i'm gonna start swapping out the ttb for a stright axle on my bronco soon got my leaf-springs, metal, bla bla, just can't find an axle anybody have one or know where i can find one? it's gotta be full width cuz my bronco is a full size and driverside pumpkin.

9/13/2005 10:03:17 PM

http://www.nc4x4.com

9/13/2005 10:19:17 PM

leaf spring ford 44 front?

9/14/2005 12:05:52 AM

I know where one is. Let me know if you are interested.

9/14/2005 3:51:07 PM

I'm pretty sure he is interested since he posted this thread.

9/14/2005 4:12:04 PM

i got a chevy d44

9/14/2005 4:40:26 PM

I have a friend that has a dana 44 out of a 78 ford, 3:91 gear ratio and disc brakes. Says it can be yours for $200. Also have a few other parts off this truck if you need drive shafts of something like that.

9/14/2005 5:29:02 PM

capaul i sent you a pm , and to the axle must be a ford axle i'm going with a leaf sprung setup so a leaf sprung axle would be good but i can weld purches on anything.

9/15/2005 7:04:17 PM

same guy has an older Ford with leaf springs but the axle has drum brakes on it...i think its like a 76 ford high boy

9/15/2005 10:24:57 PM

hate to say it but i'm still looking. found a few but they must be made of gold. does anyone have a full width ford HP 44 leaf sprung housing they want to get rid of? or a dana 60 ford hp out of a 85-97 f350?

11/8/2005 2:21:47 PM

For the 60, see what HighHonda on Pirate can do for you.

11/8/2005 2:32:56 PM

Orhttp://www.nc4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5809

11/8/2005 2:36:42 PM

you gonna pay out the ass for a 60. There is a guy near 242 and 50 in Johnston co that may have one, he had one last time I was there. He dosent have a phone and only takes cash. I will be by there saturday after next, I can check on it then if you can wait.

11/8/2005 3:51:49 PM

yea, highhonda is the man, thats where i got my 60 from, set up exactly how i wanted


but if you think people want alot of $ for the 44, you shouldnt even be thinking of a 60

11/8/2005 5:10:11 PM

i've got plenty of time i took the ttb off over a month ago and it's been sittin on jackstands since. i don't want to pay too much for a dana 44 becouse i know i'll need some moly shafts at the least and probably some other parts where the 60 should hold up fine so i'm willing to pay more

11/8/2005 6:50:44 PM

what size tires you plannin on running?

11/8/2005 7:10:10 PM

i was running 39.5 super swamper iroks on the ttb it held up well for about half the life of the tires but recently i became unalignable anything would knock it out only real strignth issue i had was the hubs till i got some warn hubs then the u-joints didn't like me anymore after the swap i'm gonna lock it in the front so i'm sure the weak point is gonna be the shafts then. and i might go up to a set of 42ish swampers or boggers when the iroks wearout so thats why i was thinking about the 60. there should be a pictue or two in my photo gallery after it was painted

11/8/2005 7:26:17 PM

in that case go with the 60

plenty of people will bitch and moan that a 44 can handle those sizes, and in some cases, with some amount of luck, they are right

but since you are doing the swap and im assuming you wont want to do it again in the near future, just go with a 60, and be done with it

like i said before, ive dealt with highhonda in the past and he will find any 60 you could want, with whatever set up you are looking for (gears, lockers, widths, bj or kingpin, etc)

11/8/2005 8:16:44 PM

i can't find highhonda in the member list on pirate

11/9/2005 10:48:57 PM

i also looked and he wasn't on there, maybe he's a vendor? i have no idea, so btt for ya

11/9/2005 10:52:51 PM

he's a vendor.

11/9/2005 11:11:48 PM

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/member.php?u=8751

highonda

11/9/2005 11:13:30 PM

ahhh, the tricky spelling eh?

11/9/2005 11:18:23 PM

where is he shipping his axles from?

11/9/2005 11:49:12 PM

NY I think.

11/10/2005 7:46:54 AM

ships from NY, prefers a business addy

i had him ship mine to the overnite terminal at exit 284 (i think this is the right one?) for pick up to save a little bit on the shipping cost

11/10/2005 7:49:26 AM

I think he will ship ForwardAir, too.

11/10/2005 9:04:27 AM

how much did shipping run

11/10/2005 5:45:19 PM

for a d60, weighing 600# crated, almost 6' long was about $200-250

but that is total, he includes both the crating and shipping for that much and the crate he built was damn near bombproof

11/10/2005 5:48:28 PM

i guess the real question is what should i expect to pay for a junk yard axle. i found 2 ones in boone and the other is like 50 miles from here but i'm not sure what kinda price i should be looking for so whats the prices you guys have seen for late model, 93-94ish, dana 60's going for.

11/10/2005 5:56:48 PM

o yea and what year did ford switch to ball joints on the dana 60s

11/10/2005 5:58:48 PM

uhh.....not positive if there ever were any that had them prior to 92.....but anything after 92 had BJs

depending on the application, i would say to get one from pre-92 (but then again, im a big kingpin fan)

otherwise, 92-98 (i think) are still decent in some situations

anything after 98 is crap

****All these Ford versions were drivers side differential, reverse-cut (high pinion) gears, and kingpin knuckles to 1991.5 and balljoints thereafter**** (just saw this)

*fords not my thing so this could be a bit off......try here to be sure http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/60_front/

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11/10/2005 6:05:03 PM

expect to pay anywhere from 800-1200 for a ford 60 in decent shape.

11/10/2005 6:07:21 PM

the two axles i found are priced right then only problem is they are both ball-joint axles and i really wanted the kingpin style. ewstephe just let me know about that axle i'll still be looking around at least that long cuz i'm cheap.

11/11/2005 12:10:43 PM