Ram CAD D60 hub swap advice

shelby27604

shelby27604

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Looks like a Ram with a D60 and unit bearings is in my future. Looking for a guide for swapping on ford parts to put manual hubs. Did some searching and people are all over the place.

Can you use TTB D50 parts? (some say the camber is wrong)
Can you use the double piston calipers from the Ford? (is so, any need to swap master cylinders)

This will mostly be a tow rig, so reliability and driveability are most important.
 
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I looked at that one (must have been on my phone.....didn't realize it was 28 pages long!).

The first couple pages is where people bounce around the idea of TTB parts...but no definitive answer was given. I will try to burn through that thread and see what answers I can get.
 
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From all my research you can use the spindle and hubs from a ttb 50. The spindle bore is the same as a dodge 60 unit bearing bore so you just drill new holes install the spindle and hub use 7879 ford front rotors to retain the stock dodge brakes. You'll need ford d60 outer shafts because the ujoints on the ttb outers dont match the dodge inners. I haven't actually done it yet I've just got all the parts to do it on my dodge to get lock out hubs so I would confirm this info with someone who has done it.
 
99-04 Super Duty outers (knuckles out) will bolt on to the Dodge BJ 60. Better brakes than previous version but would have to get the unit bearings machined for 8x6.5

Personally though I wouldn't touch it. Unit bearings are dumb simple and clean to service vs a standard tapered roller bearing set up.
 
Another vote to leave alone. I had 120k miles on my factory D60 unit bearings and only changed them out to be able to fit the front dually spacers. @Chris_Keziah can attest better in how they looked when removed
 
I ran my oem ones till it came apart on the road I had 300k on the clock but it was all highway on stock tires the first 250k the one that came apart I could look into the guts of it they use pretty large bearings
 
Any opinions on the CAD system, if I am keeping the unit bearings, should I keep the vac. actuated CAD or switch it to a cable operated?
 
If it ain't broke, don't worry about it.
 
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