dana 70 help

[moparman440]

first this is what happend he came home and the wheel and drum was about 6 inches out from the axle

then we figured out that he lost a bering but we cant figure out why because its a full floater

and now evey thing in there is all melted to gether so can i get some help on why mabey it was causes and what we can do to fix it

[712edf]

70 front or rear? I'm trying to get a picture in my head.

Bucky

[moparman440]

rear dana 70 pasenger side bering failure

i think it has some thing to do with that nut

[FredM]

could be that the lock tab between the two nuts on the spindle were not used.
that allows the hub to move around if the nuts loosen up, or they could have been adjusted too tight.

I lost the bearings on the left side in my 70 W-300
I figure that several hundred thousand miles and lots of weight caught up to me,
and of course years of time.

mine went with a ton and a half of hay on the pickup
everything broke a mile from the house, it gave up when the axle broke off
thought I could get it home on it's own power, but nooooo

[712edf]

Time to upgrade!

Where's the beef? Right here!

Rockwell 6.8 ratio
17,000# capacity

Bucky

[caseman]

first this is what happend he came home and the wheel and drum was about 6 inches out from the axle

then we figured out that he lost a bering but we cant figure out why because its a full floater

and now evey thing in there is all melted to gether so can i get some help on why mabey it was causes and what we can do to fix it

I might help if we know the year of your truck,as far as help finding parts &is it 4X4 and Gear ratio [only if you need another rear end ] .!!!

[FredM]

Time to upgrade!


Rockwell 6.8 ratio
17,000# capacity

Bucky

I've got a couple of those rears and it's hard to get the 61 D-500 over 55mph,
would not be too bad if you had 50" tires,
but then it would need atleast a 440 for power.

[moparman440]

actuly tthis happend to a ford not my truck

it was my dads 4x4 van with a dana 70 so i guess we can all laugh at him for owning a ford
just kidding i like all makes, just dodge a whole lot more

so the spindle pretty buggerd up but we think we can fix it the nut and inner bearing race are melted to gether and then melted to the spindle
so we going to heat it up and try to get the nut off and then chase the treads out.

so thats the game plan.