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Originally Posted by Phily
It was 98 that I saw the outer wheel spindle that looked exactly like the 3500's. I assumed the 3500's were full D-80's and so was the odd ball 2500's that had the same spindles. I wondered why the D70 and D80 could hold the same lunch box lockers. So the axle shafts are actually D-70 axles, but 35 spline.
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That's right the axles are 1.5 inch 35 spline which were also used in Dana 70's. Ford also used the same size axles from 1998 to 2003. Other than that Ford and GM (1992 to 2005) used 1.60 37 spline axles in their Dana 80's. Some had 8 lugs and some had 10.
One of the misconceptions is that the axles used in second gen. Dodges are the same as the axles used in the Dana 80 hybrid. Our trucks with Dana 70 rears are actually Dana 70U's. They have a smaller 1.41 inch 32 spline axle than a standard Dana 70. They also have smaller pinion bearings.
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2000 3500 4x4, auto 4.10,BHAF, 4" MBRP, Power Puck, Converted to SRW, Walbro, DiPricol FP, PSC DSS, triple disk, billet trans