solid front axle?
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solid front axle?
I own a 1980 Bronco and unfortunently it has the independent front axle! 
! i was wondering what i need to change it to a solid front axle? Since this is one of the first bronco's with the independent axle in the front will it be easier to do the swap? i know very little on the topic and was really looking forward to hearing from everyone on this site, since they've helped alot in the past. thank you for your time.
! i was wondering what i need to change it to a solid front axle? Since this is one of the first bronco's with the independent axle in the front will it be easier to do the swap? i know very little on the topic and was really looking forward to hearing from everyone on this site, since they've helped alot in the past. thank you for your time.
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Check the tech article section of FTE. Just printed off a copy of a detailed article on swapping a 1978 F150 solid front axle onto a 1995 F150. Should be very similar. Sounded fairly easy.I think it would be much better than that ... TTB.
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Hmmm ... TTB
Got an F250 with the Dana 50 TTB and had a Bronco with the Dana/Spicer 44 TTB, never had any problems with them off road every day. Just part of the job on unimproved development areas. Oh, the F250 has 240,700+ miles and the Bronco had over 130,000 when I sold her (my biggest recent mistake) and she is still going strong. Just curoius what makes them a ... fellow Georgian?
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full size bronco's web site has a whole forum devoted to SAS. there are different ways to do it. Leaf vs Coils and they have many of both. I did the leaf swap on my 95 Bronco with a 85 D60 and it was not that hard. Others go with the 78 79 D44 because they were setup for coils.
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