my buddy has a 89 f150 4x4 with the x suspension in the front and he hates it. he wants to know if it is at all possible to to swap it out for a solid front axle.

 

I have an 89 myself what exactly does he hate about his front end?

 

he thinks it is a really bad design all around

 

i agree it might not be the best design. I ve thought about a solid swap myself. ive read a few articles in petersen four wheel and offroad magazine about it. its doable with lots of fabricating. i just rebuilt my frontend back to new and loving the x suspension!

 

what kind of fabricating welding cutting. when he is finished with this truck it will be an off road machine. he has the tools and money to do whatever to the truck

 

http://fullsizebronco.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=29

There is an entire fourm section devoted to Solid Axle Swaps for the TTB.

The TTB is fine for daily driving, slightly bigger tires, and maybe desert racing, but a soild Dana 44 or 60 is what ya want if ya got the $$$.

Adrianspeeder

 

Here's one more, but...

http://hometown.aol.com/jzettel73/TTB_Conversion.html

 

The ummm, solid, front IFS weld procedure? Or is it the non independant IFS? The Lincoln front end?

 

solid axle non ifs

 

If they are swapping Solids onto 88+ Chevy's then it should be very possible with an 89 F 150.