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General Discussion \  1986 Winnebago Dually rear end with disc brakes.

1986 Winnebago Dually rear end with disc brakes.

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rat rod dually   +1y
Hello,

My name is Michael and I am wanting to build a dually rat rod and have been looking for a dually rear end that has disc brakes. I found one today in a junk yard in Alabama for 300.00 bucks. This particular rear end was out of an 86 Winnebago. It has 19.5" wheels and tires are in good shape. The lug pattern is 8 on 6.5. I was told this was a low milage vehicle with a 454 powering the power train. Does anyone know anything about such a rear end? Is this a good price?
Thanks.
someotherguy   +1y
Most likely it's a Dana 70, watch out, gonna have some TALLLLLL gears in it. Gearsets available for that rear would be 4.56, 4.88, 5.13, 5.86! If you're running tall tires (31" or better) it won't really matter, will give great take-off from a dead stop, but if you have short tires man you're gonna be spinning the shit out of your engine to go highway speed...especially if you have a non-overdrive transmission, you didn't mention what you're putting it in.

I'd say $300 for a strong dually rear with discs probably isn't a bad price, as long as it's going to work for what you need. Be sure the width is going to work out and find out what gearset is in it.

If it's a Dana rear (and it almost surely is) you can positively ID it from the bill of materials tag which can be in various spots depending on year and model; usually it's a metal tag attached to one of the cover bolts, but sometimes it's not a separate tag at all, and you're hunting on the axle tubes for stamped numbers that may be hard to read after all these years. Find the numbers and google up X510-9 and choose the link from Dana's site (usually the first search result) for the Dana/Spicer catalog, it also shows you different locations for the B.O.M. and has more info in it about Dana rears than you could ever imagine...

Richard
muskratt2   +1y
There are also 3:54 & 3:73 gears for that rear as well.
someotherguy   +1y
There may be those gears available for it, but didn't come in it, in those applications. Check the catalog.

Richard
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