f250 solid axle swap
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f250 solid axle swap
would this operation be a bolt on application or will some fabrication and welding be needed? this would be having the donor truck instead of buying piece by piece. what year models would work for this?
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x2 everything is bolt on, except youll need diff brake lines, and i heard somewhere that youll have to switch leafs? somthing about the ttb leafs are angled and they will break if you go to a solid axle.
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From: Aston
nothing wrong with using ttb leafs, except it will be a little harsher ride. the ttb springs are actually a little stiffer to withstand the twisting. if you have a donor truck, you might as well take the springs. if you leave the springs attached to the axle, you will just have to worry about the 4 spring eye bolts, steering connection, track bar, and maybe sway bar connections. it's a lot easier than it may seem.
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a fella at a swap meet got me scared about using my ttb springs. i knew they were thicker than the 1 ton's but thanks for the info
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I have no idea what they are used for beyond replacing collision damaged axles.
The hubs can be stripped for some $$$
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From: The boonies by Dallas OR
The D60 doesn't have any of these issues.
The D50 has 1350 U-joints which will pop around 2,200 ft-lbs per side. The D60 has 1410 U-joints that can take 2,700 ft-lbs per side. 2,200 ft-lbs is plenty to burn out stock tires on bare pavement. But go stick big tires on it and you can blow U-joints or other parts on a D50.
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From: Ft Scott
BINGO!
You can't service them and it cost a couple hundred per side to replace them.
And not all SouperDootys had D60's some had monobeam D50's
You can't service them and it cost a couple hundred per side to replace them.
And not all SouperDootys had D60's some had monobeam D50's
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so king pins would be more desirable?
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FYI, the D50 monobeam guts are not interchangeable with the D50 TTB