IFS on Superduty?
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From: Pa
here was a rumor floating around that the 250s will get IFS and the 350ups will get the solid front axle. Don't know if its true. Sounds like a big waste of money to me to make 2 different types of front suspensions. Too many people probably whining that their SD doesn't turn as sharp as a Ranger.
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They did the two front suspension thing for over 15 years. When they designed the super duties in 1998 they could of very easily gone with an IFS system, but for some reason they didn't. I hope they never do!!! It's bad enough that they will no longer offer a manual Trans after 2010.
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They did the two front suspension thing for over 15 years. When they designed the super duties in 1998 they could of very easily gone with an IFS system, but for some reason they didn't. I hope they never do!!! It's bad enough that they will no longer offer a manual Trans after 2010.
I'd personally take the D35 IFS in an F-150 over any TTB axle ever made.
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Well let's be honest, when Ford made the '97 body style switch in the 150s and the '99.5 switch to the SD's, they just finally admitted that the TTB axles were complete pieces of crap, and went to an IFS from the TTB on the smaller trucks, and kept the solid axle on the bigger trucks.
I'd personally take the D35 IFS in an F-150 over any TTB axle ever made.
I'd personally take the D35 IFS in an F-150 over any TTB axle ever made.
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From: Stillwater, OK
TTB...
looks like fun, huh?
TTB is an IFS, but not the IFS people normally think of
The disadvantge of a TTB is that the wheel still pivots like it would on a solid axle, while the A-Arms allow the wheel to stay parallel to the frame throughout its travel. The two sides just aren't connected so the two sides can still move independently...
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It's always fun to watch a TTB-equipped truck do the ups-and-downs over a rise or dip on the highway.
Or how, as the front springs settle, the camber goes into the crapper.
When they remade the F250/350 into the Superduty for 1999, is when I decided to buy a new truck. Finally, leaf springs, and a solid front axle again in a 4x4.
Then they came out with coil springs for 2005, and introduced the death wobble.
I want to find the guy who thought that was better than moving the leaf springs inboard more, or some other way of increasing the turning radius, and smack him/her
Or how, as the front springs settle, the camber goes into the crapper.
When they remade the F250/350 into the Superduty for 1999, is when I decided to buy a new truck. Finally, leaf springs, and a solid front axle again in a 4x4.
Then they came out with coil springs for 2005, and introduced the death wobble.
I want to find the guy who thought that was better than moving the leaf springs inboard more, or some other way of increasing the turning radius, and smack him/her
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I'd rather have leaf springs, but what can you do? It's a lot beefier than Mopar's design, as far as new straight axle trucks.
I would think that it would be easy to convert an '05-'07. '08 and up, not so easy.
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As I recall,,Ford went to a solid front axle atleast in the F-350 around 93',,,I know my 95' F-350, 4x4, DRW,chassi cab, had a solid front axel,,,thats one reason I purchased it !
Was'nt the TTB introduced in 1980, 81', and the cutoff, is like 92' or so,,,,as I recall,,not sure on the F-250 though,,,Because I wanted the F-350 in 95'.
Was'nt the TTB introduced in 1980, 81', and the cutoff, is like 92' or so,,,,as I recall,,not sure on the F-250 though,,,Because I wanted the F-350 in 95'.