Dana 60 Rear-end?
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From: Choctaw, Oklahoma
Year: 1984
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 383" Chevy
Wife tryed to upload the pictures, she put them in with the pictures of my rig, if you click on pictures of my Cherokee you will see a dana 60 cover, click on it and both the dana 60 and the other unidentified cover will show up. Its not aluminum and yes I have built and installed ring and pinions and lockers in both D44 and D60 differentials so I know the diffirence, I just don't see a cover that matches the Grand Cherokee but the D60 is the same width as the cover on the Grand just minor difference on upper curvature. Chevokeeman.
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From: Gilbert AZ/Las Cruces NM
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
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your CJ is a d60 your grand is a d44a
you know how i know its not a d60.... i have one and it would look like this:

and have this marking:
you know how i know its not a d60.... i have one and it would look like this:

and have this marking:
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Wife tryed to upload the pictures, she put them in with the pictures of my rig, if you click on pictures of my Cherokee you will see a dana 60 cover, click on it and both the dana 60 and the other unidentified cover will show up. Its not aluminum and yes I have built and installed ring and pinions and lockers in both D44 and D60 differentials so I know the diffirence, I just don't see a cover that matches the Grand Cherokee but the D60 is the same width as the cover on the Grand just minor difference on upper curvature. Chevokeeman.
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From: Gilbert AZ/Las Cruces NM
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 upgraded
dual drilled Alloy USA 4340 shafts that can accommodate 5 x 4.5” and 5 x 5.5” wheel patterns.
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From: Choctaw, Oklahoma
Year: 1984
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 383" Chevy
My mistake, after seeing that my rear cover didn't match any of the ones displayed in a prior post I took a file to it to see if it was indeed aluminumand quess what, it was indeed Aluminum Dana 44A. I have been to the salvage rumaging through the Grand Cherokees at Pull-A-Part but this is the first one I've seen, cover looks almost like the dana 60 and the housing looks as beefy as a dana 60 , guess the alum. has to be much beefier to take the stress, sorry for the false alarm but I do have a 14 bolt with detroit locker and disc brakes and Rusty's Offroad has a rear bracket set, hummmm. Chevokeeman.




