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Old 03-27-2009, 10:22 AM   #33
Lugnut64052
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Re: A daily driver, fixer-upper thread

Okay, back to the Dana 60.
Mine is a 3.54 Posi unit as well, but an 8-lug full floater. Andy drove his 'Burb home from Washington state to Ohio and thought the brakes might be okay, or at least driveable for a while.

Um....no. Once I got the rear hung in there I took the brakes apart for a look, and everything was junk. The only thing save-able were the star wheels and the brake bars. The backing plates had deep, heavy grooves worn into them where the shoes ride. Never seen that before. I welded up them up and ground them off flat.
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