Griff in Fairbanks wrote:
StingrayL82 wrote:
The other option, and I don't know if it would work, is to swap out the Dodge axle shafts for the GM axle shafts. Correct me if I'm wrong, which is quite possible, but didn't GM use Dana 70 axles as well?
Purty much nope on swapping GM axles for Dana 70 axles, plus I love Dana 70 rear axles as manufactured...
I must not have made myself clear. I didn’t mean to swap in a GM axle for the Dana 70, I meant find a GM Dana 70, take the axle shafts out of it and transplant them into the Dodge Dana 70. That way you can use the GM 8-bolt wheels, without having to machine them.
After researching, I confirmed that, yes, GM did use the Dana 70 in their trucks, so as long as you’re getting axle shafts with the same pinion spline (29, 32, or 35) and the correct offset (1/2”, 5/8” or 31/32”) as what you’re pulling out of the Dodge Dana 70, I see no reason why it wouldn’t work.
