Hello,

Brought my truck to a shop and they pulled the driver side shaft from my D60. Does this need to be replaced? There are some scratches and mars on the shaft and what looks like a seal is loose on the second picture to the left. They had also said the inner seal had to replaced but I don't have any pictures.

 

Your outer stub shaft (the short side) should not have that groove in the splines. The bearing surfaces should be cleaned up, new u-joints and seals should be installed along with a replacement stub shaft. That being said an up-close inspection could yield a different conclusion.

Here are my D60 shafts currently out for a rebuild. Notice that there's no groove cutting across the splines of the stub shafts.

 

Does yours not have a snap ring? That's what the Grove I believe you're referring to is. Are you having a shop rebuild yours? I started looking at Bronco Graveyard for replacement parts

 

Not that far in, mine are further out. Maybe there's a difference between years or D60 LP/HP that I'm not familiar with. (I'm no pro so hopefully, other more experienced folks will chime in as well)

I had a shop take care of swapping the gears and setting the pinion depth and backlash, the rest of the rebuild I'm doing myself.

East Coast gear supply and randysworldwide are places I also checked for parts. I ended up purchasing from Summit.

 

You sure it isn't a 44 rather than a 60. everyone thinks they have a 60 but very few do.

 

Could be. I didn't see a tag on the pumpkin. Shop had told me it was a d60.

 

The cover should look just like your rear one if it's a 60. also the 60 has pins and the 44 has ball joints.

 

D60




D44

 

Not 100% accurate. My big hub'd 44 has the hubs your Dana60 picture has...

You've got a 3/4 ton and 1/2 ton truck pictured; apples and oranges

 

So mine is the 44 based on the measurement. Good thing I didn't have this shop get me the wrong replacement parts.

 

Does this seem to be a proper replacement given it's a 44?
https://shop.broncograveyard.com/D44...uctinfo/22026/

 

My dana 44 has the big hubs also. it depended on the GVW, 7100 had the small hubs and 7700 had the large hubs, I believe the door tag will say F260 for 7100 and F262 for 7700 but I'm not sure on that.

In any event only the heaviest GVW had the dana 60 and they're not very common. I don't believe any 44's had the large hub after 1976 or early 1977 only the 60 had them after that..

 

Good to know on the big hub D44.


I knew the pictures were from 1/2 ton and 3/4+ trucks, they were the first pictures I found on the google.