Does anyone know if late model I-beams with balljoints will fit in my 67 F-100? Just an idea, thinking better alignment and more disc brake selection.


Jmarr

 

Their is different lengths through the years up to 96 but not to much. Just measure My I beams and radius arms are out of a 79. I paid $65 bucks for the beams, arms rotors and calipers from a junk yard. then got new rotors and calipers and bearings and brake hoses for a chevy 4x4 to make it work i had Less than 250 bucks in it ang got disc brakes

 

they will not work with anything past 79 without major mods to the mounts on the frame. alot of work.

 

I paid about 100.00 for the complete set from a junk yard with the steering column and i-beams and powerbrake astist. That was the easyest swap i've ever done.

 

what year did you purchase parts from

 

1999stroke, You are posting to a darn near 8 year old thread.

I recommend that you make a plan, buy a good donor truck so that you will get ALL the parts needed to do the upgrade. I have done a few, & helped with many front end upgrades. Every time someone come back here complaining that something didn't work he bought parts not a complete donor.

This works best for a 2wd F100 truck. If yours has the FE engine look for a 73-76 donor that has a transmission like yours or that you want to upgrade to. A 302 or I-6 you can go to 79 with a bolt hole swap. Let us know if you have more questions.


John

 

This question has been brought up a couple times, and there are two main reasons I-beams past 1980 won't work-
First, they are different lengths. One will leave the wheel sticking out of the fender, and the other will be tucked way in.
Second, the steering box and linkage was moved in front of the axle in 1980.

 

The late model Ball joint beams are front steer, and all King pin models are rear steer. So it is no where near bolt-in.

If your adventurous you could weld in the cross member, but the CV is a better option in my opinion. I thought about doing it with a 2-3 inch Z, drop beams, and coil overs for my project truck. In the end I decided while it maybe cool from a Ford truck idea. It would not really do what I wanted to do.