dana axle info

[UncleBeaner]

This is not a complete list.  If anybody has anything they would like to see added to this body of info (pics, applications, etc.) please PM me and I'll update the post. :usa:

Where to get part number on the axle:

Sorry for the crappy pic, but reading the arrows from left to right:
-ratio tag
-limited slip lubrication tag
-model number
-date
-Bill of Material

Where to find the application/build info:
Dana BoM Search Page


Dana 28 TTB
Donor Vehicles:BRONCO II FRONT 83-90, RANGER FRONT 83-90 ,93 & UP
Applications: Front
Axle Shaft Diameter: 1.0 Inches
Spline count: 23
Ring Gear Diameter: 6.625 Inch
Maximum tire size for stock axle: 31-inch
Strong Points: Light weight making it good for mud.  Can easily be made to produce very good articulation with only the addition of longer radius arms and custom coils.
Weak Points: Outer axle shafts break.  Radius arm bushings- especially passenger side frequently need replacing due to being too close to the catalytic converters.  Brakes have a tendency to warp and/or crack the front rotors.  Steering the stock steering set-up is very poor for a lifted truck. Severe bump steer is usually the result, in the higher lifts (4" and up)
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Dana 30

Donor Vehicles:AEROSTAR 86-90, BRONCO & U100 67-71, IHC SCOUT F 67-74, JEEP C101 F&R 67-74, CJ5&CJ7 F 67-68, JEEP J10 F 66-88, WAGON.F 67-88, CHEROKEE 86-95, WRANGLER 87-06
Application:  Front
Axle shaft diameter:  1.16 Inch
Spline count:  27
Ring gear diameter: 7.2 Inch
Maximum tire size for stock axles: 31-inch
Weak points: .......
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Dana 35
Donor Vehicles:CHEROKEE REAR 84-97, COMANCHE REAR 86-92, WRANGLER REAR 84-97, WAGONEER REAR 84-97
Application: Rear
Type: Semi-floating
Axle shaft diameter:  1.16 Inch
Spline count: 27
Ring gear diameter:  7.56 Inch
Maximum tire size for stock axles: 33-inch
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Dana 35 TTB
Applications: Front
Axle Shaft Diameter: 1.16 Inches
Spline count: 27
Ring Gear Diameter: 7.56 Inch
Maximum tire size for stock axle: 33-inch
Strong Points: Same knuckles and u-joints as Dana 44.  7.5" R&P are very strong. Have heard of virtually no failures.  Can easily be lifted.  Can easily be made to produce very good articulation with only the addition of longer radius arms and custom coils.  Good aftermarket support, with many companies making lifts of all different sizes.  Actually has hubs.  Entire assembly is very strong
Weak points: Wheel bearings- though large, are placed too close together.  Automatic hubs- prone to grenading, or giving up when you need them most. Also, only very coarse adjustment available for wheel bearings.  Radius arm bushings- especially passenger side frequently need replacing due to being too close to the catalytic converters.  Brakes have a tendency to warp and/or crack the front rotors.  Steering the stock steering set-up is very poor for a lifted truck. Severe bump steer is usually the result, in the higher lifts (4" and up)
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Dana 44 and TTB

Donor Vehicles:K10,25,30,35,F 60-80, C10 REAR 60-70, W100-350 F 69-96, F100,150 4X4 R 67-78, F150,F250 F 75-90, F100,F150 F 78-90, IHC SCOUT 74-80, 86 CJ7 Rear
Applications: Front and rear
Type: Mainly semi-floating, although there were some very rare full-floating units
Axle Shaft Diameter: 1.30 Inches
Spline count: 30 (after '72; prior to '72, some were 19-spline)
Ring Gear Diameter: 8.5 Inch
Factory ratios: 2.76:1 through 5.89:1
Maximum tire size for stock axle: 35-inch
Weight (solid axle):  240 Pounds
Strong point: Wide availability and significant aftermarket support in parts and upgrades
Weak point: Carrier and spider gears, U-joints, ring-and-pinion
Junkyard jewel: Find a front axle out of an early '80s Dodge 3/4-ton because they were equipped with locking hubs. Also, a front axle out of a '76-or-earlier ½- or ¾-ton Chevy has steering knuckles that are cast flat and easily adaptable to crossover steering
Building secrets: Upgrade the stock carrier and spider gears because they're notoriously weak. Also, if you've indexed the axle to improve pinion angle, use a diff cover from a '78 or '79 Ford ¾-ton high-pinion '44 because it allows for a larger quantity of lube and a higher fill point
Aftermarket alternatives: Currie Enterprises, Custom Differentials, DTS Custom Service, Dynatrac
Notes:   They came in both low-pinion and high-pinion models, and the centersection was even used in '80-and-up Ford Twin-Traction-Beam applications. They were offered in 5-, 6-, or 8-lug bolt patterns.
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Dana 50 TTB

