Thread: 35 spline Dana 60 conversion

Its pretty straight forward, Get the axles and stub axles from rovertracks, about 1200 including shipping when i last heard, get a local machine shop to modify your hubs to suit snf get a d60 locker of your choice, i went with a ARB(RD36 i think it was) and assemble it. you can keep the original CWP unless your looking at changing ratios?

Originally Posted by cal415

Its pretty straight forward, Get the axles and stub axles from rovertracks, about 1200 including shipping when i last heard, get a local machine shop to modify your hubs to suit snf get a d60 locker of your choice, i went with a ARB(RD36 i think it was) and assemble it. you can keep the original CWP unless your looking at changing ratios?

Yep, looking at changing ratios which is why there is a link in there to KAMS... 4.1

do you need the stubs?? I was under the impression that due to the high level of Land Rover quality control that in some instances you wont need to change them

Well good old ebay has certrainly turned up some bargains as far as lockers and R&P goes

Rover Tracks - Land Rover Extreme Driveline Specialists


some very nice light reading here

and this got me thinking....


what about this that I saw on ebay before... I wonder if the spacing is right. If it is, then there would be no need to spend $800 on spindles from rovertracks... just bore out your hub to accept the bigger wheel bearings

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SPIND...Q5fAccessories


These are the measurements for the spindles

Total length -- 7.48"

Flang Dia -- 6.75"

Wonder how close this is to the rover stuff???

Anyone got one to handy to measure?

Originally Posted by klappers

Yep, looking at changing ratios which is why there is a link in there to KAMS... 4.1

The page you linked to is for LandRover centres. You'll find there aren't many ratios for Salisbury/D60 that match LandRover diffs.

Fortunately, 4.11 is available with both diffs. Have a look at the D60 stuff on the Yukon site - that's what I've got. You need to play around with the tailshaft though - the pinion ends with a yoke, not a flange. Not hard.

And, re LandRover diffs in the front, check that the 4.11 you paid for isn't 4.10. 4.11 is stronger. That's happened to me in the past.

Regards
Max P

Originally Posted by Tusker

The page you linked to is for LandRover centres. You'll find there aren't many ratios for Salisbury/D60 that match LandRover diffs.

Fortunately, 4.11 is available with both diffs. Have a look at the D60 stuff on the Yukon site - that's what I've got. You need to play around with the tailshaft though - the pinion ends with a yoke, not a flange. Not hard.

And, re LandRover diffs in the front, check that the 4.11 you paid for isn't 4.10. 4.11 is stronger. That's happened to me in the past.

Regards
Max P

KAM link is the third one down..

1st link is for a D60 detroit

2nd for a D60 4.1 Ratio

3rd for a 4.1 KAM ratio swap

4th for Rover tracks

I didnt really want 4.11

4.1 is 25% stronger then standard anyway (KAM)...

and 4.1 is a standard D60 ratio.. which is 120 bucks from the states

what about those D60 spindles?? Anyone got a spare LR one to measure

I' ve converted my Salisbury to 35 Spline 1.5" Dana 60 using Rovertrack's axles & stubs.

I think you'll find that the 1.5" axles are too large to fit through the internal axle hole, and you'll need the new stubs - or at a minimum unacceptably weaken the old. Check with Keith from Rover tracks he knows inside out. You do end up with larger wheel bearings and stronger stubs so there is a benefit, especially with larger offset wheels.

The Dana 60 is very similar to the Salisbury except that the Sals was converted to metric e.g. 12mm vs 1/2" for the CW bolts. You'll need one of these to fit the larger axles in - I went ARB Dana 60 which in this case is a stronger centre then the Sals


I would also check with Keith whether your hubs are OK, I bought Disco 1 hubs as my County hubs were unsuitable and had machined for new wheel bearing caps. Side benefit is the wheel studs were longer, so my wheels nuts are fully engaged now.



Clive