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My dads doing a full size axle swap. He's using a d44 and ford 9 out of a 76 f150. Just wanted to see if any one had any pictures or tips write ups anything to help it go a little smoother.

xjmarc

Check Pirate 4x4, tons of write ups there. I'd show you pics of mine, same front different rear, but mine's some hobbled together BS that you wouldn't want to copy anyway. It works good though.

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Well I'm sure this whole thing will be built fairly ghetto any ways.

ball buster

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dogger15

Talk with hudfab for this swap. He in the vendor section

MallCrawlXJ

Here is one of my axle swaps.....I have done a few of them.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/fa...machine-92580/

Feel free to PM me with questions.

PingPong

Did this very swap in my rig, but I used a set of 73 f100 axles.. and had to switch over to 6 lug outers.

Basically you need to build a truss, coil mounts for the front, and for the rear you need to do spring perches and shock mounts.

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Thanks, hudfabs stuff really helped out. We now know what to do for the most part. But still a little lost with the steering. How do you adjust the alignment on a solid one that connects to the drag link like Hudfabs.

MallCrawlXJ

Pull the drag link off of the tie rod, adjust the toe first, reinstall the drag link, then adjust you steering wheel alignment with the drag link.....bamo, aligned jeep!!

or you can pull the tie rod hiems from the knuckles and adjust them individually.

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Ok well we may have found a steering solution. We got a drag link and a tie rod at the pick n pull off of a wagoneer with a Dana 44 front. Assuming they are both full size axles this will probably work. The only thing i think will be a problem is the knuckle under and the tapper it has.

xjmarc

Most waggy weren't full width, less than an inch wider than stock.

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Looks like were going to have to rig it up. I'm thinking if we took the adjuster sleeve cut it in half or got another one from autozone and welded a solid bar in it it will get the length we want out of it.

xjmarc

Do it right. It's your life as well as those around you you're messing with. Lots of sites sell a full kit for less than 200 bucks and you can find a 78-79 Bronco or 70s F150 set up in a junk yard for almost nothing. Find one with the knuckle to knuckle tie rod cause the other one is sketchy on anything with a lift. I built my own with some 1.25 .25 wall DOM and 3/4 heims.

OnlyInMyXJ22

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It's an off road only jeep so I'm sure it's going to be okay.