Donor Vehicles:F250 & F350 FRONT 78-97
Applications: Front
Axle shaft diameter:  1.31 Inch
Spline count: 30
Ring gear diameter:  9.25 Inches
Maximum tire size for stock axles: 36-Inch
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Dana 60

Donor Vehicles:K30,35 F 77-91, W200 250 F&R 69-93, W300 350 F 75-93, F100 R 67-85, F250 F&R 67-88
Applications: Front and rear
Type: Semi- and full-floating
Spline count: 16, 23, 30, 32 and 35
Factory ratios: 3.54:1 through 7.17:1
Maximum tire size for stock axle: 38.5-inch
Weight:  505 Pounds
Strong point: Available in a variety of widths, most of which were full-floaters
Weak point: The driver-side carrier bearing was known to spin on the carrier and this often spun the race, which can damage the housing
Junkyard jewel: A heavy-duty front '60 can be found on '78 and '79 ¾-ton Ford pickups equipped with the snowplow package. Some late '70s and early '80s Dodge trucks had 35-spline '60 rear axles. Rear '60s are easy to find
Building secrets: The spider-gear roll pin is small and hollow, and is prone to breakage. Builders often double up the roll pin for extra strength (slide one inside of another). Also, replace the pinion yoke with a 1350-series yoke for extra strength. Finally, be careful about the spline count. Look for the 32- and 35-spline axles, avoid the 16s and 23s
Aftermarket alternatives: Currie Enterprises, DTS Custom Service, Dynatrac, Custom Differentials
Notes: The venerable '60 has been available in either high- or low-pinion designs and was never used in an IFS application. Custom Differentials warns to steer clear of the rare but virtually identical Dana 61 because most of the parts are not interchangeable
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Dana 70

Donor Vehicles:...
Applications: Front and rear
Type: Most full-floating with some rare semi-floating in commercial applications
Spline count: 23, 32 or 35
Factory ratios: 3.54:1 through 7.17:1
Maximum tire size for stock axle: 44-inch
Strong point: Large teeth on ring-and-pinion
Weak point: Small diameter pinion shaft (same as found on Dana 60)
Junkyard jewel: Rarely seen but known to exist are open-knuckle front axles with disc brakes. A rear heavy-duty '70 was fitted under '73-'91 Chevy dualie pickups, and it has larger-than-normal carrier bearings
Building secrets: When rebuilding, make sure that any stock oil-restricting device is left in the pinion area. This keeps lube in the pinion-bearing area at a higher level and retains it longer. Custom Differentials says that a number of '70s come to them with the oil-restricting devices removed
Aftermarket alternatives: Dynatrac, Custom Differentials
Notes: One of the benefits to a '70 is that there are a number of different pinion yoke sizes available, including a 1410-series yoke. Be careful though, because different housing castings used different sizes of pinion bearings due to different sizes of pinion bores
More Info


thanks cornfed

[russ-russ]

Hey Beaner, some of your years and donor vehicles are off, at least for the Ford stuff.  If you're interested, I'd be happy to help you figure out the ones I know.

