Flanged Dana 60 build

Unbelievable!

Nick, you are a craftsman!

 

X2...

Good Looking Axle.

 

Thanks guys. Here's an update. Got the axle bearings installed finally. No problem getting the inner seals and bearing kits (expensive) but the outer seals were a nightmare. Finally got them from Applied Industrial Technologies. $12 a piece plus shipping, but I got them. Pressed them together yesterday at work and installed before dinner last night. The pics show the disc brake caliper brackets I helped prototype for this application. The brackets are machined with a recess for the seal so we didn't have to build a spacer to emulate the thickness of original backing plate as the seal protrudes through the backing plate. These rear axles came with 12" brakes from the factory and drums are not available new, and good used are very hard to come by, so we now build disc brackets for them. Still gotta get the rotors and will be re-using the camaro/firebird calipers I have in the '6 right now that have the park brake integrated in them. The fitting on the top of the pumpkin with the red cap is the air line fitting for the ARB air locker. The fitting on the tube with the white cap is the vent. There is a bolt in each tube that is for holding the brake tubing in place when it gets made and installed.

 

nickmil,
I have a dana 60HD from dodge truck.
I am narrowing this also.
Can you send me pics offline, hough2@neo.rr.com.
I need to know what housing ends to use, where to get them.
I don't think i can save the existing ones, or can I?
I putting this under a 3B, and probably going for the narrow track wms length.
IYO, what should the wms length be? Front, rear lengths?
thanks for your postings, these early cj5 forums are the bomb!
brad