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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 11:17 AM
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Front end identification.

I have a 1996 f 250 4wd and i was woundering how i know what front end i have.
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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 11:23 AM
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WELCOME TO FTE! I am not sure what you mean, "What front end do I have"? Are you asking for the gear ratio? 410 or 373? If your RPM gauge is @ 1900 @ 70mph you have a 373. If @ 70mph your tach reads 2400, you have 410's.
Is this your question?
 
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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 11:28 AM
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No sry like do i have a dayna or what?
 
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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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I would GUESS you have a Dana but let someone else help you to determine b/c I am not sure how to tell.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 11:59 AM
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Maybe a Dana 44 or 50. You should have a tag on one of the dif cover bolts. Those numbers will tell you. I don't know how to read them but if you post them someone will translate, I am sure
 
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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 12:00 PM
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If you have the stock front axle, you probably have the Dana 50. Check out post #6 in the link below:


https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...0-checkup.html


If yours looks like that it's a Dana 50. Dana 44 look very similar but were not use in F250's with the 7.3.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 07:17 PM
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Dana 50 is twin beam, Dana 44 is twin beam in 1/2 ton trucks. Dana 60 is solid axle.
there will be a 50 cast in to the rear side of the differential if it is a 50. or a 44 cast if it is a 44
 
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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 08:47 PM
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The gasser F250's could have a Dana 44 (Not 40) but no diesels ever got the Dana 44. It is a D50.
 
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