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Old 11-20-2013, 08:14 PM   #1
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What front axle?

I have a 1985 k20 diesel. Turn in hubs. Would it be a d60 or gm10? How to identify between them?
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Old 11-20-2013, 08:23 PM   #2
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Re: What front axle?

Should be a 10 bolt. IIRC, D60 was only in K30.
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Old 11-21-2013, 10:12 AM   #3
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Re: What front axle?

Dana 44 will have 4 U-Bolts to hold the springs. Dana 60 will have 3 U-bolts and the fourth will be missing on the pass side inside. Cant remember if its two bolts or two nuts in place of the missing U-bolt.
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Old 11-22-2013, 04:13 AM   #4
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Re: What front axle?

Its a 10 bolt if its stock.If not http://coloradok5.com/axleguide.shtml
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Old 11-23-2013, 04:07 PM   #5
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Re: What front axle?

^^^ What he said ^^^
GM stopped using the Dana 44 around 1980 and the Dana 60 was only stock on the K30 trucks.
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Old 11-23-2013, 06:03 PM   #6
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I think it was actually more like '78, though some '79s had them, it must have been a supply issue?
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