i recently purchased a d44 front axle out of a 79 bronco. i'm converting it to throw in my 96 f150. i was curious if anyone knew a good site to purchase the proper mounts i will need; coil mounts, shock mounts, track bar, etc.

 

ballistic fab possibly

or blue torch fab

farmboy fabrications MIGHT beable to help you no promises. i know they work more with the 97-03

not sure but i know ive seen them. The SAS on that truck will be much easier than my SAS on my 99

 

What brackets are you talking about? Its a bolt in setup. The only things I can think that you'd need would be a trackbar mount for the frame. Even the factory one will bolt into place. You can get a different frame and axle mount from Ballistic. BTF could make them for you, but Ballistic is hard to beat on prices. Jesse can make you a set too, but he deals mainly in lifts and such.

Really just grab everything.....and I mean everything from the front suspension from the donor truck and i'll all bolt right into your 96. Should be a weekend project.

 

thanks i'll check out ballistic

 

I have some coil buckets from a 79 F150 and Shock Towers i could sell you.

-Curtis-

 

You realize that they're essentially the same as the 95s.

 

thanks but a have the coil buckets and shock tower off the 79 but they're not the same as the 96. very close but not the same.

 

check broncograveyard.com...
they have a bolt on SAS kit for the TTB trucks

 

Trimble, wtf happened to your truck. I have been gone for a while and decided to check out the offroading section and i see this monster truck in your sig. Wow, badazz. Looks a little different

 

On my explorer I used the stock 79 trac bar mount. It's welded to a .25" plate which is then bolted and welded to the frame. I built my trac-bar out of 1.5x.25" DOM and bushing ends. I'm using stock 79 coil buckets which have been cut down. Because the explorer frame is narrower than a 79 f150 I have welded the buckets to 2x4 rect. tubing, all of which is bolted to the frame. I'm using early bronco springs on the explorer since they're soft. They'd bee too soft for you i'm sure but you definitely don't want ttb springs. They're stiff as hell.

Your swap is similar. Especially since we both had ttb's...which suck. I did have to build my own tranny x-member and RA drops (only 2"s so my RA's are horizontal to the ground).

Good luck

 

I see that "ttb" phrase thrown around alot, whats that mean exactly?

 

Twin Traction Beam. It's a crappy attempt at an independent front suspension (imo).

 

The TTB does work pretty well in desert racing though.

 

thanks code, i'll try some things out. how long did your swap approximately take?

 

thanks i'll try some things out. how long did your swap approximately take?