[UncleBeaner]

which ones sir we can fix this pm me

[russ-russ]

As far as I know, this is correct.
Dana 28 TTB
Donor Vehicles:BRONCO II FRONT 83-90, RANGER FRONT 83-90 ,93 & UP
Applications: Front
Axle Shaft Diameter: 1.0 Inches
Spline count: 23
Ring Gear Diameter: 6.625 Inch
Maximum tire size for stock axle: 31-inch
Strong Points: Light weight making it good for mud.  Can easily be made to produce very good articulation with only the addition of longer radius arms and custom coils.
Weak Points: Outer axle shafts break.  Radius arm bushings- especially passenger side frequently need replacing due to being too close to the catalytic converters.  Brakes have a tendency to warp and/or crack the front rotors.  Steering the stock steering set-up is very poor for a lifted truck. Severe bump steer is usually the result, in the higher lifts (4" and up)
More Info

As far as I know, this is correct.
Dana 30

Donor Vehicles:AEROSTAR 86-90, BRONCO & U100 67-71, IHC SCOUT F 67-74, JEEP C101 F&R 67-74, CJ5&CJ7 F 67-68, JEEP J10 F 66-88, WAGON.F 67-88, CHEROKEE 86-95, WRANGLER 87-06
Application:  Front
Axle shaft diameter:  1.16 Inch
Spline count:  27
Ring gear diameter: 7.2 Inch
Maximum tire size for stock axles: 31-inch
Weak points: .......
More Info

As far as I know, this is correct.
Dana 35
Donor Vehicles:CHEROKEE REAR 84-97, COMANCHE REAR 86-92, WRANGLER REAR 84-97, WAGONEER REAR 84-97
Application: Rear
Type: Semi-floating
Axle shaft diameter:  1.16 Inch
Spline count: 27
Ring gear diameter:  7.56 Inch
Maximum tire size for stock axles: 33-inch
More Info

As far as I know, this is correct.
Dana 35 TTB
Applications: Front
Axle Shaft Diameter: 1.16 Inches
Spline count: 27
Ring Gear Diameter: 7.56 Inch
Maximum tire size for stock axle: 33-inch
Strong Points: Same knuckles and u-joints as Dana 44.  7.5" R&P are very strong. Have heard of virtually no failures.  Can easily be lifted.  Can easily be made to produce very good articulation with only the addition of longer radius arms and custom coils.  Good aftermarket support, with many companies making lifts of all different sizes.  Actually has hubs.  Entire assembly is very strong
Weak points: Wheel bearings- though large, are placed too close together.  Automatic hubs- prone to grenading, or giving up when you need them most. Also, only very coarse adjustment available for wheel bearings.  Radius arm bushings- especially passenger side frequently need replacing due to being too close to the catalytic converters.  Brakes have a tendency to warp and/or crack the front rotors.  Steering the stock steering set-up is very poor for a lifted truck. Severe bump steer is usually the result, in the higher lifts (4" and up)
More Info

Dana 44 and TTB
I'm assuming you are including Broncos, Blazers, and Ramchargers in the half ton truck category.
Donor Vehicles:K10,25,30,35,F 60-80,  C10 REAR 60-70 never seen a rear 44 in any chevy, W100-350 F 69-96, F100,150 4X4 R 67-78 Ford never used a rear 44 in anything, trucks/Broncos ran the 9 inch rear until '83, F150,F250 F 75-9096 in TTB form, F100,F150 F 78-90, IHC SCOUT 74-80, 86 CJ7 Rear
Applications: Front and rear
Type: Mainly semi-floating, although there were some very rare full-floating units
Axle Shaft Diameter: 1.30 Inches
Spline count: 30 (after '72; prior to '72, some were 19-spline)
Ring Gear Diameter: 8.5 Inch
Factory ratios: 2.76:1 through 5.89:1
Maximum tire size for stock axle: 35-inch
Weight (solid axle):  240 Pounds
Strong point: Wide availability and significant aftermarket support in parts and upgrades
Weak point: Carrier and spider gears, U-joints, ring-and-pinion
Junkyard jewel: Find a front axle out of an early '80s Dodge 3/4-ton because they were equipped with locking hubs. Also, a front axle out of a '76-or-earlier ½- or ¾-ton Chevy has steering knuckles that are cast flat and easily adaptable to crossover steering
Building secrets: Upgrade the stock carrier and spider gears because they're notoriously weak. Also, if you've indexed the axle to improve pinion angle, use a diff cover from a '78 or '79 Ford ¾-ton high-pinion '44 because it allows for a larger quantity of lube and a higher fill point
Aftermarket alternatives: Currie Enterprises, Custom Differentials, DTS Custom Service, Dynatrac
Notes:   They came in both low-pinion and high-pinion models, and the centersection was even used in '80-and-up Ford Twin-Traction-Beam applications. They were offered in 5-, 6-, or 8-lug bolt patterns.
More Info

