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Apr 26, 2007 | 12:25 PM

gregfire

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Twin I beam

To put dics brakes on a 1970 f100 2wd, could you use a E150 ford van 2wd with dics brakes and use the twin I beams from the van.

Greg
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1957 F100

Apr 26, 2007 | 03:05 PM

jowilker

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No, The Van axles will not work, the spindles might for a kingpin out exchange.

See if Bill the n word dummy has parts numbers for both spindles.

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Apr 26, 2007 | 03:25 PM

scottfreeman

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I guess I need to read the disc swap article to see how involved it is.

Apr 26, 2007 | 07:43 PM

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John, what is the differance on the van axles ? Are they longer or shorter than the PU axles ? The reason I wonder is because some of the van axles I have seen are straight on the ends instead of dropped like the PU axles. Looks like they might be a nice way to get about 2 1/2 inches of lift in the front.....how differant are they ? DF, on work's old 'puter

Apr 26, 2007 | 11:12 PM

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Van axles are longer than a pickup because the van wheels set further apart.

Apr 27, 2007 | 12:50 PM

blatherskite

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Be careful on the spindles too - I have never verified but I thought I've heard that the vans are 'front steer' rather than 'rear steer' so the spindles are different????

Apr 27, 2007 | 07:28 PM

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Swap spindles from left to right and right to left to convert front to rear steer.

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Apr 30, 2007 | 12:46 PM

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That would be too easy, camber would be the big "if" it would work.
It would be intresting if someone would do a dry run check on this.

Apr 30, 2007 | 01:09 PM

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gregfire

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I have two project going, need engine and transmission for 1957 f 100 2wd and a 1970 f100 2wd that I would like to put dics brakes on. I was think a pre 1986 e van would have the both I need. And wrecked vans should be cheap.

gregfire

Apr 30, 2007 | 02:34 PM

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blatherskite

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I guess I wasn't too concerned about camber - I think that should be the same. I would look real close at caster and ackerman though.

I wouldn't think junk vans are any cheaper than pickups of the same vintage.......and we know the pickup parts interchange just fine!!! (pre-'79 that is)