Full floating axle help

Hey there, new guy here.

I’m working on a mud buggy that someone else half built and lost intrest and then I bought it. So I don’t know exactly what parts are from where or what.

Im still learning about axle/rear end stuff so please bear with me, if I get anything wrong.

I have (what I belive to be) a full floating Dana 60 axle with no axle shafts in it. That bolt on from the outside

Can anybody help me figure out what I need to look at to order the shafts. As in, how to tell what splines I need and are they different for different years or if it was off a certain truck?

Also what fluid should be in it?

Thank you to anybody who takes the time to read.

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[Richard KirshyParticipant]

My suggestion would be to inspect the rear for a P/N tag or stamping.
Might also open the Diff cover and see if you can locate any #’s from the diff.
From there you can search for companies that supply components for your Dana.

[Nick DeanParticipant]

Hey, thanks for the reply.

I have searched the outside all over and couldn’t find a single number.
I opened the diff cover today and found some numbers on the ring gear. I have no clue what any of it means. Google didn’t help all that much.
It says 9 24 74 Dana 30360A A3D7X 41-10

All that a could find on google is that its a 4 10 gear ratio from the 41-10. The only other thing I could think of is maybe the first 3 numbers were a date. Any chance that any of those numbers tell me what spline shafts I need?

Any help is greatly appreciated

[Richard KirshyParticipant]

All I can suggest is to contact a shop / supplier who deal in Dana and give them the P/N’s you found.
They may be able to cross match the splines required.

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