Locker or Posi for Dana 80
How can I tell what type of LS I have? It's a Dana 70.
06-07-2005, 12:33 PM
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You will have to pull the diff cover off and see if the cross pin rides on cams within the carrier.... if so, you have a Plok.....if the pin is round and in a round hole you have a Tlok.
06-07-2005, 09:51 PM
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Pretty much given up on the Trac Lok
$925 installed is the official price
$675 for the diff, and $250 in labor
If I am going to spend that much, I will just get an ARB
$800 for the diff and $200 for compressor and $250 to install diff.
Mine as well spend the extra $300.
$925 installed is the official price
$675 for the diff, and $250 in labor
If I am going to spend that much, I will just get an ARB
$800 for the diff and $200 for compressor and $250 to install diff.
Mine as well spend the extra $300.
06-08-2005, 09:09 AM
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675 for a carrier your getting a hoser of a prcie call reider, im serious i have not yet paid over 500 for a d80 plok carrier complete
06-08-2005, 09:33 AM
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How many Dodges came with the Dana 70 HD? Is the HD stamped in the housing or just the 70? How can I tell for sure what I have? I know it is a 70, not sure which one??
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Thanks still to CTD nut for the help.
06-08-2005, 09:30 PM
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Originally posted by CTD NUT
If you have an 2500 auto truck, you most likely have a D70 or a D70 HD as an option. Only manuals and 3500's have D80's.
If you have an 2500 auto truck, you most likely have a D70 or a D70 HD as an option. Only manuals and 3500's have D80's.
06-08-2005, 11:31 PM
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Originally posted by ramtd02
Unfortunatly i have to disagree here....i know this is off topic, but i thought my truck had a D80....I read this and was unsure, went out, looked at the tag on my reer, and it tells me its a D80. Unless...mine is a case of someone on the line thinking this was a manual or 3500...
Unfortunatly i have to disagree here....i know this is off topic, but i thought my truck had a D80....I read this and was unsure, went out, looked at the tag on my reer, and it tells me its a D80. Unless...mine is a case of someone on the line thinking this was a manual or 3500...
"well, we are going with AAM axles next year, let's just use up the rest of the Danas we have lying around"?
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06-09-2005, 12:22 AM
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No its a case of there was a special line item option on the buildsheet specifically for ordering the D80 upgrade on automatic equipt rigs.
There was a thread where we discussed this several months ago
There was a thread where we discussed this several months ago
04-09-2009, 12:52 PM
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You can only use a D70 HD carrier (commonly called a hybrid 70/80 here) in a D80 application. The regular D70 has a carrier all it's own. The D70 HD actually uses a D80 carrier but has the ring bolt circle diameter to match the D70 ring gear. The D70 HD carrier can have the ring gear mounting holes slotted to accomadate the larger D80 ring gear bolt circle. This is a popular mod for a D70 HD Powr Lok LS to be installed in a D80 (the D80 version is no longer offered but the D70 HD version is) as it is the best LS you can buy for the D70 or D80. A few of the larger R & P shops offer this service when you buy a Plok from them.
I have heard that the (For my 99 Dodge 3500 DRW 35 Spline Dana 80) a Dana P-lok is actually a re-badged Trac-Lok instead and that I would need to order a Dana 70HD P-Lok and have the ring gear holes upsized to the Dana 80 size to get an actual P-Lok. Can you clarify the issue for me and tell me how much the labor costs to have you enlarge the ring mounting holes?
Thanks,
Joe
And the Reply:
The Dana 80 p/l has been discontinued, you may be able to adapt a d70hd p/l BUT the ring gear will only be retained by the bolts not the pilot on the carrier, The ring gear will stick out over the edge of the p/l and it is definitely NOT recommended. We will not machine a d70hd p/l to work in the Dana 80
Allen Booher
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Randy's Ring & Pinion
Phone: 425-347-1188 ext. 5570
Fax: 425-355-1529
E-mail: bbooher@ringpinion.com
So what is the true answer? Any actual experience with this and which shops are willing to perform the machine work necessary to make it work at what cost?
Thanks,
Joe
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