Dana 60, too much end play?

[Red_Rocket_1965]

Hey there-

I have a Dana 60 with 4.10 gear and 38 spline axles. I did not install this axle it was already installed when the car was purchased. I noticed that there is a good 1/2” of play in and out when I pull on the axle. I though the brake assembly was the only thing holding it in so I removed the brake assembly and it still has the play but won’t come out. I am not super experience working on axles but I assume there is a c clip holding it in?

There is no play at all on the other side. Any thoughts or tips before I start cracking it all open?

 

[pnora]

Dana 60 does not have a c-clip. Post a picture of the cover.

 

[pnora]

Weird caliper mounting. Dust shield laying on the floor? Housing has a rib where the should be a flat for a pinion snubber. Possible Ford 8.8?

 

[khryslerkid]

OP does have a tubbed '65

 

[Red_Rocket_1965]

It has Ford/Lincoln rear brakes

 

[RemCharger]

The caliper bracket must be the bearing retainer, so remove the nuts and pull the axle. See what kind of bearings it has.

 

[Red_Rocket_1965]

You do not have a Dana 60, look at the nuts behind the flange, and the end of the axle shaft. Dead give aways that is is not a Dana 60

got a photo of the cover?

 

[Red_Rocket_1965]

Shot of cover, excuse the grime back here it’s got some years on it since it was restored…and it has that undercoating junk everywhere

 

[hunt2elk]

Regardless of what rear end you have, 1/2" endplay is not good.

 

[Jerry Hall]

Disc brakes need 0 end play. I have one car with rear disc brakes and I had to install "green bearing " to get rid of weird scrubbing sounds from the rear.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Does it have a machined surface for pinion snubber. There should be a 60 or a 70 cast in to tell which size ring gear is.

 

[Red_Rocket_1965]

Yes it has the 60 but no pinion snubber

 

[33 IMP]

Narrowed truck rearend with unknown ends. It will need "green" bearings if mopar ends, Ford bearings with Ford ends. No c-clip. Discs need to have NO endplay.
Also I doubt they are 38 spline axles. Common are 23, 30, 35, and 40. Truck axles are usually 30, I'm betting that's what you have.

 

[fourgearsavoy]

I agree it probably has late big Ford ends and Lincoln brakes. Possible your bearing moved on the shaft from a split collar. If it were mine I would pull the current brakes and install another setup on it. Plenty of aftermarket deals for The big Ford bearings.

Gus

 

[dvw]

My bet is the split coller holding the axle bearing on the shaft is loose or missing. The axle bearing has slid part way off the shaft.
Doug

 

[Red_Rocket_1965]

Thanks for the brainstorming....I'm going to take it in to an axle shop near me and see what they say. Hopefully something relatively simple to fix....

 

[446acuda]

Hey there-

I have a Dana 60 with 4.10 gear and 38 spline axles. I did not install this axle it was already installed when the car was purchased. I noticed that there is a good 1/2” of play in and out when I pull on the axle. I though the brake assembly was the only thing holding it in so I removed the brake assembly and it still has the play but won’t come out. I am not super experience working on axles but I assume there is a c clip holding it in?

There is no play at all on the other side. Any thoughts or tips before I start cracking it all open?

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Those brakes are from a 9" Ford disc brake '75-'80 Lincoln Versailles/Granada Ghia/Monarch ESS if it's a 4.5" wheel bolt pattern or full size Lincoln if 5" pattern. The housing end uses the common 3.15" sealed bearing and all axles on these rears were 28-spline so these must have been shortened and resplined to 30 spline (given the axle diameter, that is the most likely spline to match a common Dana spline) since the axles look like stock Ford parts. The parking brake is built into the caliper and the rotors are directional. Parts are hard to find these days for this once popular setup.