1988 Ford SAS - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

sumdumunky · 07-24-2012, 06:57 PM

Beginning:

TTB Lift kit installed, shackle reversal in the rear:

Donor truck:

Extended radius arms:

Drop radius arm mounts:

Used the TTB lift springs and welded a bolt to the lower spring cup

Boggers back on:

Made the '88 steering work for a while, but it was pretty loose:

Modified the steering out of a '78 to make it fit better and it drives SMOOTH now:

crawlwalkcrawl0331 · 07-24-2012, 08:24 PM

soooooooo glad you changed that horrible steering setup.

pretty strait forward axle swap not to fancy but it will work. i would stock up on spare axle shafts. they are not going to last long with a heavy truck and boggers.

but just a heads up some people might put the drop radius arm mounts in the fail thread. and i hope you welded that bolt on real well

BennyBooster · 07-24-2012, 09:21 PM

WTH is up with your coilsprings in the last photo?

nkldrgr · 07-24-2012, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BennyBooster

WTH is up with your coilsprings in the last photo?

Guessing stock length pan-hard rod (or wrong length). Both springs will bow a bit and people build "shim" kits to fix that. All his bow is on one side.

If you buy a cheap taper tool, you can retaper the knuckles and put the tie rod on top. It WILL work even better.

sumdumunky · 07-25-2012, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by crawlwalkcrawl0331

but just a heads up some people might put the drop radius arm mounts in the fail thread. and i hope you welded that bolt on real well

They were actually the stock mounting brackets off of the 88. I just moved them back and welded the piss out of them AND bolted them

I actually took the bolt and cut the head off, drilled into the dish and a short ways into the top of the radius arms, then threaded the bolts about 3 threads in and then welded it so I'm PRETTY sure I'm good on that one.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BennyBooster

WTH is up with your coilsprings in the last photo?

Actually, the frame is bent outward on that side... The ttb axle was not centered because of it. When I installed the solid axle I centered the axle and now the frame rail is over a little further than I wanted it to be. I'm working on a solution to it, just haven't come up with one quite yet...

82F100SWB · 07-26-2012, 09:28 AM

I hope you are very confident in that bolts attachment, I have seen that exact setup fail spectacularly after a couple bad bounces on the trail

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sumdumunky · 07-26-2012, 09:24 PM

I have been on many-a-trail since and haven't run into a problem. Thanks for the info, though, I'll look forward to it on other threads

trusted_expert · 07-26-2012, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nkldrgr

Guessing stock length pan-hard rod (or wrong length). Both springs will bow a bit and people build "shim" kits to fix that. All his bow is on one side.

If you buy a cheap taper tool, you can retaper the knuckles and put the tie rod on top. It WILL work even better.

taper tool? you mean a ream?

nkldrgr · 07-27-2012, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trusted_expert

taper tool? you mean a ream?

Yes

br0nc0xrapt0r · 07-27-2012, 06:00 PM

So you raped a 70's ferd to SAS an 88?

sumdumunky · 07-28-2012, 08:22 AM

Actually no, the 76 ford went to a buddy who is putting it on rockwells...

br0nc0xrapt0r · 07-28-2012, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sumdumunky

Actually no, the 76 ford went to a buddy who is putting it on rockwells...

I stand corrected!

Midget28 · 07-28-2012, 03:58 PM

Nice on the saving parts and not trashing a good old ford. Id ditch the ttb springs though.

sumdumunky · 07-28-2012, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Midget28

Nice on the saving parts and not trashing a good old ford. Id ditch the ttb springs though.

That has been on my mind since day 1 of the build, It's definitely something I'm working on. The only reason I stuck with them initially is because they flex a li'l bit better than older 1/2 ton springs

f350n4.6ranger · 07-30-2012, 08:21 AM

x2 ditch the TTB springs when you can. That spring rate is wayyy too stiff for a solid axle.

Janicedsf45dsfa · 07-31-2012, 02:31 AM

lol

Dr.Danger · 07-31-2012, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Janicedsf45dsfa

lol

You spamming piece of shit. Reported.

07-24-2012, 06:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
sumdumunky Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Member # 224581 Location: Casper, WY Posts: 33	1988 Ford SAS Beginning: TTB Lift kit installed, shackle reversal in the rear: Donor truck: Extended radius arms: Drop radius arm mounts: Used the TTB lift springs and welded a bolt to the lower spring cup Boggers back on: Made the '88 steering work for a while, but it was pretty loose: Modified the steering out of a '78 to make it fit better and it drives SMOOTH now: __________________ FORD: For Off Road Driving

07-24-2012, 08:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
crawlwalkcrawl0331 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Member # 168167 Location: Sonoma ca Posts: 505	soooooooo glad you changed that horrible steering setup. pretty strait forward axle swap not to fancy but it will work. i would stock up on spare axle shafts. they are not going to last long with a heavy truck and boggers. but just a heads up some people might put the drop radius arm mounts in the fail thread. and i hope you welded that bolt on real well __________________ "Watch this and hold my beer"

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BennyBooster Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Member # 186066 Location: Medford, Oregon Posts: 251	WTH is up with your coilsprings in the last photo? __________________ 1996 Ranger Caged, 1 tons in progress 1986 F350 gave 1 tons to him^^

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07-26-2012, 09:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
sumdumunky Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Member # 224581 Location: Casper, WY Posts: 33	I have been on many-a-trail since and haven't run into a problem. Thanks for the info, though, I'll look forward to it on other threads __________________ FORD: For Off Road Driving

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07-28-2012, 08:22 AM	#11 (permalink)
sumdumunky Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Member # 224581 Location: Casper, WY Posts: 33	Actually no, the 76 ford went to a buddy who is putting it on rockwells... __________________ FORD: For Off Road Driving

07-28-2012, 03:58 PM	#13 (permalink)
Midget28 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Member # 130105 Location: What Cheer Posts: 815	Nice on the saving parts and not trashing a good old ford. Id ditch the ttb springs though. __________________ "TO BE OLD AND WISE YOU MUST FIRST BE YOUNG AND STUPID"

07-30-2012, 08:21 AM	#15 (permalink)
f350n4.6ranger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Member # 152532 Location: Montgomery County, MD Posts: 697	x2 ditch the TTB springs when you can. That spring rate is wayyy too stiff for a solid axle.

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