Fordyce Axle & Fabrication

If anyone wants a set of 1-tons for their rigs, we have a number of sets of high-pinion, front Dana-60's with matching Sterling 10.5's from Ford Super Dutys on their way here. These have a 8 x 170mm lug pattern. We are tooling up to be able to convert them to any lug pattern desired. The high-pinion Dana-60's are much stronger, as they run on the stronger, drive side of the gears. They also get your driveline further up out of harm's way. The HD unit bearings are incredibly... stout, especially compared to the Jeep versions, which is why companies like Dynatrac and Spidertrax are using them on their custom axles. If you opt to swap in newer unit bearings with tone rings, your JK's front wheel speed sensors can be made to work with them. We can narrow these to any width desired and install any gear ratio, lockers and/or locking hubs so you can disengage them for free-wheeling, improved mileage on the road; install 35-spline outer chromoly shafts, new brackets, or just about anything you want so you (or we) can swap them into your rig easily. All of the front Dana 60's are missing their axle shafts, as they were scavenged before we bought them, but we can get replacements at our wholesale cost (we sell all parts at wholesale with no dealer markup. The rears have 35-spline, 1.5" axle shafts and 10.5" ring gears (the same as a 14-bolt or Dana-70). I believe that most still have disk brakes on them, but I'll have to check. The price for a front and rear pair of these axles before we advertise them is $1,000 per pair. This is a steal, as the front 60's often cost $1,200 alone. We also have a number of 14-bolt rear ends available. These are one of our favorite rear axles due to their stout size, 1.5" axle shafts and third pinion (straddle) bearing that helps prevent gear deflection under heavy loads. These have an 8 x 6.5" lug pattern. We can shave these without machining the ring gear for approximately 1" more ground clearance than a rear Dana-60. These are complete with axle shafts. We can also make them any width you want, convert them to disk brakes, install any gear ratio, lockers, or brackets that you need to make these fit your vehicle. We can also convert these to front axles if you need an incredibly strong front axle. Price before we advertise them is $300 each. Please contact us to order your set. We can be reached here on Facebook, by email at [email protected], or by text or phone at (530) 300-8000 (we get terrible reception in the shop, so please leave a message or text). Free local pickup in Cottonwood, CA, or we can ship freight at your expense. Thanks! Kevin

We've been so busy that I've neglected putting up any pics for a while (not that we're complaining about being busy). Here are some pics of Shawn Plummer's Jeep. Shawn is a Fire Fighter for the City of Redding and a volunteer for Cottonwood. Despite him being a fireman (cop/fireman joke), he quickly went from being a customer to a good friend. He is brand new to wheeling, so I'm hoping he'll meet some locals and club members and get some trail miles under his saddle. Shawn...'s Jeep started as a bone-stock, 1997, Jeep TJ Sport. We built a custom Ford 8.8 rear axle complete with disk brakes, an Artek truss and HD brackets, 4.56 gears with new bearings and seals, made the TJ's emergency brake work with the new axle and re-routed the exhaust. We also re-geared the front axle, added all new bearings and seals, replaced a worn unit bearing, and replaced the thin, stock steering linkage with the incredibly-strong Currie Curectlink steering linkage. Shawn had a new Rough Country lift kit that we installed as well. RC is not our favorite brand and like usual, we encountered some obstacles (like the front and rear springs having over 2" different lift), but we worked things out and it now sits and handles great. "530 Tire" in Anderson installed 15" black steel ProComp wheels and 35" Cooper STT Pro Tires at a great price. We've run Cooper STT's for years on two of our personal rigs and we've always liked their long-wearing characteristics and affordable price. We were really blown away with the new tread pattern as it is similar to the Pitbull Rockers. I read in JP that Cooper increased the strength of the side walls too this year. Shawn's future plans are to replace his steering box, upgrade his brake booster, add rocker guards, bumpers and a tire swing; and if we can talk him into it, a family cage and lockers. .Please help us welcome Shawn to the world of wheeling. He is a super nice guy who has the wheeling bug badly. See more

Thanks for all the new likes. If anyone wants stickers, tell us where to send them and we'll get them on their way. Thanks again! -Kevin & Tasha