Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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The clutch brake does not engage until the pedal is to the floor, if you press clutch brake to the floor while moving you will not have a clutch brake anymore, lol. And without a clutch brake it’s going to be a long day trying to get it into gear from a stop. Have you ever been at a light and hear a big rig grinding the transmission trying to get it into gear. Yep he smoked his clutch brake and he’s not happy. If your a good driver you will likely never stop. You adjust your speed to catch the lights, take what traffic or lights gives you. Driving a truck made me a much better driver.
I used to cut off at least 3-4 per year with ears broken off. You would be surprised how high some guys have their clutch brakes adjusted from the floor. Guaranteed a couple guys who only drive trucks at harvest time are going to break one before the cutting is done every year. Not to many over the road trucks coming in for that. They usually just needed an adjustments or a fiber.
 
They most certainly are. First one look like someone tried to re-tube it, maybe to narrow it, and didn't put enough tube in the center section to support it. The welding on the bracket is masterful. I am not sure the second pic is a 60. I do know I would not blame the axle when some rusty ass gears come poking through the housing.
 
They most certainly are. First one look like someone tried to re-tube it, maybe to narrow it, and didn't put enough tube in the center section to support it. The welding on the bracket is masterful. I am not sure the second pic is a 60. I do know I would not blame the axle when some rusty ass gears come poking through the housing.
Definitely a Dana 60 with a broken pinion gear. The bright orange rust means absolutely nothing as far as strength, it just means someone went off roading through water and didn't change the fluid when they got home. If the rust was black or the gears were pitted that would be a different story. There is a reason no one runs Dana axles in any serious drag racing anymore, the all run 9" type axles because they are so much stronger. I am a MOPAR guy and it pains me to admit that. I would rather run a Chrysler 8 3/4" than a Dana. Shit even the brand new Drag Pack Challengers are running 9" rear ends and Chevy Turbo 400 transmissions.

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Definitely a Dana 60 with a broken pinion gear. The bright orange rust means absolutely nothing as far as strength, it just means someone went off roading through water and didn't change the fluid when they got home. If the rust was black or the gears were pitted that would be a different story. There is a reason no one runs Dana axles in any serious drag racing anymore, the all run 9" type axles because they are so much stronger. I am a MOPAR guy and it pains me to admit that. I would rather run a Chrysler 8 3/4" than a Dana. Shit even the brand new Drag Pack Challengers are running 9" rear ends and Chevy Turbo 400 transmissions.

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The rust means there is rust inside which is not good. Many many different ways that could have helped it break. I have flogged mine with 38s and 300+ horsepower for enough time, and wheeled with enough people who use 30s, 44s, 60s, 70s, 10, 12 and 14 bolts, 9" and totyota axels with alloy shafts, to figure if someone broke the head off the pinion gear with those little tires, they did something.

The reason they don't run 60s in racing is weight and gear set up. The 60 is stronger than a 9" {9.75" ring gear vs 9"}. But with a 9" you just drop the center section for a gear change. The 9" is also easier to set up, since it doesn't use shims like the dana/spicer axles and it can be easily moved to the bench for set up.

"Drag racing" they use a handful of different rear ends.



These are pretty cool also. I know this guy. I haven't talked to or wheeled with them in a long time, so I don't know the status off his business making and selling them. But they were a big deal in the off road/rock buggy racing community when he made the first one because you could drop the center section on a 60, like a 9".
 
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