I've bad ideas. Front Dana 60

[Jimmy68]

Ok. I finally got D60's for front and rear. $300 for the pair. 1998's. I have a Ford 60 and pulled it apart. Year.. I can't remember off hand. It's a leaf sprung one.
Anyway, knuckles fit my Dodge 60 so I'm going to start swapping parts to get the Ford stuff on and have locking hubs. Dual piston brakes. Etc.
Thinking maybe while it's apart to install new seals I'm going to see if the Ford spiders fit the Dodge, don't see why not, and maybe use the Ford axles as they are bigger. But I just thought that maybe they are the wrong length. Never mind.
Question is what am I going to do about steering? Dodge has way smaller joints. F350 steering I guess? Any ideas?
Will be flipping the CAD to lock the axle.

 

[jlbayes]

Head to pirate 4x4. They have a thread dedicated to this.

 

[dapepper9]

^^that. You'll find much better information regarding the specifics of these axles there.

Somebody there will probably even buy the ford 60 for a good chunk if you're willing because of the high pinion.

 

[goodtodoo]

Those dana 60 HP king pin diffs go for a $1000 and up around here.

 

[jlbayes]

That is the beauty of this swap. You want the ball joint axle parts.