axle choices

collinmaune · Sep 19, 2013

i have a couple different choices for axles i have a 14 bolt rear i can use but the front axle i have a dana 60 but its a driver side diferential i have a 205 out of a chevy and have heard if i get a 205 out of a ford i can swap out internals from the chevy because they are stronger and put them in the ford 205. would it just be easier and better to get a dana 60 out of an early chevy istead. or what alxe combo are you running or sugguesting im just a 20 year old kid dont as much as most people on here

85toyo · Sep 19, 2013

Assuming that the driver drop 60 is a ford HP, I would keep it because it is stronger than a LP chevy. Also the ford 205 has the larger 32 spline front output but the chevy case can be upgraded to match. What transmission are you using?

TBItoy · Sep 19, 2013

You got the tcase stuff backwards.

Ford 205s have 32 spline outputs front and rear. People swap the Ford front output into Chevy cases.

Running a HP60 Ford front axle and a Ford NP205 will be the strongest setup.

collinmaune · Sep 19, 2013

im running a 6.0 motor and a th400 trans

ridered3 · Sep 19, 2013

collinmaune said:
im running a 6.0 motor and a th400 trans

What are you running those in? Buggy, truggy, juggy? Also what tire size and type of wheeling do you do?

collinmaune · Sep 19, 2013

gonna run in a buggy and either 39s or 44 and not set on a type yet

Nuts · Sep 20, 2013

Sorry, this is kind of a thread derail but will the Ford 205 outputs swap into a dodge divorced 205?

collinmaune · Sep 20, 2013

ball joint hp 60 or king pin hp60 which would be the best route to go

snoball · Sep 20, 2013

King pin

TBItoy · Sep 20, 2013

Re: Re: Re: axle choices

collinmaune said:
ball joint hp 60 or king pin hp60 which would be the best route to go

93-97 ball joint

collinmaune · Sep 20, 2013

did a little more digging i can run a th400 and find a driver side drop transfer case out of a 88 or 89 chevy that had a 205 in it that would drop on the driver side with no adapter kits needed so i can run a hp60 to chevy 205 to th400 back to my 6.0 only needing a flexplate from advance adapters i have both a kingpin axle and a ball joint axle leaning more toward king pin with chromoly shafts but still undecided on the axles

95limitedzj · Sep 20, 2013

As far as I know chevrolet never made a drive drop 205. They went to Np208 in the 80's and later 241. If you have a round pattern ford 205 you can use the chevy th400 to 205 adapter and make the ford 205 work with all a little grinding. You will have to swap input shafts in the ford 205 from a 31 (ford) spline to a 32 (chevy) spline input..

bee513 · Sep 22, 2013

Re: Re: Re: axle choices

TBItoy said:
93-97 ball joint

??? why not king pin

TBItoy · Sep 22, 2013

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: axle choices

bee513 said:
??? why not king pin

No need for high steer on the ball joint knuckles with standard wheel hubs (pre Super Duty axles)

Knuckles and Cs hold up real well

I guess if you were going to buy nice aftermarket king pin knuckles/Cs/hi steer that would be better, but stock vs stock I'd rather have a mid 90s bj axle