I have noticed a handfull of pictures on here of leafed XJ's running Ford d44 axles up front. I see that most are running a long drag link, with an off center mounted tie rod up to the pitman arm. What application do these come from? I never was a big Ford man, but my axles, 78 f-250, has a short link from the pitman arm, back to a highmount, than a solid drag link to the left front.

The style your talking about is an "inverted T" style, that was used on the F150 D44s, the F250s used a diffrent setup.

OK here is the big one. Will the f150 setup work on the 250 style 44 housing?

I would build the linkages myself if I was you. se chevy one ton TRE's and some dom tubing. Ream out you knuckles. I may have a write up on here under my name. If not I can get you the info but I know it's been covered. I have some info in this link. http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=600900&page=2

u can use 79 ford steering. Thats the application i used when i went to autozone to buy steering pieces one time. Then i upgraded to chevy 1 ton stuff.... But then again this was with coils, so i dont know about having the leafs in the way? Hi steer....

Did you read the TOTM on XJ leaf swaps?
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=720309

Here are the part numbers for the 1ton TREs
If you need a larger taped hole in you knuckles just ream them larger.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8873629&postcount=12

Thnaks for all. I read the TOTM, and thats what I have in mind. I noticed the steering setups used looked pretty simple, compared to the BS that was on this f-250. Thanks again for the links, it should help me out.