Front/Steering Axles

At Diamond Axles, we concentrate on having a multitude of options available for your front axle needs. We can build your axle with a variety of tubing diameters and thicknesses to suit weight, tire size, and strength requirements your vehicle has. Below you'll find many of the options available to you for center sections and outers, allowing you to combine them in any way to form a complete axle assembly.

Centers

Toyota: 8", 8" E-Locker, 8.4"/T100, FJ40/60/80 9.5", 10.5" Tundra
Ford: 9"
Nissan: 9.38 h233b
14 Bolt drop out 3rd from Solid
14 Bolt drop out for Super 14 or Torq

Outers

Toyota (birfield based) - 6 lug
Dana 44 balljoint - 5, 6, or 8 lug
Dana 60 King Pin - 5, 6, or 8 lug

Any Spline count, some common ones for us are:

27 spline Toyota
30 spline Toyota
32 spline Toyota
36 spline Toyota
31, 33, 35 spline Ford
30 spline 14b
35 spline Dana 60
37 spline Dana 80
40 spline
31, 33 spline Nissan

All of Diamond Axle's front axles are only available with disk brakes.

Something New in Toyota Front Axles:

We hate leaking axles. To eliminate the issue of leaking knuckles on toyota front axles, we are now including new seals next to the 3rd member. These seals ride on 30 spline Longfield shafts or our 27 spline inners and keep the gear oil from getting to the stock problematic knuckle seal. They fit tighter, and with a larger lip. The backside, what you can't see, guides the inner shaft into the differential so assembly is VERY easy, even on the long side!.

New Option - Big Fill/Inspection Cap:

Allows easy filling of the diff by simply pouring in gear oil. Also, (as shown below) removal of the cap allows for easy view of the ring gear without disassembly. This way ring gears found with chipping can be replaced prior to complete failure.

Toyota Front Housing:

Fabricated center, providing 3/4"+ extra ground clearance
1" thick solid steering stops
3rd Member mounting hardware
Breather
Magnetic fill plug and gasket

9" Center, Dana 60 Outer Steer Housing:

Fabricated center, providing 3/4"+ extra ground clearance
Dedenbear C's installed
Spicer axle shaft seals
ARP and grade 8 3rd member mounting hardware
Breather

Redesigned knuckle ball gussets! Modification to Toyota Front Housings for greater knuckle ball strength. At time of build, we can add these gussets to your knuckle balls. This greatly increases the strength of the necked down area of the knuckle balls, preventing damage due to jumping and extremely hard rock crawling.

These new gussets not only brace top to bottom, but because of the unique shape on the bottom gusset, add support front to back as well! These new gussets can be added to your axle housing to prevent any damage to the knuckle balls, for years of trouble free service in extreme conditions!

New: Machined Knuckle Balls. Only available on Diamond Axle housings.

Example Builds:

9"/60 Hybrid

Passenger Drop
Kingpin Knuckles

Toyota/Dana 60

Toyota 8" Center
Ball Joint Dana 60 Knuckles
62" Wide

Toyota Center, Toyota Outers

Driver's Side Drop
High Pinion Differential with ARB
Vented Brakes
4 Piston Calipers
ARP Hub and Knuckle Studs
1.25" 1/4" Wall DOM Steering Links
30 Spline Chrome-Moly Inner and Outer Shafts, RCV Brand
Completely Assembled