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Have an opportunity to swap in a set of 2004 and earlier Ford F450 D60 & S135 combo w/ 19.5" wheels and a the NV271 w/ drivelines. I know I can make them fit and run without concern, but the ABS system and tone rings concern me. My Ram is a 2003 3500 DRW crew cab auto V10...yup a gasser, might drop an oil burner later, but could only afford this on disability checks. Any help would be appreciated as this truck will be pulling our horses and this upgrade has a lot to do with their safety as much as my family's.
I know the Fords all have rear tone ring mounted sensors like our Rams and have a similar unit bearing sensor design, but are they the same? If they aren't the same, would splicing them together cause a problem? If their tone rate (how many revolutions per mile) is different, is it something I could recalculate? Something like a Dakota box or something? This is really the only area where I don't have a solution and I don't want to pull the trigger on getting the parts blindly. Hope one of you has an idea since I haven't been able to play with a 3rd gen Ram unit bearing and 2003/2004 Ford unit bearing to compare. I would think they would be similar, if not the same, but my gut also thinks they would purposely make something different to try and charge extra.
I'm doing this because I can get a bunch on upgrades done at once with this swap: #1 is that I get bigger brakes, run 19.5" wheels, have unlockable hubs (though still unit bearings, but better than Dodge units), stronger and better designed ball joints, no concern with front axle bending and all of it will cost me about what it costs for a typical hub conversion kit along.
So if I can get enough selling my AAMs I'd like to do coil-overs. So anyone have an opinion? Am I going to lose ABS only? Is my dash going to light up like an Xmas tree?
On a side note, I have not found very many DIY threads on using a Ford NV271 to do a slip-yoke elimination on my Dodge 271. Anyone have a good thread link?
I know the Fords all have rear tone ring mounted sensors like our Rams and have a similar unit bearing sensor design, but are they the same? If they aren't the same, would splicing them together cause a problem? If their tone rate (how many revolutions per mile) is different, is it something I could recalculate? Something like a Dakota box or something? This is really the only area where I don't have a solution and I don't want to pull the trigger on getting the parts blindly. Hope one of you has an idea since I haven't been able to play with a 3rd gen Ram unit bearing and 2003/2004 Ford unit bearing to compare. I would think they would be similar, if not the same, but my gut also thinks they would purposely make something different to try and charge extra.
I'm doing this because I can get a bunch on upgrades done at once with this swap: #1 is that I get bigger brakes, run 19.5" wheels, have unlockable hubs (though still unit bearings, but better than Dodge units), stronger and better designed ball joints, no concern with front axle bending and all of it will cost me about what it costs for a typical hub conversion kit along.
So if I can get enough selling my AAMs I'd like to do coil-overs. So anyone have an opinion? Am I going to lose ABS only? Is my dash going to light up like an Xmas tree?
On a side note, I have not found very many DIY threads on using a Ford NV271 to do a slip-yoke elimination on my Dodge 271. Anyone have a good thread link?