Hey so I've been spending a **** ton of time under my front axle the last few weeks. Balljoints/ujoints/pivot bushing/differential giving it a good rebuild. And I've now gotten to the steering aspect of the truck.

What would stop me from machining out the tie rod holes, and adding one on the passengerside and simply just install Dana 60 gear?
From everything I've heard its stronger, and more accurate than the stock Dana 50 setup and it should help correct some of the camber issues this truck suffers from. The only flaw I can see is it would limit the articulation that the IFS theoretically can achieve. However this stupid leaf instead of coil eliminates most of that already.

I'm just looking for info or points I'm missing. Not the obviously coming "Throw a dana 60 under it." I know know people will be thinking. Where I live with the mountains I play in IFS is king, solid front axles get caught up on the diff all the time and I have to pull them out, while my axle can change its angle a bit and get traction and ride me off the obstacle.

I know superrunner(I think it's them) has a steering kit conversion that works with 4-6" lifted trucks and eliminates most of the flaws, however I'm still pretty much stock. To high a lift asks for you to flip in these mountains, some of the angles I've been on have made me pucker at its current height.

This drive train/axles will eventually end up under a bronco. I'm trying to perfect how I want them to work on the larger scale vehicle so when I put it under a smaller one I know it will be more than tough enough.

 

I'd think you'd get bump steer issues if you did that. If you look at the linkage on the ttb, it has a tie rod assy for each side that will travel in an arc similar to each beam, keeping the toe somewhat consistent.a solid rod between the two knuckles would force the toe to change as the suspension travels.

 

True, but isn't that arc one of the main issues with the ttb axle?
Having the steering rods in a straight line correct a lot of the wandering and steering looseness that plagues these axle. A lot of people machine their knuckles out so they can put them downwards through the knuckle to try and correct up the steering. I am just talking about taking it a step further.
I don't see the bump steer so much of an issue, but I do see it possibly putting to much strain on the steering linkages when under extreme flex.

All the bump steer I suffered with this axle went away with the ball joint replacements that I did. Even though my steering links are tired.