Please help!
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Please help!
Just picked up an 89 f350 with a cummins in it. It's 2wd and rearend just crapped out. What years and models of dana 80 will fit without reinventing the wheel? I'm hoping something with disc brakes will work but I need to know before I go buy an axle! Thanks guys!
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NOTHING with disc brakes id going to "bolt in"
I suggest getting another sterling axle
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There are guys that have retrofitted Sterling 10.5 axle into their OBS. They machined the hubs to use a different lug patter, Econoline rotors and Im not sure what they did with the E-brake.
Another setup was Blackbird disc brake conversion. But there you are using CAR brakes to stop a truck
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Sounds like I need to start hunting, thanks guys! I just haven't had a good time with disc brakes and I don't have the patience to rebuild them which every truck I've owned had bad drums in the back, kinda left a bad taste in my mouth.
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You can find good sterlings cheap if you live around Houston or Galveston tx I can get you a posi 10.25 sterling for around 150 to 200
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If only it were warmer out and you wanted to drive. They are all around me in the bone yards and cheap!!! Good luck on the hunt. The bone yards I go to are in Danville Illinois.
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Names of yards are Coultas recycling, Bryant industries and a non U-pull is Bill Smith. Bill Smith I know ships world wide. Got a buddy who works there.
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Bill Smith Auto Sales - Danville, Illinois used car dealer and auto parts
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No problem, I hope they have what you need. Been 2 months since I was there at the U-pull but Coultas had the best selection. They had 1 dually, most are F250 but they use the same axle. I think you can look up inventory on Coultas site.
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