Another FW 78/79 dana 44 swap

[97TrailRigDD]

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]

nice start

l8r, John

 

[dangerranger83]

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]

Picked up the 7 degree radius arm bushings at autozone .

 

[86 slo-vo]

I still vote to extend the arms

 

[disciplerocks]

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

 

[wahlstrom1]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

How do they do on the trails??
SVT

 

[97TrailRigDD]

How do they do on the trails??
SVT

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