Comparing dana to toyota (axles)

[ZPDFJ]

What would you say an 80s series axle is equivalent to when it comes to Dana axles? Im wondering about strength primarily..

 

[-Spike-]

Most of the opinions I've seen put them between a 44 and a 60.

-Spike

 

[CreeperSleeper]

Most of the opinions I've seen put them between a 44 and a 60.

-Spike

But closer to the 60!

 

[locrwln1]

But closer to the 60!

Rear, yes.
LC rear ring gear= 9.5"
d60 ring gear 9.75".
Same size shafts as older D60 rears with full floating axles (30 spline).

Front, no.
Front diff is smaller than a d44.
Toy ring gear= commonly referred to 8" (actually 7.8???")
d44 ring gear= 8.5"
Both are 30spline at the diff. The 80 has a large birfield which stock for stock is stronger than a typical d44 u-joint (760x and certainly the older spicer part# 297).

Jack

 

[CreeperSleeper]

Rear, yes.
LC rear ring gear= 9.5"
d60 ring gear 9.75".
Same size shafts as older D60 rears with full floating axles (30 spline).

Front, no.
Front diff is smaller than a d44.
Toy ring gear= commonly referred to 8" (actually 7.8???")
d44 ring gear= 8.5"
Both are 30spline at the diff. The 80 has a large birfield which stock for stock is stronger than a typical d44 u-joint (760x and certainly the older spicer part# 297).

Jack

Smaller in dia, but is HP, so it runs on the strong side of the teath, unlike most D44s. Also (IIRC) the Yota front has bigger bearings.

 

[locrwln1]

Smaller in dia, but is HP, so it runs on the strong side of the teath, unlike most D44s. Also (IIRC) the Yota front has bigger bearings.

I was simply comparing apples to apples, ie. the specific ring gear size/axle size. Plenty of HP 44's to compare to an 80 front axle (new JK rubicon axle and tons of ford straight axle trucks). I was not necessarily comparing a lp d44 to hp toy.

Don't know that I have ever heard of or experienced d44 bearings being a problem.


Jack

 

[-Spike-]

Don't know that I have ever heard of or experienced d44 bearings being a problem.


Jack

Nor have i heard of too many toy R&P's having issues, front or rear.

-Spike

 

[locrwln1]

Nor have i heard of too many toy R&P's having issues, front or rear.

-Spike

With 80's or toys in general?

Plenty of broken parts out there, both dana and toy.

Jack

 

[-Spike-]

Either/or. I've seen steering joints broken on both Danas and Toys much more often than r/p issues. Both are usually on rigs that were made to break things to begin with.

-Spike

 

[ZPDFJ]

Thanks for the informative post, good info to know.

Rear, yes.
LC rear ring gear= 9.5"
d60 ring gear 9.75".
Same size shafts as older D60 rears with full floating axles (30 spline).

Front, no.
Front diff is smaller than a d44.
Toy ring gear= commonly referred to 8" (actually 7.8???")
d44 ring gear= 8.5"
Both are 30spline at the diff. The 80 has a large birfield which stock for stock is stronger than a typical d44 u-joint (760x and certainly the older spicer part# 297).

Jack