Dana 50 TTB

Donor Vehicles:F250 & F350 FRONT 78-97 TTB started in '80 and ran to '97 in the F250 only, the F350 went back to a solid 60 in mid '85
Applications: Front
Axle shaft diameter:  1.31 Inch
Spline count: 30
Ring gear diameter:  9.25 Inches
Maximum tire size for stock axles: 36-Inch I swung 38" swampers off my 50 TTB for a long time with no failures.
More Info

Dana 60

Donor Vehicles:K30,35 F 77-91, W200 250 F&R 69-93, W300 350 F 75-93, F100 R 67-85 F100/150 will be a 9 inch until '83, F250 F&R 67-88 F350 rear but not always, some Ford/Sterling 10.25 rears especially in the mid 80's and newer.  Front 76-79 & mid 85-97  then again in 05 and newer Super Duty F250 & F350 front
Applications: Front and rear
Type: Semi- and full-floating
Spline count: 16, 23, 30, 32 and 35
Factory ratios: 3.54:1 through 7.17:1
Maximum tire size for stock axle: 38.5-inch
Weight:  505 Pounds
Strong point: Available in a variety of widths, most of which were full-floaters
Weak point: The driver-side carrier bearing was known to spin on the carrier and this often spun the race, which can damage the housing
Junkyard jewel: A heavy-duty front '60 can be found on '78 and '79 ¾-ton Ford pickups equipped with the snowplow package. Some late '70s and early '80s Dodge trucks had 35-spline '60 rear axles. Rear '60s are easy to find
Building secrets: The spider-gear roll pin is small and hollow, and is prone to breakage. Builders often double up the roll pin for extra strength (slide one inside of another). Also, replace the pinion yoke with a 1350-series yoke for extra strength. Finally, be careful about the spline count. Look for the 32- and 35-spline axles, avoid the 16s and 23s
Aftermarket alternatives: Currie Enterprises, DTS Custom Service, Dynatrac, Custom Differentials
Notes: The venerable '60 has been available in either high- or low-pinion designs and was never used in an IFS application. Custom Differentials warns to steer clear of the rare but virtually identical Dana 61 because most of the parts are not interchangeable
More Info

Dana 70

Donor Vehicles:...Some rear 70's were in heavy option F350's in the 80's
Applications: Front and rear
Type: Most full-floating with some rare semi-floating in commercial applications
Spline count: 23, 32 or 35
Factory ratios: 3.54:1 through 7.17:1
Maximum tire size for stock axle: 44-inch
Strong point: Large teeth on ring-and-pinion
Weak point: Small diameter pinion shaft (same as found on Dana 60)
Junkyard jewel: Rarely seen but known to exist are open-knuckle front axles with disc brakes. A rear heavy-duty '70 was fitted under '73-'91 Chevy dualie pickups, and it has larger-than-normal carrier bearings
Building secrets: When rebuilding, make sure that any stock oil-restricting device is left in the pinion area. This keeps lube in the pinion-bearing area at a higher level and retains it longer. Custom Differentials says that a number of '70s come to them with the oil-restricting devices removed
Aftermarket alternatives: Dynatrac, Custom Differentials
Notes: One of the benefits to a '70 is that there are a number of different pinion yoke sizes available, including a 1410-series yoke. Be careful though, because different housing castings used different sizes of pinion bearings due to different sizes of pinion bores

I know that my info is far from complete or fool-proof, but these are the errors I saw.

[NaturalRaptor]

Good info B! What do you know about the 14 bolt?  


I have a 14FF in the rear of my 1ton and shopping ideas of gearing and lockers.

[russ-russ]

14 bolt is a great builder axle.  Detroit Lockers are dirt cheap for them and gearing options are wide open.  Disk brake upgrades are easy too.

[UncleBeaner]

agreed easy and cheap to up grade may run one in my cj