Another FW 78/79 dana 44 swap

97TrailRigDD · Jul 5, 2011

Figured I would post some pics of what I've been doing .
Traded for matching 44 and 9" . 9" will be installed down the road .

Got the front stripped down .

Had to rent a tool from Autozone to get the spindles off .

Housing clean and painted .

78/79 radius arm brackets came in the mail today .

That is it so far . Hope to have it wheelin in about 4 weeks .

railman · Jul 5, 2011

nice start :icon_thumby:

l8r, John

dangerranger83 · Jul 5, 2011

Thats FW? doesnt look like it from the front view but maybe thats due to its late and Im tired but just cant get off TRS.

Looks like a good start to me.

97TrailRigDD · Jul 7, 2011

Picked up the 7 degree radius arm bushings at autozone .

86 slo-vo · Jul 7, 2011

I still vote to extend the arms :thefinger:

disciplerocks · Jul 7, 2011

Those arms will be long enough. You could go with the extensions like I did though. Just to keep it easy.

wahlstrom1 · Jul 7, 2011

He can build the extended arms after he bends the stockers! Shay and I both did them in on UA, had a some pretty good arc on them. Andres629's got the ones I built to replace them, .375" wall 2" OD DOM.... .250" wall would be good enough though!

97TrailRigDD · Jul 7, 2011

wahlstrom1 said:
He can build the extended arms after he bends the stockers! Shay and I both did them in on UA, had a some pretty good arc on them. Andres629's got the ones I built to replace them, .375" wall 2" OD DOM.... .250" wall would be good enough though!

Got any pics of those bent arms .

59bisquik · Jul 7, 2011

I dont have any pics of the bent arm. However, landing on it once arched it up a bit and was clearly visable. Extend them while your doing your build so you dont have to move the mounts later!

wahlstrom1 · Jul 7, 2011

I'd zoom in but the pic gets grainy... you can see how bent my passenger arm is here, the drivers got bent inwards, towards the starter.

97TrailRigDD · Jul 7, 2011

Are EB and 78/79 radius arms the same . I really don't have a choice but to use what I have for now . Already over budget .

RangerSVT · Jul 7, 2011

Yes, they are the same. Gregg, wanted to tell you, I have a set of Warn lockouts that were barely used as well as a set of 15x8 steelies for those axles if your interested...Also, how did you like them KM2's on the truck for DD use and trail use??
SVT

97TrailRigDD · Jul 7, 2011

I would be interested in the lockouts but not the wheels . The km2s are great quiet balance well and have had no sidewall cuts or chunking .

RangerSVT · Jul 7, 2011

How do they do on the trails??
SVT

97TrailRigDD · Jul 7, 2011

RangerSVT said:
How do they do on the trails??
SVT

Just as good or better than any other tire I have had .

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