85 F150 SOLID AXLE CONVERSION

griggszilla · Mar 31, 2008

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WILL 78-79 MODEL FRONT END FROM A F-150 4X4 BOLT UNDER THE FRONT END OF MY 85 FORD TRUCK AND IF SO HOW HARD IS IT TO DO

dough boy · Apr 6, 2008

griggszilla said:
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WILL 78-79 MODEL FRONT END FROM A F-150 4X4 BOLT UNDER THE FRONT END OF MY 85 FORD TRUCK AND IF SO HOW HARD IS IT TO DO

dough boy · Apr 6, 2008

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING A STRAIGHT AXLE FROM A 68 THROUGH 79 WILL BOLT RIGHT IN IF YOU KEEP THE COIL SPRINGS BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE CROSS MEMBER, I AM GETTING READY TO DO THE SAME CONVERSION AND AM LOOKING FOR DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS, IF I CANT FIND
I WILL DIVE IN WITHOUT THEM, I WILL TAKE PICTURES AND WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING SO I CAN POST THEM. SORRY I COULDENT HELP ANY.

madkmart · Nov 9, 2008

if you still want to do a sas pm me ill give you a good site tht has alot of detail on them

mike_sirmans23@hotmail.com · Mar 3, 2009

madkmart said:
if you still want to do a sas pm me ill give you a good site tht has alot of detail on them

u think u could e-mail me the names of them sites? im working on swaping my axle out and needs some more details on them. thanx
[email protected]

lostin90s · Mar 21, 2009

griggszilla said:
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WILL 78-79 MODEL FRONT END FROM A F-150 4X4 BOLT UNDER THE FRONT END OF MY 85 FORD TRUCK AND IF SO HOW HARD IS IT TO DO

Most guys drop the spring tower to avoid the crossmebers . After measurements its a matter of finding right parts . If the sites above fail u let me know . PM

mgawat · Jun 3, 2009

lostin90s said:
Most guys drop the spring tower to avoid the crossmebers . After measurements its a matter of finding right parts . If the sites above fail u let me know . PM

Might be too late to mention this but I don't recommend using the 1978/1979 Dana 60's in the later model trucks due to the different left hand axle tube lengths designed to go to the NP205 on the earlier trucks

lostin90s · Jun 5, 2009

mgawat said:
Might be too late to mention this but I don't recommend using the 1978/1979 Dana 60's in the later model trucks due to the different left hand axle tube lengths designed to go to the NP205 on the earlier trucks

They r talking of the dana 44 F150 axle that is on coils

But goodinfo to know .