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Dec 19, 2000 | 08:56 PM

fordmon

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Hello fellow ford people I need some help please I have a 92 f-150 and i put a 2" body lift I now run 33" but i want to put my 35" on. I want to put a 4" susp.lift on next. my question is can i change my front end to a solid front axle or I'm i better off with the piece of junk i have now. it seems easier to add spacer blocks to a solid front end than all the stuff needed on the other front end. any help would be nice.

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Dec 19, 2000 | 09:34 PM

daywalker

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If you plan on off roading at all go with the Dana 60 (those bigger tires need a strong support), but if your just going to drive around down the ifs will work fine. Another point I want to make is that it is EXTREMELY dangerous to use spacer blocks on the front axle for lift. When you make a turn you put a tremendous amount of force on them and they are known to frequently pop out. A good lift will have lowered brackets and superarched (or longer coils) springs. But you should never use blocks up front.

Daywalker
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Dec 20, 2000 | 09:44 AM

maveric

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From: Craig

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Unless you are ready to spend lots of down time and lots of $$$, then stay with the TTB. There is a lot of fabrication involved in swapping a solid into an IFS truck. The easiest way to accomplish this (if you decide to) would be to swap to a 78-79 F-150/Bronco solid 44. It is coil sprung, as is your current one, and uses the same mounting system (radius arms and brackets). The only brackets missing are the ones under the cross-member. I am told that you have to replace your current brackets and arms with some from a donor truck (78-79). The coil spring buckets will also need to come from the 78-79. I have also heard that this can be pretty much a bolt on kit after cutting and replacing all bracketry.

Chris
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Dec 20, 2000 | 01:12 PM

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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 20-Dec-00 AT 02:14 PM (EST)[/font][p]If you do want to swap a straight axle under it, look at
Bronco Graveyard.
They sell straight axle conversion kits for ford TTB trucks. The kits work for Dana 44's and 60's and include everything you need, including a rebuilt axle that already has gears installed, if you have enough money. The starting price is about $1700, that is just brackets and coils, no axle, and the price goes up from there. On the website, you can print out the directions so you can see what you are getting yourself into before you decide to do the conversion.

Jon
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