At work we have a 07 e350 passenger van, after looking at the diff it looks identical to ours but with the exception of being disc brakes
Has anyone tryed on swaping the brake components to our diffs? Or swaping the entire diff? It even still has the 8x6.5 wheel bolt pattern, looks like it would be a cheaper alternative for disc brakes.

 

I have a Dana 80 dually axle with disc brakes that came out of a 2001 E450 that I wanna put under my truck. The only bad thing with this one was it had the park brake on the back of the trans, so I need to figure out a park brake. The one you are looking at probably has the park brake inside the rotors. I think it would work just fine to swap the whole axle.

 

Thanks for your reply Bill, just curious I guess, they look Identical with ours with the exception of rotors and associated brake parts.

 

I'd be curious on how far apart, and how close to the brake backing plate flanges the spring perches are. Also the width from backing plate to backing plate. The reason being that all three configurations of axles (single wheel, dual wheel, and dual wheel cab & chassis) on these trucks, measure differently.

 

The van axle is a Dana not a Sterling no matter which way you slice it, so the brakes are not a bolt on. The flange the backing plate/caliper mount bolts to is different.
I have seen at least one article where they fabbed up and put the van style flange on a Sterling, again, far from bolt on.
The van rotor fits on our hub, and it is what some of the aftermarket kits use.

As for using the entire axle, I'm pretty sure that SRW vans didn't get anything stronger than a D60.