so ...were there dana's used in the 54 as an alternet to the timkins that I have?? or am I still missing something??

 

Timkens, or maybe Eatons, that's it for 1954 conversions. Stock 2wd 3/4 ton or higher, would also be a Timken, unless half ton, then it's a Dana 44 in 1954. IIRC.

The front axle of the '77 might work, but the rear will be about 3-5 inches too wide. Figuring out the steering might be the tricky part.

And '77 should be open knuckle and front disc brakes.

 

No, not in the F250/350. Timkens were the only axle until 1956 when the Dana 60 debuted for the rear in the F250.

I was supposed to hear from the fellow about my M-H/Timken frontend at the beginning of October, that hasn't happened. I plan to call; if he has lost interest, it will be available.

 

you can be such a tease....this is the b150 front axle 6 bolt unit we were looking at a while ago???

 

It's an A150 as used in the F-250 M-Hs, but with your matching six lug hubs. I'd think it should be a bolt in fix, but you'll need to watch that you match gear ratios. Stu

 

the A had the shorter pinion on it didn't it? but all the other mesurments seem to be the same ..so all the internals should work .. at least the parts I need..pulling the front hub's apart tomorrow .. the bleeder screws on the wheel cylinders are both frozen so new one's are going in .. I hope..

 

Whether the internal parts, hubs, etc. will interchange we don't know. The B150, being a stouter unit, was used for a reason on the F-350s. Assuming that the lighter duty A150 internals will swap into the B150 housing might be wrong. My original thought was that swapping the whole axle might be a solution as long as the gear ratios match up. Stu

 

thank you for the reminder .. and it makes more sence to swap the whole unit and preserve mine intact while I hunt for parts .. so the hard part .. has the other guy called yet??

 

well It's a closed knuckle unit drum break setup..so Greg doesn't know for sure what it came from..and now my son Jay has found a disk brake unit .a dana 44 that he wants to donate to getting the 54' on the road...

 

do you know what is broken in the stock axle? if it is internal i would think it would be the shaft or joint. if thats the case have you tried dynatrac or currie bros.. they are both 4x4 axle shops that can make just about anything, think high pinion dana 60 rockcrawler or desert racing stuff. they might be worth a call before you go to put in a late model axle. and if it is internal cant you just remove the broken parts and get it on the road? maybe i am missing something but when i try to do one of those easy swaps i usually end up spending more than i would have to fix what i got. just a thought

 

it is internal the joint at the hub has blown the ear off the style I have is a large cup style with ball bearings between the ears..I was thinking of getting a late style c-v joiint and machineing the axle stub's to fit..I see the new style for 1400 bucks but they are for the open style new stuff..I know my old flatty is not gonna overstress the new stuff..and I would like to use my truck in the snow( if we ever get any)....right now it run's ..working on getting her to stop...then work on 4 wheeling...but I like to collect parts when they show up..