I Have A 77 F250 With The 351m 4speed. I Did Find Out That The Rear Axle Is A Dana 60 W/4.10 Open Dif. Is There Any Way, Besides Looking On The Axle, To Find What The Front Axle Is? The Tags On The Axles Are All Rusted Off Of Course. The Reason For This Is I Plan To Put 33x12.5r15 Wheels And Tires On It. Any Help Would Be Great.

 

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Look on the Warranty (VIN) Plate for AXLE code. Decode it using FTE's decoder or post the code here. If the code has three digits, it will be possible to ID the front axle.


Three digit code: The first two digits relate to the rear axle, the third, to the front axle.

Two digit code = rear axle only.

Note: On Dana axles, the ID code tags may be bolted (2 bolts each) to the housing to the left of the cover (or right for front axle). The tags are steel, rectangular and about 2" long by 1/2" high. The ID numbers are stamped on the tags. The axle tubes also have stamped ID numbers on them, usually around the top.

 

It Has A Code Of 24j Which I Was Told Was A Dana 60 W/4.10 And Thed J Was For Power Steering.

 

You're right...

24 = Dana 60 / 4.10-1 / non Limited Slip / 5300 lb Axle Capacity / J = Power Steering

Look for the bolted on ID tags, or the stamp ID numbers on the housing. That's the only other place to ID them.