WIW....1970's PW

[pieter]

Any chance there could be Dana 70 in there? If so what is one of those worth?

I'll open the can of worms and say if you are talking about a Dana 70 front... you want a Dana 60 over a Dana 70... The 60 is stronger in just about all aspects...

pieter

[74w300uteline]

say what??

Pieter do you mean to tell me that I have been bragging about my truck " oh yeah dana 70's front and rear" without good cause. educate me. why are the rockcrawler guys always looking for dana 70's.

[712edf]

70's do have bigger ring gear, but the 60 matches it in pretty much every other area. The developement on the 70 (front) stopped sometime ago (Dodge dropped it in 75) while the 60 front soldiered on for a couple more decades. I sure that given enough $$$ some axle company (moser,dedenbear) could do to a 70 all the fantastic stuff they are doing with the 60 for rockcrawlers. But once you get past a certain point it becomes more feasible to go to a monster like Rockwell.

Bucky

[pieter]

Pieter do you mean to tell me that I have been bragging about my truck " oh yeah dana 70's front and rear" without good cause. educate me. why are the rockcrawler guys always looking for dana 70's.

I'm not sure what Rockcrawler guys are looking for a dana 70 front. The basic strength issue with an axle is spline count... The greater the number of splines, the stronger the axle (within reason). This is keeping everything about an axleshaft constant besides the spline count.

A dana 70 has a 16 spline. A dana 60 will have 30 and 35 splined shafts...
I prefer the closed knuckle of the dana 70 to keep mud and such out of the axle's....

Pieter

[W_A_Watson_II]

Hey Pieter, what do you know about Dana 44F Front Axles?