I just recently acquired a 75 F250 4x4 and has drum brakes all around. I was wondering if the front can be changed to disc or do I have to do an axle swap?

 

yes it can be its only a question of if your axle is worthnthe upgrade or if your better off with an upgrade of some kind... if you can find the axle numbers on the housing i can tell you if its worth swapping or tossing...there should be 2 sets a simple 4 digit and another longer one...

 

I found these numbers on it. 4460 or might be 446C, was hard to make out the last digit. There also was 35133 number on there as well. Let me know if these are them. Thanks!

 

II RC, if ya got a D44, an option is to use the knuckles, spindles, etc. from a 78 or 79 Bronco. You might also have to ream the tie rod holes (tapered reamer!!) cuz later model tie rods have a thicker shank... take a guess how I found out.

Depending on what you can find, sometimes a complete axle swap will come out less costly than swapping disc brake components.... make sure the front ratio is compatible with your rear end ratio.

 

thats a dana 44C standard duty its compltely doable conversion... you don't wanna use the 78-79 bronco unless you want 5 lug fronts and 8 lug rear... we discussed this on another thred awhile back..you need the parts off one of three donors
1-80 to 95 ford 3/4 ton dana 50 ttb front..
2-77 1/2-79 dana 44 3/4 ton front
3-74-86 chevy dana 44 3/4 ton..beware chevy used 3 front axles in the 3/4 tons only one is a 44...make sure the others won't fit...
take eveything from theknuckle-spindle out th the hub..get the caliper, brakelines, and brake sheilds too. you'll need a disc/drum master cylinder and proportioning valve from a 77 1/2-79 f250.. if you don't have power brakes i'd consider swapping those in too.

 

My bad... sorry about that. Good call OrFordGuy.. I guess I'm stuck in half-ton, five-lugged world.

<Poof>.

 

thats alright if the non-profit horse farm doesn't contact me soon i'll just keepn the 150 i built them on a 250 frame and shorten it into a stepside...i mounted the broncos 5 lug assemblys on the front and put an 8.8 in the rear...

 

Thanks for the info. I'm looking into finding some parts now.