysler (dodge and jeep) Chevy and ford I dont know why people say there ford owned...thats like saying dodge owns cummins. Dana also make plenty of other parts besides axle components and assemblys. Danas are nice, Im putting a D-60 up front and a gm 14 bolt in the rear of my chevy rig.

[xoxoXoieoxox]

@richmistar250 if u use it right ford rear axl is the strongest of the BIG 3 i have a 69 dode dart i barfed up 2 crysler 8 3/4 shuregrip dif then i put a ford HO 8.8 non dana type i havent even been able to shutter it it seems prity toff it hase 381:1 with 225 60 r 14s its well with in toerance =3-

[Badchevee1]

@panzerkampfwagen123 correct me if im wrong, but, i thought early 70's were 3/4 ton only(most likely a closed knuckle d44) and that 1 ton was introduced in 77 with the open knuckle king pin dana60..... therefore, I DO NOT think a 1971 Chevy would have come with a Dana 60. Like i said, correct me if im wrong.

[chevydude76]

Ha Ha Dana was not just a Ford company they are under everything just like American axle hope your tube didnt suffer

[DeathmetalDukk]

Check your bearings much? Operator negligence right there, those bearings were toast.