I'm wanting to Frankenstein a "heavy half" with a '98 1500 4x4. Was there anything more heavy duty than the 9.25 but still 5 lug? Don't want to mess with 2 spares.

Was there a SF D60 used at any point? Not opposed to trying to re-drill bolt patterns but not sure it'd be possible on a FF, stepping down to a 5.5 BC

 

The Off-Road Edition 1500 (2000-2001) Had a braced rear axle, but, think that's all your gonna find that is a direct swap. All the 2500/3500's were full floaters, and you just aren't going to be able to put a 5 lug pattern on those. Maybe something from an older truck, but, then you would be missing the rear wheel speed sensor.

 

it was a braced front axle

 

Didn't they put some on the rear as well? I seem to remember something about that......

 

To my knowledge (I'm not always right even though my girlfriend says I am ) it was just a plain 9.25

 

You could use a Dana 60 and convert the flanges to accept 5 bolt car axles. This is done with folks that use Dana 60 rears in race cars quite regularly.

 

Ok thank you all for the replies