darkfalcon9112

I am looking at a pair of full width 8 Lug dana 60's to put under her. I did a few searches and didn't find anything on anyone doing this I do not know yet what they come out of but, I will post as soon as I know. by the way they are $300-$350 so it will be a major steal. Does anyone know what i would need to change to put these in and how much the total cost would be. I will try and get a picture of them on here as soon as possible. I do know truck they come out of was 4x4 factory so they will be geared the same!

Thanks very much any and all comments are welcome!

jbetit

just lots of fabrication. it is definately not a one day job. it is doable for sure though. you just need to relocate the spring perches, shock mounts, etc. good luck, and post some pics as soon as ya can

darkfalcon9112

What about steering do i need to get the steering off truck it is coming off of or what? and track bar bracketing and what not.

Mike1998XJ

This Guy put 60's under his XJ...
Lots of work to do it his way though!

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=956040

Brad M.

I haven't seen a lot of Dana 60 tech here on CF, so if I were you I would browse threads here http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=83 and here http://www.naxja.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=123.

ktmracer419

find out what they are out of

they could be pretty useless to you

4.3L XJ

I agree. Also if you don't have good fab skills, don't do it

darkfalcon9112

I will be finding out within the next two days. Other than that thank you all very much for you input i will of course post again when i find out what they are out of and go from there.

Side bar question if i can use the which one is easier fabing the axel for Control arms and coils. or? setting it up with leaf springs?

RedZeppelinXJ

no matter what its a lot of work

rear is fairly easy, spring perches and shock mounts....

the front however is pretty difficult....look at Ballistic Fabrication and TNT for pre-fab coil, shock, and CA mounts

xjmarc

I'd jump on them for that price even if you don't want them just to resell. A front driver drop 60 goes for $1200 if it needs rebuilt in this part of the country (why I used a 44 cause I'm broke). If it came out of a newer truck it will be a lot of fab work because the driver side tube is very short.

Tural

duuuuude. that's a lot of heavy moving components. a lot of strain on the motor and tranny.
the rear is just a matter of remeasuring ur original shock and spring mount locations.
now the front..........
wow. where to start?
if it's longer than stock size, your axle is going to stick out. lord knows how far. a good fab shop might be able to measure out all of your mounting tabs and cut up similar tabs and reweld it on the new axle. i would personally put it on a table jig to measure everything. and you will probably have to lift up the jeep quite a bit to clear any possible contact. just make sure you keep the steering gear on the axle.

xjmarc

What's wrong with sticking out a bit. My 35s only have about an inch that's under the fenders. I love the look of full width and the stability is great.

Tural

sticking out means extra length and extra strain on steering components. as well as the power steering pump. other than that i would love it for mine.

xjmarc

A 31 inch tire adds strain to the ps pump. Jeep pumps are pretty strong and I haven't noticed any strain on mine yet. Once I get my 37s I'll be going to hydro assist tho just because it's gets to be a chore turning offroad.

TennesseeXJ

X2 on what Marc said ....Width=Stability