Narrowed Dana 60

[dave73]

I have a truck Dana 60 I'll be narrowing with a friend. How narrow can I go while still running leaf springs. I won't be mini tubbing. Thinking about the us cartool relocation kit, it moves them in 3". Looking to run the biggest tire setup I can.

[1 Wild R/T]

Check the spline count of the side gears trucks have two options.... Personally I'd probably set it up at the standard B body width since you don't plan to mini tub.... BTW you do know there are no provisions for a pinion snubber right?

[Chryco Psycho]

Having done a lot of these over the years I have to agree , going to the B body width is about the best without seriously mini tubbing & or moving the frame rails .
depending what diff you have , if you have the 8 bolt diff with floater ends but the time you cut those off you may actually be too narrow & might have to replace 1 or both tubes to get the correct width .
there are other considerations as well , , I would not use the green brgs on the axles , you really want to stay with the tapered roller brgs , there is a larger ford setup that will work using tapered rollers as well .
In the end I thought I would save $$ cutting down a truck diff for my Chall but by the time I replaced both tubes & powder coated the housing & went to the larger ford ends it cost me about the same as buying a new one from Dr Diff / Cass .

[aussiemark]

I agree if I was looking for one I would get a new one from Dr Diff or Strange they cost under 2k and are completely new with the correct pinion snubber.

[RUNCHARGER]

Pickup ones usually have good length tubes. Make sure it isn't an HD Dana 60 with extra webbing/weight.
The last one I did had a factory power lock which I just had to change to 35 spline side gears and then I bought some factory A-body Dana 60 axles and cut it to length. Even after changing gears I was in at around $800. You have to shop carefully though and the Strange 60 is so much easier to set up.

[cordodge]

I purchased one from Dr diff with the true trac and the big Ford ends for upgrades, great to deal with and product is great as well.