Magazine Q&A on a solid axle conversion for a TTB '95 F-150 usin…

Solid Axle Conversion for "B F-1 50 I own a 95 F150 and would like to do a solid axle swap. I have done some research on the subject. I know that Fabritech makes a conversion kit but it is out of my budget due to me still being in school. | just recently bought a Dana 44 (highpinion) out of a 78 Bronco. The axle came complete with all of the stock suspension components. My truck has a 6inch Rough Country lift, and if I could reuse any of the parts from that, it would be great. If you could locate anyone else who offers a conversion kit cheaper or plans to make the brackets, I would greatly appreciate it. Steven Bassitt via fourwhee/en com I looked at the Fabritech kit, and yes, it is a lot of money, but its a lot of money for a reason. You re paying for the engineering that went into building a safe and well designed kit. Yes, I am sure that if you looked long enough, you could find someone on the Internet who has done such a conversion using all homemade brackets. How well it works and how safe it is will depend on the person who built itand generally speaking, most people arent going to say, Oh, I built it, but I sure dont trust it from breaking, it now handles terrible on the trail, or It doesnt handle well at highway speeds. The way I look at it, either you sit down, do some engineering studies, build your own conver- sion and hope all is right, or you buy the kit.