Dana 60 question

Jim Hawkins · 08-14-2016, 07:04 PM

Ed, this the exact same problem I had with my dana 6.17. My housing was braced with the LPM cover also. As best I could tell the problem was with the teeth on the ring gear. Nothing you could see but the backlash would get tight in a couple spots. I checked everything and had the gears treated and rem polished I think it was called. They looked like chrome when I got them back. This helped but finally I just loosened up the backlash. Seems like I had as much as .010 thou. difference from a tight spot and the rest of the teeth. Not ideal but I ran it and it lived.
With a 6.50 and a auto. in this car years ago I never had a problem. When I started up again and installed a stick the problem started. Don't know if is the gears they make now or me learning clutch setups as I for sure had it way to tight sometimes.

08-14-2016, 07:04 PM	#9
Jim Hawkins Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 198 Likes: 89 Liked 115 Times in 35 Posts	Re: Dana 60 question Ed, this the exact same problem I had with my dana 6.17. My housing was braced with the LPM cover also. As best I could tell the problem was with the teeth on the ring gear. Nothing you could see but the backlash would get tight in a couple spots. I checked everything and had the gears treated and rem polished I think it was called. They looked like chrome when I got them back. This helped but finally I just loosened up the backlash. Seems like I had as much as .010 thou. difference from a tight spot and the rest of the teeth. Not ideal but I ran it and it lived. With a 6.50 and a auto. in this car years ago I never had a problem. When I started up again and installed a stick the problem started. Don't know if is the gears they make now or me learning clutch setups as I for sure had it way to tight sometimes.