d28 to d35.

[85beast]

have a few questions:
can i use my d28 hubs?
and all i have to do is swap the one side that the 3rd member on?
do i need to use the d35 drive axles(from gears to wheel)?

gunna be starting a swap and just need to know what all i need to get off this rig.... it has auto hubs so im hoping my old hubs work!

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

No your hubs will not work, you need the D35 wheel to wheel, and I think steering to the pitman arm as well.

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/D28_D35_swap.html

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/4wd_Front_Axles.html

 

[dangerranger83]

You dont need the pitman arm, they are the same.

 

[85beast]

No your hubs will not work, you need the D35 wheel to wheel, and I think steering to the pitman arm as well.

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/D28_D35_swap.html

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/4wd_Front_Axles.html

so both beams? and the auto hubs? how would i hook up the hubs?
and steering linkage?

 

[christ2b]

the disc are the same on d35 to d28??

 

[dangerranger83]

if your getting it all from a junkyard, replace everything on it. Not sure about the brake disks but a quick check of the part numbers from your favorite parts store should help with that one.

As for the auto hubs...get a set of manual ones. And yes you will have to get both beams and the steering linkage from the D35 too, basiclly, everything that it touches to what it connects to on the truck bolt wise. Be sure to get a D35 that has gears that match your rear ones and do watch out for the D28/35 hybrid fronts, yes Ford did actually put the two together for a few years.

Theres more info in the tech library that we have on all of this and how to do this swap.

 

[85beast]

if your getting it all from a junkyard, replace everything on it. Not sure about the brake disks but a quick check of the part numbers from your favorite parts store should help with that one.

As for the auto hubs...get a set of manual ones. And yes you will have to get both beams and the steering linkage from the D35 too, basiclly, everything that it touches to what it connects to on the truck bolt wise. Be sure to get a D35 that has gears that match your rear ones and do watch out for the D28/35 hybrid fronts, yes Ford did actually put the two together for a few years.

Theres more info in the tech library that we have on all of this and how to do this swap.

im gettin the setup for damn near free. gotta love redneck friends! maybe i should ask him for the 4.0 too! except no tranny theres no rear axle otherwise i would be doin a full 8.8/d35. im on a budget here guys so i cant afford hubs, or much of anything really thats why im just getting the front. i think the front is 410s, but i couldnt read it to well...... and i think my rear is stock out of a 2.3 ranger which makes it 410s also but i havent counted. really just wanna wheel this pig!

 

[scotts90ranger]

the auto hubs operate on cams, they aren't electric or vacuum or anything, they simply engage when the front drive shaft is powered

The brakes are completely different other than the pads and spring pins, so you can use your stock calipers.

 

[dangerranger83]

The 4.0 will hook to your tranny, but you have to be NICE to the tranny since it is a Toyo Koygo tranny aka keep your foot out of the gas. But if you do the swap, you will have to either switch out the dash or like a few on here, you can keep the original dash but will take longer to get the wores where they should be.

You can get hubs for cheap. I would try to get manual hubs whebn you get the chance too.

 

[85beast]

The 4.0 will hook to your tranny, but you have to be NICE to the tranny since it is a Toyo Koygo tranny aka keep your foot out of the gas. But if you do the swap, you will have to either switch out the dash or like a few on here, you can keep the original dash but will take longer to get the wores where they should be.

You can get hubs for cheap. I would try to get manual hubs whebn you get the chance too.

i think im just gunna do the axle swap for now... leave the auto hubs cuz i just need 4wd and i can do ANYTHING. thanks for the info guys! build thread to follow here shortly!

 

[greasemonkey6886]

There is a way to gut the D28 and D35 hubs and put the D35 pieces into the manual D28 hubs to make manual D35 hubs out of the D28 ones. That will get you by for the time being untill funds free themselves up for you to but new D35 manual hubs.
Stay away from the auto hubs in my opinion. They have a tendency to not work when you need them most. The pices you would need for this conversion I speak of are not the problem with the auto hubs it's the mecanism that locks them that fails.
Just my two cents.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The brakes are completely different other than the pads and spring pins, so you can use your stock calipers.

Unless it is from a 95-97 Ranger and then it has bolt on calipers.

I got 3 (somebody must have only needed one? ) D35 Warn manual hubs at U-Pull-It for $9 a pop. I don't even have a D35 but I couldn't pass them up...

 

[scotts90ranger]

There is a way to gut the D28 and D35 hubs and put the D35 pieces into the manual D28 hubs to make manual D35 hubs out of the D28 ones. That will get you by for the time being untill funds free themselves up for you to but new D35 manual hubs.
Stay away from the auto hubs in my opinion. They have a tendency to not work when you need them most. The pices you would need for this conversion I speak of are not the problem with the auto hubs it's the mecanism that locks them that fails.
Just my two cents.

you can't put auto D35 hub internals into a manual D28 housing though. it's basically putting the spined portion into the D28 hub housing

 

[AllanD]

the disc are the same on d35 to d28??

No, they aren't.

but presuming you aren't working on an '86 or early '87 the brake calipers are.

AD

 

[greasemonkey6886]

you can't put auto D35 hub internals into a manual D28 housing though. it's basically putting the spined portion into the D28 hub housing

That is what I was refering to. Just the splined piece.