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08-21-2009, 02:01 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009
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 | axel swap I am looking at converting my 1985 f150 to a straight axel found a set of 1975 f250 highboy axels dana 44 front and a dana 60 rear was woundering about info on these axels ? |
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08-21-2009, 04:12 PM
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| Full Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: FARMINGTON,MO
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| I would steer clear of the high boy stuff, I dont know how the high boys got there good name but there actually quite junk, low pinion, big hub, hard to find parts for. you need to find a like a 78 or 79 half ton ford. that way you can stay with coil spring and the conversion stays a lot simpler. you just move the radius arm mounts back a little and fab a track bar bracket, the rest is pretty much a bolt together swap. if ya need pics i can give them to. hope this helps. |
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08-22-2009, 11:23 AM
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| thanks for the information looked at a 1978 front end will be a lot easier to convert over |
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08-22-2009, 04:48 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Columbus GA
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 | The big hub D44 is very tough to find parts for. My question is whay do you want to convert to a straight axle? With a little work a TTB can be a **** fine front end.
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08-28-2009, 12:29 PM
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| do some mudding an the axle housing always pack full of mud so usally have tro pull axels out to clean mud out . I have no complaints about it put a EZ lock in it and it showed up a couple trucks at last mud pit went to |
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08-28-2009, 12:47 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Columbus GA
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| I never had that problem when I took mine into the mud.
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