I found an axle in a ford truck in the local junk yard but I can not make out what rear axle it has. I couldn't get to the axle to see it that well. Anyways I looked in the door and the axle code is a B5 which is a limited slip 4.10 axle with, if I recall correctly a 5300 pound rating. Is this a dana 60 and is it worth buying for the gears and trac loc?

Since it's a dually axle I am sure there wouldn't be much use for that axle so maybe the trac loc and gears are worth messing with if some one could swap them in another 60 axle or what ever this thing is. I forgot the year of the truck. thanks bob

 

The year on the truck determines what the axle actually is. I found a few different applications depending on the year. The only Dana 60 with a B5 code was for 1982 I think, with a 3.33 ratio. The rest appeared to be sterling axles, both with 4.10 gears. There are also two different ratings for the sterlings. One at 8500, and the other at 5300. The dana 60 is a 5300. My list only goes to 89 though. I would assume the 8500 rated axle is possibly a DRW axle.

 

I didnt know that the same code such as B5 could a different ratios for different years? It's an 80 something truck for sure and it's a big flat bed truck with dual wheels. One would think a truck like this would have 4.10 gears at least for a work truck but if it's a Dana axle you say it may be 3.33 gears?

I will be back at the yard next week and get more info. If I am not mistaking the DWS has two different load ratings? One for the full floater and another for the semi floater axle?

 

Did they make dually D60's? That's my confusion, I know they made dually Sterling 10.5s.

-Kerry

 

You got me on that one. I will be back at the yard this Saturday and I will climb under and back to the rear axle to see what it is for sure. Now that I think about it I don't know if I can tell a 60 from a 10.25? Can I count the cover bolts or something?

Either way it is a 4.1 limited slip rear axle so the guts have to be worth something to some one. I just have to see what I can get them for and what they will sell for.

 

Now that you bring that to attention, I don't believe they did. At least not in that era of trucks. My 85 dually uses a Dana 70. Now they use a Dana 80. I do believe they were using Visteon dually axles for a while through the late 80's up into 97 I think. That Dana 60 can't be a dually anyways. Not with a rating of 5300. It probably a Visteon dually with 4.10 gears. Now I wonder what the axle code is on my 85. I am not sure if it says because it is a chassis cab.

 

Now I am really lost. I've never heard of a Visteon rear axle before. How can I tell the difference between the 3 axles? Keep in mind I am not 100% sure it was a dually and it could've had dually wheels installed by the PO, not from the factory. I will check it out for sure in more detail this Saturday.

 

Visteon/Sterling, same thing. I don't know where the Sterling comes from rather than word of mouth. Visteon is the company which manufactures these axles for Ford. Among many other things for Ford.

 

I don't know where Sterling comes from, either. I picked up the name on here and have used it ever since. The name of the company is Visteon. They also make the 10.5" and the 8.8" axle for Ford. Visteon makes MANY, MANY parts for Ford.

Dana 60's were never dually, as far as I know. Neither were the 10.25" or the 10.5" axles. If you have a dually axle, it should be a Dana 70 or a Dana 80. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Dana axles have 10 bolt covers, Visteon axles have 12. There is also a fill plug in a Dana cover.

 

Would a dana 70 only have a load rating of 5300LBS?

 

It depends on if it's a DRW or a SRW axle. The weight rating of an axle includes the tires, and a DRW model of a Dana 70 will have a lot higher weight rating than a SRW Dana 70. 5300 lbs isn't out of line for a SRW Dana 70.

However, since you say the truck is a dually, keep in mind that the entire cab may have been swapped off, stickers and all, or just the rear axle, or maybe both.

If it's a Dana axle, it will have a BOM on it somewhere, and you can tell everything about an axle from that number.

 

Next time you see 1992-97 F-350 dually pay attention to the rear axle. Chances are it has a Visteon rear. I looked at one like this for sale and it WAS fatctory. With the introduction of the Surper Duty's in 99, they started using Dana 80 dually rears.