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Originally Posted by jeffahart
It's funny you mention that. I have a 70, so I had the aardvark one year, Drum/open knuckle 44 that needed to be gone through. I wanted to upgrade to disc. I searched for a decent disc 44 but ran up against crap or decent overpriced "maybe" not crap. I got sick of searching and purchased take outs from Boyce. I paid around $2,500 for a 60 and corp 14. The price actually was not that steep... here's why. I got 14K miles axles that were a drop in, I did nothing, not even brake pads! Now I am on the hunt for dana 70 outers for a bit more beef(fun stuff). Point is, what seemed like over priced at the time turned out to be more cost effective in the long run. I lost the eaton in the rear: and I really liked the old axle, but I don't miss it. Just some mussing's on the heels of others planting the D60 bug. And based on your rig, I bet you would dig the 60! Get a post 80s D60 for the straight across whole shaft 1.5 inner! Only thing the axle will need is 35 outers and 35 spline hubs.  |
Man, Ive just spent the better part of the last 2 weeks working on this damn thing and completely pissing off my neighbors with solvent from the parts washer, paint fumes and my truck in the driveway looking like its about to take flight
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This latest thing with the carrier / pinion bearings has me pretty beat.
Ive got a line (maybe just a thin thread) on a 4:10 D60 for 1100 but the guy won't answer the phone and barely will answer an email. He's 2-1/2 hours away and I really don't want to waste the better part of the day on another axle that needs a bunch of work. Boyce sounds like a great idea but I really don't have that kind of scratch at the moment. At this point, Ive got 2 weeks before I need it to pull the boat and all of our stuff on a camping trip.
Got some thinking to do that's for sure