solid axel conversion
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solid axel conversion
i have a 96 bronco i would like to beef up the rear end it has an 8.8 with a locker and would like to convert to a soild up front i'm running 38 super swampers and the axels just can't take it i'm thinking a dana 60 in front and dana 70 outback any suggestion on how to do this and if theres any conversion kits out there and any suggestions on what type of axles to use
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From: Florida Hill Country
Originally Posted by Kemicalburns
you cant swap a d60 in the rear. must be a sterling 10.25. as for the front a hp60 would be your best choice for strenght
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you can get a d61 out of a van that has the tone ring sensor in it, but no 60's came with one. you can adapt one in, but that requires some special tools and skills.
A sterling rear is an easy swap.
A 60 front swap requires a lot of work, but so does a 44 for that matter. wether coils or leaves, there is welding and fabbing required. Like as mentioned, there is lots of stuff on FSB as they have a whole section devoted to SAS'. Also, wt4x.com a good write up done by my buddies mark and dave.
I am running a 60 front and sterling rear on coils with 40" mtr's (similar to the set up in the wt4x4 writeup). My rig can be seen at
http://www.superford.org/registry/ve...il.php?id=1278
A sterling rear is an easy swap.
A 60 front swap requires a lot of work, but so does a 44 for that matter. wether coils or leaves, there is welding and fabbing required. Like as mentioned, there is lots of stuff on FSB as they have a whole section devoted to SAS'. Also, wt4x.com a good write up done by my buddies mark and dave.
I am running a 60 front and sterling rear on coils with 40" mtr's (similar to the set up in the wt4x4 writeup). My rig can be seen at
http://www.superford.org/registry/ve...il.php?id=1278
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I put a link to a thread showing how a tone ring for the VSS in a D60 was done but it was removed within and hour after I posted.
Let's try a different link, click her>D60 rear tone ring install
Edit: Some vans had D60s with tone rings. Some D61 had tone rings as well which could be adapted to a 60.
Let's try a different link, click her>D60 rear tone ring install
Edit: Some vans had D60s with tone rings. Some D61 had tone rings as well which could be adapted to a 60.
Last edited by rlh; Dec 22, 2004 at 02:02 PM.
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