D60 SWITCH
#1
D60 SWITCH
Hello, I am doing a non-typical D60 swap. I am putting a D60 into the F250 from my sig off of a 1990 complete donor F350. What's different is I want to put my TTB D44 into the donor F350.
Is there a way to transfer the riveted crossmember to axle support for the TTB to the 350?
Is there a way to transfer the riveted crossmember to axle support for the TTB to the 350?
#2
#4
#5
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
Posts: 60,975
Received 3,102 Likes
on
2,164 Posts
#6
Thanks for all the replies. Just to clarify, in the forum write-up article for the swap he ground off the protruding bracket in the middle because it was riveted. I'll crawl under and check on the 250, D60 is already pulled so it's easy to look at the 350.
This is what he says in the article: Once the old IFS axle is removed you’ll
have to remove the cross member to axle brackets to make room for the Dana
60. There were two brackets which unbolted and came off with no problems.
A third, on the drivers side, is riveted and bolted to the frame near the
engine mount. It also appears to provide structural support to the
engine mount. You may wish to grind down the rivets and remove the
bracket altogether, however we felt it best to leave it in place and grind
down the part that would interfere with the Dana 60, see the following
pictures. But if you do this you can’t go back, so understand the
consequences before getting out the grinder.
This is after grinding, is this just the track bar stuff?
This is what he says in the article: Once the old IFS axle is removed you’ll
have to remove the cross member to axle brackets to make room for the Dana
60. There were two brackets which unbolted and came off with no problems.
A third, on the drivers side, is riveted and bolted to the frame near the
engine mount. It also appears to provide structural support to the
engine mount. You may wish to grind down the rivets and remove the
bracket altogether, however we felt it best to leave it in place and grind
down the part that would interfere with the Dana 60, see the following
pictures. But if you do this you can’t go back, so understand the
consequences before getting out the grinder.
This is after grinding, is this just the track bar stuff?
#7
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
Posts: 60,975
Received 3,102 Likes
on
2,164 Posts
Trending Topics
#8
It is supposed to be for 1986-1996 F250s, here Dana 60 Conversion for F250 years 1986-1996 - Ford Trucks
I take it I don't need to worry about it?
I take it I don't need to worry about it?
#9
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
Posts: 60,975
Received 3,102 Likes
on
2,164 Posts
#10
#11
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
Posts: 60,975
Received 3,102 Likes
on
2,164 Posts
#12
#13
No need to swap cross members. They're all pretty much the same. I changed my 84 F250 over to a D60. Pretty much a direct bolt on, only had to drill two holes for the track bar bracket. But 80-84 F350s didn't have a solid axle, so the cross members were not drilled yet. I am 95% sure all F250s and 350s from 1985-1997 had all the holes drilled in the cross members. So on newer models, a TTB to Monobeam swap was a bolt on affair.
#14
#15
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
Posts: 60,975
Received 3,102 Likes
on
2,164 Posts
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
mustanginca
1987 - 1996 F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks
3
01-29-2011 07:17 PM
MASSIVE460
Clutch, Transmission, Differential, Axle & Transfer Case
2
02-01-2008 12:39 AM