Four-wheel-drivination almost complete
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Four-wheel-drivination almost complete
Just got through installing the front driveshaft on my formerly 2wd truck. 
Of course I had to tool around the yard in 4-lo and try to scale the super x-treme slope next to my driveway. Talk about mega suspension articulation action! Those stock springs sure can flex... 
But seriously, I can't wait to actually go 'wheeling in the thing. It'll be nice not to get stuck in wet grass now that I have a fully functional 4wd truck. All thats left now is a shifter, 'cause crawling under the truck to engage the transfer case sucks.
Of course I had to tool around the yard in 4-lo and try to scale the super x-treme slope next to my driveway. Talk about mega suspension articulation action! Those stock springs sure can flex... But seriously, I can't wait to actually go 'wheeling in the thing. It'll be nice not to get stuck in wet grass now that I have a fully functional 4wd truck. All thats left now is a shifter, 'cause crawling under the truck to engage the transfer case sucks.
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Congrats.
I'm assuming you SAS'd and lifted? How much lift did you do?
I'm curious about your rear driveshaft and how it accepted the lift you gave it, and what you got your front driveshaft out of if you did indeed lift it much.
I'm assuming you SAS'd and lifted? How much lift did you do?
I'm curious about your rear driveshaft and how it accepted the lift you gave it, and what you got your front driveshaft out of if you did indeed lift it much.
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Lift you say? SAS? Um, yeah, about that...
Sorry to say that my truck is about as stock as they come; factory springs and a TTB. SAS and ~4-6" of lift with tires, lockers (ARB?), and other stuff are in the near future plans, though. My goal with this truck is to have a very competent trail rig that can be driven across the country, but right now I'm just happy to have 4wd at all.
Sorry to say that my truck is about as stock as they come; factory springs and a TTB. SAS and ~4-6" of lift with tires, lockers (ARB?), and other stuff are in the near future plans, though. My goal with this truck is to have a very competent trail rig that can be driven across the country, but right now I'm just happy to have 4wd at all.
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Nicely done. I have heard many people talking about converting their 4x2 into 4x4 but you are the first one i have seen that has actualy gone though with it. Impresive. How long did it take? Did you buy that axle assembly all together?
Good looking truck!
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Good looking truck!
John
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There are seveal other guys on here that have done the conversion. In fact, without FTE, I'd never have known where to start something like this or even thought it possible. 
I've got about $1000 and 25 hours or so of labor in it. I got the axle from a salvage yard as a unit, and the transfer case and trans from the classifieds here. The TTB bolted right up where the twin-I-beams used to be. Borrowing that huge airjack from my grandpa so I could pick the whole front of the truck up certainly helped. Trans/transfercase was the only other major item and it was fairly straightforward, though I did have to do some modification to the crossmember. BTW, anybody have a factory 5psd 4wd crossmember they want to get rid of?
I've got about $1000 and 25 hours or so of labor in it. I got the axle from a salvage yard as a unit, and the transfer case and trans from the classifieds here. The TTB bolted right up where the twin-I-beams used to be. Borrowing that huge airjack from my grandpa so I could pick the whole front of the truck up certainly helped. Trans/transfercase was the only other major item and it was fairly straightforward, though I did have to do some modification to the crossmember. BTW, anybody have a factory 5psd 4wd crossmember they want to get rid of?
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I would rate it as about a 5 with 1 being paying someone to change your oil, and 10 being a total frame up rebuild of the whole truck. Everything bolts in, or would've if I'd have had a 4wd crossmember.
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hey tom, you know your about an hour from me? i go down to lagrange a lot to see my girlfriend down there. i practically pass you! i live in brooks between peachtree city and fayetteville!
small world.... you should come wheel with me a kubota sometime!
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small world.... you should come wheel with me a kubota sometime!
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So, do ya think a shadetree mechanic with a good understanding of how the stuff goes together and several auto books and manuals could do it?
Outta curiosity, what year is your truck and what engine? auto or standard?
Outta curiosity, what year is your truck and what engine? auto or standard?
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small world.... you should come wheel with me a kubota sometime!
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I think as long as you have a pretty good grasp of how things like this work and go together, and the necessary tools, you should be able to do it. The best way to do it is with a donor truck so you can just unbolt everything from the one and bolt it onto the other. I had to do mine piece by piece, but it still was pretty straightforward.
The truck is a '92 F150 117" wb with a 4.9L and the M5OD (5spd).
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It actually works! I just got back from getting a taste of what some might loosely refer to as "wheelin'". Took the truck through a little creek crossing that I would never have attempted before. The trail drops down into the creek bed at an angle so that you have to swing around over a gravel bar to line up for the other side which is a 12-18" shelf, then a fairly steep, but short slope. I don't think I even spun a tire, though I did drag the rear bumper on the gravel bar. I have GOT to do something about the departure angle.
I know this is small potatoes to what a lot of you do, but man it was cool to drive through that!
I know this is small potatoes to what a lot of you do, but man it was cool to drive through that!
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Originally Posted by Tom92F150
I know this is small potatoes to what a lot of you do, but man it was cool to drive through that!
I wouldn't call that small potatoes. Way to go man.
Pat