F-250 with semi float
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F-250 with semi float
I have a 1980 F-250 and I have dana 60-3 on the rear end. I had one of my co-works look up the gear ratios of 3.54 and have a semi float and have checked my sticker on my truck to be sure that it is a F-250 and it has a 8000 gvw for the truck. Was a semi float a option that Ford put out instead of a full float.
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Semifloating rear axles were used widely in the early 80s trucks these 250s with the Dana 60 or 10.25 SF axles were no more than a beefed up 1/2 ton truck. Ford had the option of light duty and heavyduty F-250s to the early 90s then went to heavydutys only but all the lightduties used 10.25 semifloater and the heavies used the 10.25 full floater.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 23-Oct-02 AT 00:11 AM (EST)]The early 80's F250's(up to 83, maybe 84)used a D60 semi-float, or a D60 or 70 Full float, around then they started using the Sterling axles too... So, you could have a Dana 60 or Sterling 10.25 Semi Floater a D60 or 10.25 full float, or a D70. I've only seen Dana 70's in 80's F250's with diesel engines.
My 86 is an 8800# GVWR 460 powered 4x4, and, it has a 10.25 full floater. It was an Ex. cab LWB until I got it...
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86 F250 HD XLT Lariat Explorer 4x4 ex Extended Cab 8800 LB GVWR: 460/T19(syncroed granny low)/BW 1345/3.55 geared Full Floater 10.25 and Dana 50 TTB/ 265/75R16 Hankook FR04's on 16x8 Whitespokes(street tires... Need mudders)
78 F150, 351M/C6, eventually to be repowered with a 400
My 86 is an 8800# GVWR 460 powered 4x4, and, it has a 10.25 full floater. It was an Ex. cab LWB until I got it...
Evan
86 F250 HD XLT Lariat Explorer 4x4 ex Extended Cab 8800 LB GVWR: 460/T19(syncroed granny low)/BW 1345/3.55 geared Full Floater 10.25 and Dana 50 TTB/ 265/75R16 Hankook FR04's on 16x8 Whitespokes(street tires... Need mudders)
78 F150, 351M/C6, eventually to be repowered with a 400
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F-250 with semi float
Well I have a long box F250 ( 1980) 4x4 with the D60 semi-floater in it . My sticker on the door reads 8800 GVW . I have seen an 80 with a FF on this board but thats the only one so far .
I have 3.54 ratio , limited slip .
Jeff
I have 3.54 ratio , limited slip .
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Thanks everyone for your heelp. Now I know they did make semi float for F-250s. I had coworkers telling me that it was F-150 and im happy to know that it isnt. Thanks again.
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>Thanks for some of the info, my truck is 4x4 and a long bed.
>If anyone has so more info on this it would be greatly
>appreciated.
I have noticed that with 4x4 F-250s ('85 and up) with a gwvr of 8600' and up have sterling 10.25" full floaters, where as '84 and down seem to have dana 60 full floaters.
under 8600' seem to get semi-floaters.
easy way to tell if you have a dana or a sterling is: you can take the brake drum off of a 10.25" without taking off the hum
>If anyone has so more info on this it would be greatly
>appreciated.
I have noticed that with 4x4 F-250s ('85 and up) with a gwvr of 8600' and up have sterling 10.25" full floaters, where as '84 and down seem to have dana 60 full floaters.
under 8600' seem to get semi-floaters.
easy way to tell if you have a dana or a sterling is: you can take the brake drum off of a 10.25" without taking off the hum
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