Would it be wise to convert now?
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Would it be wise to convert now?
Hey fellas -
I have a 96 f250 psd srt cab lng bed....
anyways I just recently checked out the front end of this thing and i come to find out that it needs pretty much everything... ball joints, tie rods, rotors, i think one caliper is frozen, and more....
My question is... should i waste all this money and replace it all or should i just convert to a soild axel now? I planned on doing it sometime later and I plan on lifting it hopefully. I head that the 99+ soild axles will swap in... and insight or opinions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!
Brian
I have a 96 f250 psd srt cab lng bed....
anyways I just recently checked out the front end of this thing and i come to find out that it needs pretty much everything... ball joints, tie rods, rotors, i think one caliper is frozen, and more....
My question is... should i waste all this money and replace it all or should i just convert to a soild axel now? I planned on doing it sometime later and I plan on lifting it hopefully. I head that the 99+ soild axles will swap in... and insight or opinions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!
Brian
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The swap should be straight forward to the point that it is a direct bolt in. The newer body style superdutys use a metric pattern for the bolt pattern and also are hub centered and not bolt centered. I also recall ford used a locating rod/trackbar on the front axle at some point on the leaf sprung solid fronts.
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will my leafs work or do i need to get those with the axle? I plan on getting a 86-96 axle this shoudl be the same bolt right?
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