Ironlung1948
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- Dec 30, 2018
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Hello everyone. I have been lurking for sometime on this site after purchasing a 67 ford bronco . I must say this community is quite active and very helpful so I thought I would post my question here .
I began to tear apart from front end for rebuilding and I cannot confirm with certainty what type of front differential I have. I initially thought it was a dana 30 however the cover has only 9 bolts where as the replacement dana 30 covers are all 10 bolts.
Also this truck has not been moved in years . After removing the front cover, the diff had no oil , dry and rusty and the ring and probably pinion are destroyed . I was planning on taking it to a machine shop to have it looked at but do you think a simple ring and pinion rebuilt from toms would be sufficient or does the whole shabang need to be replaced. ie lockers etc. ? ( or is that for rear diff only? )
sorry in advance if im not making any sense. outside of changing a tire i have never tinkered with a vehicle to be honest. The front end took me 3 weeks to remove but im learning!
please see pictures .
thank you
I began to tear apart from front end for rebuilding and I cannot confirm with certainty what type of front differential I have. I initially thought it was a dana 30 however the cover has only 9 bolts where as the replacement dana 30 covers are all 10 bolts.
Also this truck has not been moved in years . After removing the front cover, the diff had no oil , dry and rusty and the ring and probably pinion are destroyed . I was planning on taking it to a machine shop to have it looked at but do you think a simple ring and pinion rebuilt from toms would be sufficient or does the whole shabang need to be replaced. ie lockers etc. ? ( or is that for rear diff only? )
sorry in advance if im not making any sense. outside of changing a tire i have never tinkered with a vehicle to be honest. The front end took me 3 weeks to remove but im learning!
please see pictures .
thank you