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·So with all this hassle of finding a posi diff for my 8 3/4, I've been seriously considering just finding a junkyard dana 60 and rebuild it. I've gotten to the point with my Dart where I won't stop until I make everything safe & reliable. I want to go through everything and upgrade it and I figured my rear-end would be a good place to start. I've done some research on this board and others trying to figure out what exactly would have to be done. Here's a list of what I think, please let me know if I'm missing anything and/or what you think of this idea.
1)Buy a Dana 60 from an old Ford truck. I really want 3.73 gears and it must have a posi.
2)Take my rear out and sit them side by side to see how much I need to shorten the Dana to fit in my Dart & keep the pinion offset in the right place
3)Sell my 8 3/4 for money for the Dana
4)Have Dana housing shortened and have new housing ends put on (I can just put on 8 3/4 ends to make it a non-floating rear-end?)
5)Have custom axles made by Moser
6)Replace all bearings/seals that are outside of the diff
7)Have backlash set :: Do you guys usually take your rear-ends to a shop or can you do it at home with the right tools (Mancini sells a Differential installation kit, but don't know how easily this can be done by a novice)
Would all this really be worth it? Right now I have an 8.75 w/3.91 gears, Moser axles w/green bearing conversion, long studs, & 4.5" bolt pattern. It's a really good set-up but I really can't stand the thought of not exactly knowing how fresh everything is. I figure I can get a decent amount of money from my 8 3/4 to put towards the Dana. I would figure out the exact cost of everything before I started. If the Dana is $400+ more to build then what I can sell my 8 3/4 for then I don't want it. It just seems like in order to get a posi diff used, I have to buy the whole center section and that seems way too costly since I would also have to pay to have the backlash set. I'm done blabbing now.
1)Buy a Dana 60 from an old Ford truck. I really want 3.73 gears and it must have a posi.
2)Take my rear out and sit them side by side to see how much I need to shorten the Dana to fit in my Dart & keep the pinion offset in the right place
3)Sell my 8 3/4 for money for the Dana
4)Have Dana housing shortened and have new housing ends put on (I can just put on 8 3/4 ends to make it a non-floating rear-end?)
5)Have custom axles made by Moser
6)Replace all bearings/seals that are outside of the diff
7)Have backlash set :: Do you guys usually take your rear-ends to a shop or can you do it at home with the right tools (Mancini sells a Differential installation kit, but don't know how easily this can be done by a novice)
Would all this really be worth it? Right now I have an 8.75 w/3.91 gears, Moser axles w/green bearing conversion, long studs, & 4.5" bolt pattern. It's a really good set-up but I really can't stand the thought of not exactly knowing how fresh everything is. I figure I can get a decent amount of money from my 8 3/4 to put towards the Dana. I would figure out the exact cost of everything before I started. If the Dana is $400+ more to build then what I can sell my 8 3/4 for then I don't want it. It just seems like in order to get a posi diff used, I have to buy the whole center section and that seems way too costly since I would also have to pay to have the backlash set. I'm done blabbing now.