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A buddy of mine converted his 2wd to 4x4 last year. After beginning my SAS, he proceeded to switch his to solid axle cuz after 3 different alignments, he was still tearing the tires up on his. Everytime he is over he wishes he would have just skipped the ttb and went straight to the solid axle.
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When you lift the ttb with the drop brackets, a lot more stress is placed on the frame and mounts. It makes for a setup, that over time can move and throw a good alignment out of wack in short order. Going to solid axle removes all of those possibilities. Especially with bigger tires. Look to your bigger 1 ton trucks etc. They mostly retained the solid axle due to strength and durability. Just hate to see someone go through the work twice.
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I was thinking about just a level at first to see how I liked it, and then a lift eventually, but I see where you're coming from. I think I might just save my money a little longer and get the d44. Can I still use everything else from a wrecked 4x4?
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Getting your transmission, transfer case, and drive shafts from the truck like ours, then the solid 44, radius arms, track bar and mount, and brackets from a 77-79 Bronco or f150. You will need to do some fabricating. Everybody has a different way to do it and there are a thousand threads showing examples, lol. I'll help where I can.
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