fabritech solid axle kit
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$1800 Fabritech
$ 250 D44 axle
$ 430 Swap out TTB 456+ARB to D44 -> D44 had some bearing cap problems
$ 600 D44 Moser Axle shafts
$ 200 Ball joints + Disk Brack Stuff
$ 100 New rear shocks
$ 520 HD high angle drive shaft
Its at about $4000.
$ 250 D44 axle
$ 430 Swap out TTB 456+ARB to D44 -> D44 had some bearing cap problems
$ 600 D44 Moser Axle shafts
$ 200 Ball joints + Disk Brack Stuff
$ 100 New rear shocks
$ 520 HD high angle drive shaft
Its at about $4000.
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I think a good quality SAS is going to cost you. I chose to to spend $600 on axle shafts and $520 on a HD drive shaft. I would have eventually broken the stock drive shaft on the trail and I could have used the old axle shafts too and who knows when they would explode on the trail. Before I decided to go the way I did I went on BroncoGraveYard and made a list for parts required to do a SAS and I got up to over $1600 bucks before I stoped counting. 78-79 Extended radius arms are over $700 alone.
You can probably do it cheaper by doing the pull and save at the junk yard but I dont have the time for this. I have also seen one awfull SAS with some ugly welds and old cheap parts that made me cringe. The guy also had a horror story about how his track bar bracket weld busted off on the trail. No thanks, I know my limitations and would rather get something that has half a chance to get me off the trail.
You can probably do it cheaper by doing the pull and save at the junk yard but I dont have the time for this. I have also seen one awfull SAS with some ugly welds and old cheap parts that made me cringe. The guy also had a horror story about how his track bar bracket weld busted off on the trail. No thanks, I know my limitations and would rather get something that has half a chance to get me off the trail.
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To me...$1800 is way to much for cheapo radius arms and a trac-bar bracket. Everything in the SAS, excluding the trac bar bracket, is bolt on using factory parts. With the $1800 you could have picked up a nice set of cage arms, 100 times better than the fabritech ones. 78/79 coil buckets and superflex springs off of JBG. I'm only at about $950 right there, and that alone will have the axle under your truck. Pick up a trac-bar bracket from a late 80's F350, some quick measurements and a ride to your local speed shop or a machine shop for a custom tracbar. Probably $200 there. So say $1200 with misc parts and whatnot... Where are you getting $1600? $1800 is not worth it, to me a $600 savings is worth a couple phone calls and some measuring.
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well, AZ, i will say this. Its cool you went out on your own, but some more research would have been a good idea. For the amount of time you spent putting that kit in, you could have gone to a junkyard, gotten your parts, and installed it. The most important thing is that you are happy with it, and it performs to your needs.. That kit is big money considering what you can do for a LOT less.
How bad is the breakover angle with those radius arm brackets hanging down that low? have any pics?
How bad is the breakover angle with those radius arm brackets hanging down that low? have any pics?
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My SAS on my '94 F1504x4 cost me about $500 total, I re-used my stock driveshafts. I used new steering parts and used '78 parts from the boneyard, I just sandblasted and painted them. My swap came out great, use the truck everyday no problems (swap was 4 years ago).
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I'm encouraged to know someone actually pulled this kit off on this board. Whether others like it or not really does not matter. As long as you like it. Not everyone here has the means to do a Fabritech SAS, but it is ALWAYS good to learn, even if you are not a big fan of a certain install.
If you have pics to post, we'd love to see it. Get some outside shots and some up close front end shocks showing what work was done - heck get some shots of you wheeling the truck with the new kit! Thanks for your posts.
If you have pics to post, we'd love to see it. Get some outside shots and some up close front end shocks showing what work was done - heck get some shots of you wheeling the truck with the new kit! Thanks for your posts.
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Originally Posted by ruthless69
I'm encouraged to know someone actually pulled this kit off on this board.
I posted a few pictures for those of you who are interested.http://www.supermotors.org/registry/...ail.php?id=574.
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I took my time and it took me 4 weekends. I had a 1977 F-250 4x4 hi-boy and the bronco drove like the 1977 at first. Once I got the front end aligned it drove better than my TTB on the street. I am hopeing to be testing it on hard trails soon. I will drive it to Moab for some 4+ trails wheeling later this year too.
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Right on! glad to hear it! I am really wanting to buy another mid 80's bronco and do a dana 60 sas on it, and toss in the 1990 460 and aod trans, sterling 10.25 rear axle with 4.10 gears i just picked up also. that will make a bad *** bronco for sure! still gotta finish my first project that i am working on now. maybe by the end of this year i will have both done. lol!
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No bumpsterr on the street and off road I found the steerring to be a lot better than the 6" lifted TTB. It is all bolt on and you keep the buckets, coil springs and shocks up front. You have to work something out for the rear, I had superlift 4" leaf springs and I added a shackle flip to give me a total of 8". This lift in the rear put my drive shaft at about 24 DEG and that required me to buy a high angle drive shaft. The rear Diff. pinoin angle needed a lot of adjusting and I bought some skyjack shocks. The radius arms come with the kit.
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