D60 swap questions.

[NJGearhead666]

ok i fragged my front D50 bad. I tried to do a quick serch about D60 swaps but didn't find a ton on it so I have a few questions. What is the easiest way to just swap a 60 in? if i get the D60 and the springs and driveshaft from a F-350 will it just all bolt in? I'm pretty much getting tired of my truck always breaking on me its like I fix one things wrong on it and 2 more just pop up. I'm losing hope on my truck

 

[gonecrazyi]

Everything bolts right just like if it belonged there in the first place

 

[Goofyexponent]

http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?t=39257

Here you go. I just did this swap last year.

Not an overly complicated thing to do.

 

[MUDKICKR]

what keeps breaking on the dana50? and how did you mess it up?

 

[NJGearhead666]

what keeps breaking on the dana50? and how did you mess it up?

nothing keeps breaking on it, i broke the driverside alxe shaft and something inside the pumpkin since the frong driveshaft fell out of the front pumpkin

 

[Goofyexponent]

nothing keeps breaking on it, i broke the driverside alxe shaft and something inside the pumpkin since the frong driveshaft fell out of the front pumpkin

maybe a stock 50 isn't good enough for you then. I mean a 50 is a little smaller than a 60, but if you messed up a 50 THAT bad, a stock 60 isn't much stronger...it's stronger but not by a lot!

 

[KyleQ]

I'm an avid 4 wheeler guy and I don't understand why there is a D60 under these trucks - what makes it so it needs the D60? The weight of the diesel? Once in awhile I'm eyeing up that D60 for another project and I'm wondering if a trussed D44 or D50 would last under it...

 

[Feed Bunk]

As long as you have the F350 springs and driveshaft it'll bolt up fine. Youll need the track bar and the bracket that mounts it to frame too.

 

[Diesel_brad]

The F350 driveshaft will not work unless you change out the front t-case yolk for a f350 one. 9 out of 10 times a F250 front shaft will work fine w a D60

 

[NJGearhead666]

yea my truck just turned 66,000 miles but its beena work truck all its life with a plow since new and was used by a tree service. I dunno if i can't find a good D60 and the parts to do the swap. I like the ride of the D50 but I dunno Goofy might be right I need something heavier.

 

[Optikalillushun]

We did a 60 swap on a friends truck a while ago and as said it bolts in 100%. And a dana 50 is a ******* child...Dana 44 innards with Dana 60 outers...

 

[NJGearhead666]

yea now im searching the NJ area for a F-350 with a D60 that is in really bad shape or a blown motor