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Finally got my axle.
It is a Dana 44 Heavy Duty unit.
It is Leaf Sprung.
Keith Lawyer from CO go...

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All my thanks goes out to Keith_L.
He is the man.

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The BOM is 610040 which means it came from a 1978 F250 "Part time".

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Just another shot.

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F150 donor truck for 5 lug outers, and steering.

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This is just a "before" shot

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I modified Raf's original design a little and came up with an idea of what i want my Bronco to look ...

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This is me grinding the frame after Keith cut off the bumper brackets with the plasma

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This is Keith using his favorite toy (Or at least one of them)

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We used a high lift jack to support the front of the body while we plasma'ed off the body mounts.

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Keith getting ready to take off the sway bar mounts.

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Me holding the body mount from the drivers side.
This is the only way to change body bushings, to b...

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Me using the Plasma for the first time.

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Front most spring hangers.
Keith modified them a bit, and I cleaned them up with the grinder.

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The clean weld beads are Keith's. The ugly boogered up weld beads are mine.
This was the first time...

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This one I welded up, notice it is pretty ugly.
Good thing Keith had plenty of grinders and grindin...

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This is a pic of the first run of the front cross-member.
We had to modify it a bit but at least yo...

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Keith test fitting it.
We had the fun of test fitting about 4 times over the weekend. Believe me Ke...

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Almost done, just weled the body mount back on.

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The other body mount and hanger

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Completed front end.

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As you have seen Keith's idea was to box in the entire front frame horns with some good ol' steel (3...

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We decided to get some ramp poser shots before my SAS is complete.
As you can see this is pathetic....

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Notice the 1/2 inch tube.
This is much beefier than the 78-79 Bronco D44's that most of teh members...

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Cleaned up axle pics.
Keith plasma'ed off the shock mounts, and the leaf perch.
We then shared the...

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Aint she purdy!

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Left is for D44HD-----Right is for 8.8
D44-Yukon--------8.8-Precision Gear

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Built Axle (Well except calipers and brakes).

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The axle is super clean inside, and all the parts were cleaned up by myself.
Keith welded the u-joi...

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last pic

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No more TTB!

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Floating front half of Bko

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Axle is hung

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First axle flex test.
I was limited due to the rear tire stuffing, and not having enough clearence ...

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Here is a close up of the stuffed tire.
So I am getting ready to install a 2.5" AAL, and possibly t...

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This is a good front pic.
Bumper was given to me by Scott S., He is the man.

Again the front pic...

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