Does any one here know of anybody who has done a sas to their f150? really thinking about doing it and want to get some details bout it.

 

sas?

 

I think he is talking about a "Solid Axle Swap"

 

SAS= Solid Axle Swap or remove the IFS=Independent Front Suspension for the flexier Solid Axle

 

... in a sneaky voice.... Maybe......

 

wanna share chester? please

 

Snapped a pic of this one a few months ago, but I don't have any info on it. It can be done, though!

 

thats a little more than what i wanna do but yea sas exactly. i was thinking just 35's i am looking more for the flex then the huge *** tires
ben

 

I believe there's a company called Fabritech (not Fabtech) that makes a kit to do a SAS with a Dana 44. I think it's around $2000 not including the axle. Comes with either 6, 8 or 12 inches of lift. Supposed to be completely bolt on with no fabbing. Look it up and let us know what you find.

 

That would be a much much better deal than the lift kits currently offered for the stock IFS 150. Once the SAS has been done coils or leafs for the front lifting is a snap and much cheaper. You could easily grab a junk yard Dana 44 off an old waggy and rebuild it for well under $500. Anyone have any more info on this

 

Mine is still in the works. I'll let you know when it gets closer to completion...

 

Chester8420 are you converting your 2 wheel to 4???

Edit the place i was thinking of only makes them for chevies!!

 

Do NOT waste your time or money on a Fabritech "kit". I have not heard of one single person who has run one that is happy with the overall fit and finish of the kit or the customer service. You are pretty much guaranteed that you will either not get all the bracketry they are supposed to include, the said bracketry will not be built correctly causing you to rework the parts or truck, or you will be overcharged for the kit or it simply won't ship for extended periods of time. In the 8 years I've been reading forums like this I've seen more than a few reports on them posted and every one has been bad. Buy at your own risk.



If you have access to the fab tools it can be built for much less. Though make sure you know what you're doing before you start because this is not a place to "learn". Just remember if you build a bracket and it fails causing an accident and someone gets killed then you're going to be alot of hot water.


For the axle I'd recommend getting one from a 76-79 F150 or 78-79 Bronco instead of a Waggy. Much better axle to start with, plus more plentiful. Though keep in mind that a locked (I hope you're locking this) D44 isn't going to like 35s. Stock shafts can't hold up to that punishment for long. I've seen a set of 33s demolish a 2 sets of D44 shafts in one trip. If you want 35s I'd recommend going with a good set of alloys (skip the cheap Yukon junk). The other option is D60s, but its not cheap.


Now if you can build the brackets yourself a D44 can be swapped into an 97+ F150 for around $2k total. That accounts for materials cost (steel mainly), D44 and 8.8 axle (from a mid 90s F150), rebuilding both axles, gears, lockers (depends on type), and lift coils/springs. Heck at the moment I'm trying to get rid of a 77 D44. I have no more use for it as I have a D60 and 14bff axles in its place now.


Its not like I haven't thought/built any of this stuff before Heck at one point that D44 was destined for my old 97 F150 before I sold it.

 

new to all this but why do i need a d44 and the 8.8? are they not both axles or is one shafts and the other the housing? also do you have to lift the truck to do a sas? or can it run stock height and be lifted later?

 

Head over to www.pirate4x4.com

More SAS info than you could imagine. And I think it's great someone on this site is actually going the SAS route. I plan to, way later down the road.