All Dana 60 housings are marked with a "Bill of Materials" number and a date code (Figure 2). BoM numbers are found on the back of the right axle tube, 2-3 inches outboard of the center section. All Dana 60 differentials are also marked with a date code. The 'font' for these stampings is a sans serif style and the characters are about 1/8" high. Particularly for the axle tubes, the stampings are faint, so it is important to clean the area well and to visualize them in good light. The BoM number is a 6-digit number with a one or two digit suffix separated by a dash: XXXXXX- X. Date codes are found on both housing and differential and are formatted MM DD Y. Date codes are found inboard of the BoM number on the housing, and on the side of the cylindrical part of the differential. The year code on housings is always one digit and on differentials can be two digits. Housing date codes are followed by a letter (A, B, or C) which may indicate the work shift or factory line. Some differential stampings also show this letter suffix. Zeros are not used in month and day codes. Wide variation in spacing of the components of the date code is seen, and it is not unheard of to see two date codes stamped into a housing, one above the other. These two date codes are usually within a few weeks of one another.
Bill of Materials Numbers:
68-69 B body 3.54 Powr-Lok 602957-1, -2, -3, -4
4.10 Powr-Lok 602957-5, -6
69.5-72 B body 3.54 Powr-Lok 603109-1, -2
4.10 Powr-Lok 603109-3, -5
4.56 Powr-Lok 603109-6, -7, -8
70-72 B body 3.54 Trac-Lok 603222-1, -2
4.10 Trac-Lok 603222-3
4.56 Trac-Lok 603222-4
75-77 B body 5.13 Powr-Lok 603347-2
5.38 Powr-Lok 603347-1
69-71 E body 3.54 Powr-Lok 603080-1, -2, -4
4.10 Powr-Lok 603080-3, -5
4.56 Powr-Lok 603080-6, -7
70-72 E body 3.54 Trac-Lok 603226-1, -2
4.10 Trac-Lok 603226-4
74 E body 5.38 Powr-Lok 603425-1
77-78 Retail 4.10 Trac-Lok 603831-1
Maint.
67-70 D200/W200 Std 602423
68.5-70 D200/W200 Std, Powr-Lok 602010
69.5-72 D200/W200 Std, Powr-Lok, Trac-Lok 603016
71.5-75 D200/W200 Std, Trac-Lok 603236
76 D200/W200 Std, Trac-Lok 603769
77 D200/W200 Std, Trac-Lok 603775
78 D200/W200 Std, Trac-Lok 603892
71-75 D200/W200HD Std, Trac-Lok 603237
76-78 D200/W200HD Std, Trac-Lok 603647
70-71 B300/M300 Std, Powr-Lok, Trac-Lok 603160
71.5-74 B300/M300 Std, Trac-Lok 603313
74.5-75 B300/M300 Std, Trac-Lok 603516
76 B300/M300 Std, Trac-Lok 603645
76.5 B300/M300 Std, Trac-Lok 603768
77-78 B300/M300 Std, Trac-Lok 603774
78 B300 Maxi Std 603832