SO I FOUND A FRONT END DANA 60 WITH 4.88 GEARS. mY QUESTION IS IF I GO AHEAD AND GET THAT WITH THOES GEARS WOULD IT BE A BAD IDEA TO JUST PUT NEW 4.88 GEARS IN THE BACK DANA 44 AXEL TO MATCH THE FRONT GEARS AND JUST RUN IT LIKE THAT?
AND IF THAT WOULD WORK WHEN I GET A BACK DANA 60 COULD I SWITCH THE 4.88 GEARS FROM THE 44 TO THE 60 AXEL?

 

Your front axle is currently a dana 44, your rear axle is a corporate 9.25. The D60 front will be eight lug wheels..... gears will not swap between the 44 and the 60, and they certainly won't swap between the 9.25 and 60.

 

Its a 6 lug. So could i put the 60 on the front and keep the stock one in the back just until i get my other 60? Or would it be a better idea to just wait till i have both of them

 

What is your D60 out of? Dodge D60's are 8 lug...
If you have the same gears in both axles it will be fine, just have to run different rims on the front than the back. If it were me, id wait

 

He said it was out of a dodge and it was. A 6 lug but he was also in a hurry I think he was at work or something he could have got mistaken but I can't fit the 4.88 gears in the stock back axel I have right now?

 

I can't remember if 4.56 or 4.88 is the deepest gears that can fit in a Chrysler 9.25, someone who knows will chime in, hopefully

 

I had thought you could go up to 5.13s in the 9.25.... but, lowest I can find now is 4.56......

 

4.88 is the largest you can go in the 9.25".

Found here for the 01. Different r&p for 00 and older.


From earlier in the thread to clarify, do not run different set of gear ratio b/t front and back. If you do put that front d60 w/ 4.56, then take out the front driveshaft....

No the r&p do not swap between the axles as they are different axles.

Lastly, putting in a set of gears also requires a master install kit. Shop rates vary for installation due to experience, special tools, and their attitude at the time of the quote. There are some axles that are just plain PITA to work while others are a dream...literally.

 

Some 1960's dodge Dana 60 axles were 6 lugs. Did he say it was from a 2nd gen?

On the other hand, when I went to buy my '72 the guy had told me it had 6 lug axles, even though I knew it had 8's... Which it did. So your seller may just be mistaken.

 

So if I get the dana 60 for the front with the 4.88 gears and have then 9.25 in the back it will be fine for now as long as I take out the front driveshaft?
2x1972
No he just said it was out of a dodge and it was 6 lug