my pop's has been oiling and greasing sealed bearing forever. he has little needle tip squeeze bottles he uses for small stuff. it's not perfect, but it will get you some extra life out of expensive "non serviceable" sealed bearings.

 

oh, and those newer d60's are pure beef. yeah, the metric pattern sucks, and the need for 18''+ rims or whatever is ghey, but everything besides balljoints is burly stuff. get the balljoints dave mentioned and that'd be about it......also there really isn't much out there for these axles besides balljoints because people aren't having breakage or issues with much if anything, especially in "regular" truck truck applications.

 

When do these axles give up? What tire size is to much?

 

whats the [ad spacing for springs? could a kingping 60 bolt in?

 

King pin will not bolt right in. It can be made to fit of course.

That's a hard answer question. Too many variables

 

What about 46 inch michelin military tires, reason im asking is Im looking at trucks to buy,

 

Use is the biggest factor. Running down the hwy, ya they would be ok. But hard on bearings and balljoints like stated earlier.

Off road most likely break axle shafts if your hard on it.

 

I'd say you could do anything you want with 40s and smaller. 40-44" would be pushing it but likely to live a long time.. 44+ is asking for trouble no matter what you do or how much money you sink in it. Unfortunately that's my basic reply to anyone asking about tire size and a d60. IMO they aren't infinitely better in all categories from 78-13. Each axle has bits and pieces that make each one excell in certain areas but none are perfect in stock form.


I could break 5 ton rockwells with 33" t-birds or make 44" boggers live on a d44. It all depends on what you're doing, engine horsepower, gearing, trans type, vehicle weight and level of acceptable stupidity.


But Dave said all that already.

 

I would like to see the amount of beer necessary to break 5tons with 33" tbirds :flip

 

I broke your driveshaft in multiple places simultaneously in a loose dirt field where it had only previously broken on blacktop.



I would like to see it happen also but I am confident in my ability to EFF chit up while on a booze bender.

I win at everything but losing. I also moisten panties unless, of course, they aren't wearing any.

 

Nothing any more than other axles running 38's would cause on any standard OEM axle.

The 60 is plenty strong for 38's. Just remember if you have never had big tires that you will wear components out faster than smaller tires as the bigger tires have a lot more leverage going against all parts.

The axle itself is plenty strong enough to handle the 38's.

 

Thanks for the recap

 

lolers





gd10cl

 

i broke both stub shafts on a d60 with thornbirds

 

lolerz



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