06 axle swap and questions

kmanxj · Jul 2, 2014

OK so I got a couple days off work so I figured I'd dig into this. Got the bed off my 97 and am starting to look the 06 over closer. First thing that sucked was my great box on my 06 chassis has had a port on top open all spring so I'm sure its full of water and screwed!

Also I don't have the yoke for the read axle. Anybody know of or have one sitting around?

Next is I was under the impression the rear in these is a dana 60? There are no Dana markings like the front but there are ford markings.

Couple pics.

And a pic of the truck the day before I started.

rusty1161 · Jul 2, 2014

The rear axle is a Sterling 10.5".

Rusty

kmanxj · Jul 2, 2014

That makes more sense. Thanks

kmanxj · Jul 3, 2014

I am having serious troubles finding a yoke. I can find the threaded flat plate part but not the part that holds the u joint

Hotrodtractor · Jul 3, 2014

You mean this part?

Any driveline shop should easily be able to get you one of those.

kmanxj · Jul 3, 2014

Yes. I was actually searching for a yoke. That's called a flange, and yup I've found a couple. Thank you for the help.

rusty1161 · Jul 3, 2014

kmanxj said:
Yes. I was actually searching for a yoke. That's called a flange, and yup I've found a couple. Thank you for the help.

I just used a yoke from a 10.25" OBS axle when I swapped in my 10.5" axle.

Rusty

rusty1161 · Jul 3, 2014

Does this help in any way? http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/94...-05-axle-swap-novice-attempt.html#post2568057

Rusty

rusty1161 · Jul 3, 2014

Hotrodtractor said:
You mean this part?

Any driveline shop should easily be able to get you one of those.

That flange with an adapter u-joint should hook you up, right?

Rusty

kmanxj · Jul 5, 2014

rusty1161 said:
I just used a yoke from a 10.25" OBS axle when I swapped in my 10.5" axle.

Rusty

Really? How are 10.25 axles set up? Do you need to just torque to a certain spec or are there crush sleeves that need replacing? This seems like the best option, especially for my budget.

kmanxj · Jul 5, 2014

rusty1161 said:
Does this help in any way? http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/94...-05-axle-swap-novice-attempt.html#post2568057

Rusty

Yea I've read that about ten times lol. That's how I knew I needed the adaptor joint. But if I can just use the yoke off my 10.25 I'll be happy.

rusty1161 · Jul 5, 2014

That's how I have heard it's done. My 10.5 was rebuilt before I installed it, the yoke was added as part of the rebuild.

Rusty

Krause · Jul 8, 2014

kmanxj said:
Yea I've read that about ten times lol. That's how I knew I needed the adaptor joint. But if I can just use the yoke off my 10.25 I'll be happy.

You can use the yoke off the 10.25, but you might be careful about swapping it over. Could mess with the pinion seal and such....

kmanxj · Jul 8, 2014

I'll throw a new pinion seal on it. Be easy since these are crush sleeve axles.

FrankTheTank · Jul 9, 2014

The pinion yokes will swap right over, but like mentioned above they do have crush sleves. They are removed and replaced all the time but it's not the "right" thing to do. One torque per sleve, just making you aware

UNLESS... you doner axle is 2010.5+. All 10.25/10.50 axles use a 31 spline pinion shaft up to 2010.5 which it was upgraded to 37 spline

kmanxj · Jul 9, 2014

Kool! I'm going to give it a go. Thanks for the reply.

Krause · Jul 16, 2014

FrankTheTank said:
The pinion yokes will swap right over, but like mentioned above they do have crush sleves. They are removed and replaced all the time but it's not the "right" thing to do. One torque per sleve, just making you aware

UNLESS... you doner axle is 2010.5+. All 10.25/10.50 axles use a 31 spline pinion shaft up to 2010.5 which it was upgraded to 37 spline

That's a good piece of info, I suspect there will be more SD axle swaps from the later years starting to trickle in.