Dana 60 green bearings

[Luck]

Hi everyone
I have a dana 60 from a 69 b body and I'm switching it to disc brakes using the green bearings and the right stuff kit.

The project has been apart a while and i forgot a lot of stuff in the meanwhile. Well it's time to put the axles back in, and i have 1 question.

I don't know what it's called but it looks like a tophat, and it's about the size of a small bolt. (2x pieces) It goes directly in the center of the diff and looks to be part of the old style wheel bearing adjustment.

Do i need to put this back in or do i leave these little pieces out? Google is bringing up mixed answers.

I'm going to the garage shortly, I'll post a picture when im there but i know there's some experts here that won't need em.

Thanks in advance

 

[451Mopar]

With the green bearings, you don't use the adjuster.
What are you using for the E-brake cables on the Right Stuff kit?
I just put that kit on my '69 Coronet and the stock drum E-brake cables are about 2" too short.

 

[hopper]

I think it depends on which "green" bearing you have. This doesn't answer it definitively but does address the thrust block issue.-I would give Cass a call, to get the right answer.
http://www.doctordiff.com/blog/tech-info/why-green-bearings/

 

[Luck]

Thank you guys.

I'm going to leave them out, and also check to see I'm not preloading Anything.

As for the ebrake, I'm not sure what I'm going too use yet. It's going to be a hand lever pull setup from a junkyard with some home depot cable running to whatever the kit supplied. however i can make it work. I haven't really got that far yet.

 

[beanhead]

Yes leave the thrust spacer out

 

[451Mopar]

I think it depends on which "green" bearing you have. This doesn't answer it definitively but does address the thrust block issue.-I would give Cass a call, to get the right answer.
http://www.doctordiff.com/blog/tech-info/why-green-bearings/

On mine, I used the Green bearings with the snap ring and separate retainer plate, not the one piece green bearings.
I did use a 4" angle grinder to take a bit off the length of the axles.
The Right Stuff Rear disk brake kit comes with two equal length E-brake cables like used on '71+ B-Bodies and E-Bodies.
I used re-pop '69 E-Brake cable with a 2" spacer sleeve. I'll have to take a picture as it is really two tubes, an outer 2" long that the cable fits into (I think 9/16" 0.120 wall?) and a inner 1/2" tube that goes through the body mounting hole and extends so I can put a collar clamp on it to hold it in place. To hold the brake cable in the larger tube, I drilled a hole where the clip would normally for on the cable and installed a set screw. Just need to extend the threaded adjuster part of the front E-brake cable part.
Since your doing a custom hand brake setup, it will be easier to use the two equal length cables supplied, and just locate the frame mounting tabs the cables go through at the right location.

 

[Luck]

Both my bearings seem to have fit to the retaining clip Well luckily. The brake kit was super basic assembly overall.

It went together so easy I'm confident it's wrong. Thanks guys

 

[RJRENTON]

Gentlemen,
I'm not sure why the departure ftom the Mopar/Timken tapered roller bearings to the "GREEN" style of bearings. I believe the Green bearing is a roller bearing assembly. Tapered roller bearings are capable of both AXIAL and RADIAL loads while rotating. Green bearings provide RADIAL axle loads only....im not sure how the axial loads are handled. How is the Green bearing assembly retained (to control axial loads ) on the axle.
My question is to understand the differences between the two (cost, ease of assembly, ease of adjustment, and longevity ) NOT to start a war of words.
Bob Renton

 

[5.7 hemi]

I really don’t like the ferd 9 inch, but that rear is used in EVERYTHING! And guess what, it uses the green style bearing.

To answer the above question, I do not know the answer.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Gentlemen,
I'm not sure why the departure ftom the Mopar/Timken tapered roller bearings to the "GREEN" style of bearings. I believe the Green bearing is a roller bearing assembly. Tapered roller bearings are capable of both AXIAL and RADIAL loads while rotating. Green bearings provide RADIAL axle loads only....im not sure how the axial loads are handled. How is the Green bearing assembly retained (to control axial loads ) on the axle.
My question is to understand the differences between the two (cost, ease of assembly, ease of adjustment, and longevity ) NOT to start a war of words.
Bob Renton

Think some disc brake kit require them and only certain mfg's green bearings.

 

[RJRENTON]

To #9 & #10`With regard to the extensive use if the Ford 9" rear assembly, the Ford 9" assembly uses an additional pinion bearing (directly in front of the pinion gear teeth) for a total of 3 pinion bearings...the normal two bearings on the pinion stem plus the third bearing on the ring gear end of the pinion shaft. The purpose of this bearing is to control the bending or seperating forces between the pinion gear and ring gear ..... especially during high RPM hammer starts. Not sure about the outboard axle shaft bearings....tapered roller bearings or "Green" style
Bob Renton