Axle swap
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Axle swap
My son, has a friend that wants to remove the front axle from his truck, it's from his 97 f250 and replace it with a straight axle. It would be a 4x4 to 4x4 swap. He says his friend has all parts supplied and is offering my son $2k to do the conversion for him, giving my son 2 to 3 weeks to do it. But my son works 50+ hours per week. Is this enough time and what is involved in doing the swap?
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You should ask in the 87-96 section, but this is a very common and pretty basic swap. Pretty sure you can use the existing upper coil buckets, which helps with centering the axle, or you can slide the axle forward some to help with clearance. I've never studied up on this swap, but bought all the stuff to swap in a solid axle on a 2wd.
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You should ask in the 87-96 section, but this is a very common and pretty basic swap. Pretty sure you can use the existing upper coil buckets, which helps with centering the axle, or you can slide the axle forward some to help with clearance. I've never studied up on this swap, but bought all the stuff to swap in a solid axle on a 2wd.
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This swap is SO SIMPLY, all he needs is a Dana 60 from a 97 older f350 along with the tract bar bracket. Jack stand under the frame to hold it up, untold the trash TTB axle and center brackets, bolt sold axle to original leaf springs, bolt on tract bar (holes are already in the frame on the f250) and your finished. I've done this four times now and it takes me and a buddy 3-4 hrs to get it done
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