What's this front Axle? - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

FSJMike · 03-13-2008, 01:30 PM

Saw this truck at a used car dealership last week & was wondering what this axle is? I've never seen one like it before. That steering looks pretty scarry though!

vintagespeed · 03-13-2008, 01:37 PM

takes balls, big ones too.

redranger4.0 · 03-13-2008, 01:47 PM

Ford TTB aka Twin traction beam.

Rockcrawler_101 · 03-13-2008, 01:47 PM

wow thats a ttb looks like a dana 44

FSJMike · 03-13-2008, 01:51 PM

Ok, cool, thanks for the quick replies!

they any good?

RJR99SS · 03-13-2008, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by FSJMike

Ok, cool, thanks for the quick replies!

they any good?

Not particularly, just about everyone prefers a solid axle.

Totalled · 03-13-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockcrawler_101

wow thats a ttb looks like a dana 44

It is. That's what the fullsizes got. They suck as much as ours.

WHITE RHINO · 03-13-2008, 03:51 PM

i like how they try to make it look like it have a diff cover

bassdude · 03-13-2008, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by WHITE RHINO

i like how they try to make it look like it have a diff cover

it is a diff cover.

94stepsideford · 03-13-2008, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bassdude

it is a diff cover.

Look closer, its not.

brewchief · 03-13-2008, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by WHITE RHINO

i like how they try to make it look like it have a diff cover

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Originally Posted by bassdude

it is a diff cover.

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Originally Posted by 94stepsideford

Look closer, its not.

See, it worked

I love the fact that they painted it, if I had one of those the last thing I would do is try to draw attention to it

Brewchief

94stepsideford · 03-13-2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by brewchief

See, it worked

I love the fact that they painted it, if I had one of those the last thing I would do is try to draw attention to it

Brewchief

Orange at that

I bet it steers nice

bassdude · 03-13-2008, 08:04 PM

hey it's metal covering the diff. just because you can't unbolt the piece of metal doesn't make it not a diff cover.

so what do you do, pull the gears out like a 9" third member or what?

IROK Cherokee · 03-13-2008, 08:12 PM

Hey Totalled, need specs on the one in your avatar

4x4junkie · 03-13-2008, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by FSJMike

Ok, cool, thanks for the quick replies!

they any good?

They got potential...
Put some decent steering on it (and some good springs) and they'll pretty much keep up with anything else.
Solid axle-like flex is pretty easy to attain, which is something not true with any other IFS (desert prerunner guys are all over these things, as they actually kick butt over solid axles in fast whoop-de-doos, and are far cheaper to build than an a-arm truck would be).

The jacked-up steering on that one above looks like a tire-eating mess though (which unfortunately, that is quite common with most of the bolt-on liftkits like what's on that thing).

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so what do you do, pull the gears out like a 9" third member or what?

Its kindof sorta the same thing... The chunk unbolts from behind, but the inside of the gear housing is identical to any other D44 (uses shims instead of preload adjusters like a 9 has).

Mr.N · 03-13-2008, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by redranger4.0

Ford TTB aka Twin traction beam.

Best answer yet... but other than someone hinting at the type of axle... no ones answered your question.

Diablo169 · 03-13-2008, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bassdude

hey it's metal covering the diff. just because you can't unbolt the piece of metal doesn't make it not a diff cover.

so what do you do, pull the gears out like a 9" third member or what?

Yep like a 9"

Good point on it still being a diff cover though.

Nor Cal Wheelin · 03-13-2008, 09:20 PM

Diablo169 Where you wheel at...??

SORRY HIGH JACK OVER...

vintagespeed · 03-14-2008, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Diablo169

...Good point on it still being a diff cover though.

isn't this the Ford forum? i'm a Jeeper but I know what a D44 TTB center is.

those covers are thicker than your standard D44 cover (even thicker than a front D44 cover), a good replacement for standard rear D44 covers.

Totalled · 03-14-2008, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by IROK Cherokee

Hey Totalled, need specs on the one in your avatar

Dunno. It's been saved for a few years. I don't remember anything about it.

mgawat · 03-14-2008, 11:02 AM

seems to me it's the same dana 50 IFS that I replaced in my 1989 with a dana 60.

Taragon · 03-14-2008, 01:09 PM

TTB axles DO NOT have diff covers....

Unless you count the entire damn beam as the diff cover

Or you are a complete idiot like one guy, and cut a hole where the diff is, and install a diff cover. Doing this TOTALLY weakens the structural integrity of the beam.

94stepsideford · 03-14-2008, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Taragon

TTB axles DO NOT have diff covers....

Unless you count the entire damn beam as the diff cover.

No shit? Tank you caption fucking obvious.

svt150j49 · 03-14-2008, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Taragon

TTB axles DO NOT have diff covers....

Unless you count the entire damn beam as the diff cover

Or you are a complete idiot like one guy, and cut a hole where the diff is, and install a diff cover. Doing this TOTALLY weakens the structural integrity of the beam.

whos the idiot here?

i wouldnt have even considered that, and yet you did. hmm...

Taragon · 03-15-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by svt150j49

whos the idiot here?

i wouldnt have even considered that, and yet you did. hmm...

Im the idiot, yet "vintagespeed" says that they still have diff covers.

Kinda missed that part didnt you?

Not to mention, no, I didnt consider doing it, I have seen it done, and was saying what happens in case someone was considering themselves.

Back off your "I am smarter than you jackass" high horses, and actually take time to think about what someone is trying to say fucktard!

03-13-2008, 01:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
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FSJMike Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Member # 74551 Posts: 61	Ok, cool, thanks for the quick replies! they any good? __________________ Mike 88 Grand Waggy, 360, SOA, D44HD & D60, 36" H1 Beadlocks, Rear Disk, 203-205 Doubler coming soon! 78 Cherokee WT, 401, HEI. 90 Wrangler, 3" lift, 33's, D44 F&R, Rear Disk 02 Jetta TDI, DD

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WHITE RHINO Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Apr 2006 Member # 71446 Location: MORGAN HILL, CA Posts: 3,107	i like how they try to make it look like it have a diff cover __________________ (WHITE RHINO)88 Ranger, 2.9liter,1350/1354 doubler, HP 60 with Plated knuckles, chromos, PSC Hydro, 3 link, Rear Eaton 44" Pitbulls on H1's Section8Krawlers.com Extreme Dual Sport Tuff Lites Unbreakable Turn Signals for your Dual Sport/Adventure Bike

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redranger4.0 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Member # 25325 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,946	Ford TTB aka Twin traction beam.

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bassdude Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Member # 44979 Location: Colorado Springs Co Posts: 335	hey it's metal covering the diff. just because you can't unbolt the piece of metal doesn't make it not a diff cover. so what do you do, pull the gears out like a 9" third member or what?

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Taragon Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Member # 95323 Location: B'ham, Alabama Posts: 411	TTB axles DO NOT have diff covers.... Unless you count the entire damn beam as the diff cover Or you are a complete idiot like one guy, and cut a hole where the diff is, and install a diff cover. Doing this TOTALLY weakens the structural integrity of the beam. __________________ Please support the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research!!

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