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Jul 31, 2012 | 05:21 PM

srshll

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dana 50 and 60 diff help

How can you tell if its a d50 or a d60. I have a 79 f250 and it has a good d44 in it and i want to put a d60 in it. I was at the scrape yard today and A 84 f350 looked to have a d60 with king pin front.. It had the cap on the top ball joint with the 4 bolts and grease fitting. But was told it was a solid d50. Can anyone help me with this and if it is a d50 or a d60 will it fit my79 Thanks.

Jul 31, 2012 | 10:01 PM

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D50 started in '99. 99 and up 50 and 60 are pretty hard to tell apart. 84 F350 will be a king pin dana 60 if I remember correctly. the ttb trucks used a 50 center.

If you think its a D50 I'd pull the cover and measure the ring gear before proceeding.

BTW an 84 won't fit your truck without out boarding the leaf mounts.

Jul 31, 2012 | 10:25 PM

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Thanks for the info on that one. Would the knuckels be the same as 79 and shafts Thanks

Aug 1, 2012 | 02:47 AM

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An '84 F350 came from the factory with the D50 TTB front end so whatever it is that axle is not original to that truck. A D60 would have been the easiest swap into it but it may have the '99+ SD D50. The lug pattern is different on the superdutys than the previous trucks so that would be one way to tell. I don't recall what they are but the SD is a metric pattern.

Aug 1, 2012 | 05:48 PM

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8x170. I thought the F350's all had 60's, just some years had ball joints and some kingpins.

Aug 1, 2012 | 06:08 PM

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8x170. I thought the F350's all had 60's, just some years had ball joints and some kingpins.

'80-85.5 had D50 TTB then they went back to D60's for the F350's. The spring perches from 85-97 are set wider than the dent-sides and the superduty's.

Aug 1, 2012 | 06:23 PM

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Oh.. I looked it up and I guess DRW ones did too starting in like 85... dunno wtf drw trucks had till then, surely duallies didn't have ttb's? getting off topic but. oh well.