How can I tell if I have a Dana 50 or Dana 60?

How can I tell if I have a Dana 50 or Dana 60?

Look for a number on the lower right of the sticker. If it’s a 229 it will be a Dana 50 and if it’s 248 it’s a Dana 60.

How much horsepower can a Dana 44 handle?

The 44 is roughly the same as a GM 8.5″ Corporate 10-bolt, same ring gear diameter and most bearing sizes, which has about 90%+ of the strength of a 12-bolt Car axle. Your Dana 44 will handle 500 hp no problem, and with an axle and spool upgrade w/girdle cover and tubes welded to the centersection will handle 700 hp+.

What vehicles use Dana 60?

The full-float Dana 60 rear axle has been around since the ’50s. Found under Ford, Dodge, GM, and Jeep platforms, it’s an easily-sourced junkyard find. The early axles were fitted with 16-spline shafts, but you will likely run across the more common 1.31-inch, 30-spline axles.

How much weight can a Dana 44 handle?

Most Dana 44 front ends are rated for about 3,500lbs weight capacity.

What is the strongest rear end?

The 9-inch Ford Rearend is the Strongest Rearend Out There—It’s All Due to “Hypoid Distance” 1] The 9-inch Ford has no differential case gear-ratio range restrictions; one differential accepts all gear ratios from the 2s through the 6s.

How much horsepower can a Ford 8.8 handle?

Dead stock (31 spline version, which is what the Explorer has) it can handle up to about 400 rwhp as long as you’re not on DR’s or Slicks. As soon as you go to those, you have to weld the tubes at a minimum.

Is a 14-bolt A 1-ton axle?

The 14-Bolt Is The Ford 9-Inch Of 1-Ton Trucks Every diesel-powered pickup sold in the United States for the last 10 years has a full-floating rear axle.

What does 1-ton axles mean?

It’s a throwback to the early days of trucks, when they were really rated as to how much cargo they could carry. A 1/2-ton was good for 1,000 lbs in the bed, a 3/4-ton was good for 1,500 lbs and a 1-ton was good for 2,000 lbs.