Dana 60 vs Ford 9"

Guitar Jones said
DBrown, if you buy everything new it just plain costs more to build a 9 inch than a Dana, look it up. As for factory N cases and whatever, glad you found some, you can't find anything like that around here. Also those are the ONLY good factory cases and like I said they are scarce in many parts of the country. Even still the aftermarket stuff is better than they are by a bunch. If you are using crappy factory stuff you might just as well use an 8 3/4, it's probably stronger.

I think I'll just move this down a bit for reference of course.

Ok, lets say you have a 9 inch housing and a Dana housing.

9 Inch-

A nodular iron center with spool and gears ready to bolt in, costs $1295-$1355 through Moser. Add the price of Axels from Moser $315 and wheel bearings and 1/2 in. studs, $100. $1750-$1810 bare minumum for a reliable 9in. not including housing work, narrowing, bracing and such.

Dana 60-

Axels $315 wheel bearings $100. Spool, $210. Ring and pinion using street gears in both, $190 for 4.88's. Set-up kit $120. $935 bare minumum to fill a Dana housing.

9-in.- $1750-$1810

Dana 60- $935

Roughly twice the cost.

This doesn't include the cost of yokes and housing ends but those are the same for each and all prices are straight for Moser's website.