what year did dodge use a dana 60 front axle with NO CAD system and 32 spline shafts? my dads 02 has a dana 60 under the front end and someone welded all the mounts and brackets to it and it looks really good but the bearings went out in it and it made the truck undrivable until we pulled the axle shafts out, it has 32spline shafts and a locker or something because the pinion bearing went out and froze the pinion and ring up and it would let the front tires spin at all, which shouldnt happen if it was an open diff right?

 

coreect if it were an open diff the tires would still spin if the pinion didnt

 

doesnt it make it a pain the *** to steer with front end locked together even if your not using 4x4?

 

yes imagine in a normal truck with the hubs still locked but no pwer to the front end when you turn it still hops same in your case

 

thats what i thought

 

Mid year 02 is when they started using the noncad axles. My 02 is noncad also.

 

hum that makes sence and did they switch over to the 32spline shafts also?-kazairl

 

I believe so. I had my axles pulled out not that long ago but I never checked to see how many splines it had. Most info I have read indicates they switched to the 32 spline at the same time.

 

cool, thanks for the info, i counted the splines and it is a 32 spline shaft, and the other two axles i have pulled apart from older dodges have 30 spline shafts