Dana 60 swap done!

[whitedog76]

I bought a D60 rear from a guy. When I go there I was surprised to see steel wheels and tires still on it. We loaded it in my truck by hand, no lift, no tractor. I wouldn't recommend that to anyone. I can't imagine what a D60 front weighs with the knuckles and brake components installed.

[68panelman]

Originally Posted by whitedog76

I bought a D60 rear from a guy. When I go there I was surprised to see steel wheels and tires still on it. We loaded it in my truck by hand, no lift, no tractor. I wouldn't recommend that to anyone. I can't imagine what a D60 front weighs with the knuckles and brake components installed.

Yea their heavy!!!, Roughly 500 lbs worth of backache!!!

[DirtyLarry]

Front D60’s are definitely heavy. I don’t quite think they are as heavy as a 10.5” 14 bolt full-floater with 13” drums though. A rear D60 is much lighter than both a front D60 and a 14 bolt FF. Either way, your lower intestines will be hanging out of your shorts if you try to pick one up by yourself

[obijuan]

if you wheel it in a body heavy rig, some unsprung low weight is nice.

[dieseldawg142]

heavy? hell yeah! d60 & 14b combo weigh as much as a geo metro.
60 rotors & 14b drums are finger crushers!

[whitedog76]

FYI- If you stand it up on end and basically flop one end in the bed, then 2 people can lift the other end up. It's not easy, but it worked.

I highly reccomend an end loader though.

[Big Tex]

Larry-
That's great news about y'all being pregnant! I saw it mentioned in a post in another forum, but didn't know if you'd mentioned it, or if it was public knowledge.

They are a lot of fun. You're on the right track trying to get all your projects squared away before they arrive. Hold on a second.....

"Hey, make sure you're torquing those....."

[DirtyLarry]

Originally Posted by Big Tex

Larry-
That's great news about y'all being pregnant! I saw it mentioned in a post in another forum, but didn't know if you'd mentioned it, or if it was public knowledge.

They are a lot of fun. You're on the right track trying to get all your projects squared away before they arrive. Hold on a second.....

"Hey, make sure you're torquing those....."

That is great! Yeah, good help is hard to find. You have to keep your eyes on them constantly. Looks like he has it under control though.

Thanks BigTex!

[DirtyLarry]

Got the rear ORD Zero rate blocks installation wrapped up this evening to level the truck after the front D60 swap raised the front. I find it easier to just pop the spring packs out to work on them on the floor.

Seems like I’ve had these damn springs out of this truck 100 times in the last few years trying to get this thing to sit level. Once I got it level Mosesburb made me install a D60 and screw up my leveling where I had to start all over again.


After installing the block on the passenger’s side spring


Driver’s side


View of how the zero rate blocks allows for the axle to be pushed back by using 1 of the 3 positioning options built into the block. I used the provision to move the axle back 1”


A hole must be made in the spring plate to reposition the center pin locations. Got lucky on this side and got the hole deadnuts in the right spot. Passenger’s side not so much.


Level devil


Rear wheels look more centered in the wheel wells now too




Before zero rate block


After zero rate block install


That’s all for the K10 for a while. Got lots of plans for the Polar Bear Burb in the next few weeks