I have a question to ask. I have a 77 ford f150 4x4. I want to keep the coils and swap in a dana 60. The problem is I have a 87 dana 60. I know it would be alot easier to get a 78-79 axle with the longer short side axle. So my question is has anyone done a swap with coils on one of these axles? Is it a total pain in the ass? Thanks

your going to need to build different mounts for your radius arms to attach to the housing, get creative

you can buy the axle wedges, I believe james duff sells them

you can buy the axle wedges, I believe james duff sells them

I know I would need the axle wedges. I was just hoping to see some pics or suggestions from some one that had done. Thanks

Buy a star & search...LOL...Or go here LOTS of info....


http://fullsizebronco.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=29

Blown...Its not all that hard...Just ALOT of measuring & Grinding of the Wedges... Believe me,Take the wedges & get them machined at a machine shop...Unless you have the time & equiptment to do it...

Only thing you need to worry about is the steering & from what Im told here the F-150/78 79 Bronco stuff will work....

My bad....You hate it there...I forgot.....

:confused: What happened to the coilovers, or the Combs K-S Nitro's ?..........diffrent truck ?

Buzz :jester:

buzz its a different truck. I'm just looking to throw together. I have all the parts to do it. 390 np435, 205 hi pinion 60 5.13 gears locked, 14 bolt detriot disk brakes, 44" swampers. Probably looking to do a 1/4 eliptic on the rear and coils in the front. Just something to have some fun in.

The linked and blown truck is still being put together. I scraped my old idea and I have started a tube frame for it. I'm looking to get some rockwells for it as well. And possibly some tractor tires.

Cool, hopefully 5 tons:D the 2.5's won't last long with a BB and or a heavy right foot.

:jester:

I'm going to try to run the 2.5 tons with the 2" shafts, and the super 8 conversion on them. I blew up my 514 engine in the truck so I building a new motor as we speak. I have the majority of the parts to put a full roller 545 cid stroker together. I will probably run that till funds become availiable for the blower motor.

I looked around on those links and did find some useful info. It looks like I will either have to build some custom mounts or 5 link it. Thanks for the imput fellas.

you cant mount wedges on a newer style housing , not enought room for it on the drivers side, I used a housing out of a 79 f350, plenty of room on the drivers side. Bronco graveyard has the wedges for around $70 I believe.

That is what I figured. I have not seen any pics of it done. I searched around but to no avail. SO that is why I started this thread to see if anybody had figured something out to use the radius arm. No biggy a 5 link will work just fine.

http://whiteknight.ca/FORUMS/index.php?showtopic=4394&st=270
Here is a few pics of my front done.