whats with the small front diff on 1 ton 04s
01-31-2004, 07:47 PM
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whats with the small front diff on 1 ton 04s
Hey, Whats with the 1ton, and i presume the 600 will also have the sameri front axel, looks like they went smaller on the ring gear,
ford did this a few years back to save some $
so who wants to sqeeze on the 600 with a little bit of weight?you just might here a big BOOM in the front diff.does any one know what they did on the ring gear? or is this my imagination.is it really smaller?
ford did this a few years back to save some $
so who wants to sqeeze on the 600 with a little bit of weight?you just might here a big BOOM in the front diff.does any one know what they did on the ring gear? or is this my imagination.is it really smaller?
02-02-2004, 12:25 PM
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Its mainly in your head. The Dana 60 was 9.5 and the new ones are 9.25 I believe, I may have them reversed. Point is that it is a very small difference and the ring and pinion is not the weak link in a front axle any way, the axle shafts are. It has a higher weight rating then the Dana 60 also
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