What year for trucks run the solid dana 44?

[Billings Lee]

Im going to the junk yard tomorrow and im keeping my eyes peeled for a solid dana 44. I know what year broncos run the solid dana 44 and i was wondering what other ford trucks run the solid dana 44? and what year they are? o and i wanna do a 4 link suspention not leaf srung. thanks

 

[Yardape]

Pretty sure its the same as the Broncos

 

[Justshootme84]

Read the pinned post on Solid axle swaps (SAS) at the beginning of this forum. The easiest year models to swap would be 78/79 F-250. JSM84

 

[Billings Lee]

thanks boys

 

[Broncosaurus!]

did the 78-9 broncos have the solid d 44 too?

 

[Yardape]

affirmative >-

 

[ocalabronco]

did the 78-9 broncos have the solid d 44 too?

are you kidding? have you ever stopped to look at the front end of a 78/79 bronco or f-150?? :blink:

 

[Broncosaurus!]

So why did they ever replace it with the TTB garbage in the full size bronco. It makes me sad, why didn't I buy a 78-9?

 

[ocalabronco]

because the pencil pushers thought that the TTB would let the bronco perform like a truck and ride like a car. but as so often works out with theories on paper, neither happened. it rides like a truck and flexes like a car. this is why so many people, including me, have installed solid axles under their truck. an SAS cost about as much as a TTB lift, its actually easier (i think) and allows for more potential to be modified