DrHolliday
Junior Member
- Joined
- Dec 24, 2015
- Posts
- 10
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- Location
- Sandy, OR
- First Name
- Chris
- Truck Year
- 1983
- Truck Model
- K10 Short wide
- Engine Size
- 454
So I bought an 83 K10 on 3/4 ton axles. After getting it home I found out the front 10 bolt was shot. Packed with mud, pinion bearings gone, rung gear teeth missing, spindle bearings so far gone that I couldn't remove the hubs. The scariest thing was I drove it like that.
I decided to put a dana 60 under the front end. I found a good deal on a dodge dana 60 out of a dually with 4.56 gears to match my rear end. I had to turn the dually hubs down so they were like srw hubs. I'm running dodge rotors with chevy calipers and everything else pretty much bolted up. I also made my own spring plate for the passenger side because of the 2 studs on on the differential housing. I used a piece of 3/4" 4140 plate (maybe a little overkill) that I had laying around.
In the process of doing this I learned a lot about the dodge and chevy dana 60's so if anyone has any questions feel free to ask.
The only thing I need to figure out now is why this thing seems reved way out on the highway. 4.56 gears, sm465 and 38" tires have me at 2800-2900 rpms at 55 mph. I think the tach is off though. It's a sunpro with dip switches in the back to set it.
I decided to put a dana 60 under the front end. I found a good deal on a dodge dana 60 out of a dually with 4.56 gears to match my rear end. I had to turn the dually hubs down so they were like srw hubs. I'm running dodge rotors with chevy calipers and everything else pretty much bolted up. I also made my own spring plate for the passenger side because of the 2 studs on on the differential housing. I used a piece of 3/4" 4140 plate (maybe a little overkill) that I had laying around.
In the process of doing this I learned a lot about the dodge and chevy dana 60's so if anyone has any questions feel free to ask.
The only thing I need to figure out now is why this thing seems reved way out on the highway. 4.56 gears, sm465 and 38" tires have me at 2800-2900 rpms at 55 mph. I think the tach is off though. It's a sunpro with dip switches in the back to set it.
