ford 9 inch axles

[bumblebee]

hey guys i came across a complete ford 9inch for around 350 bucks i think it is a good deal it is and open diff and has 4.11s but now im thinking about makeing a ford nine ich a front axle what do you guys think about that idea? to me it seems like it would be sick but not sure how hard it is to do

 

[crawlin91]

Its alot of work and $ but still a fairly popular swap. (shorten tubes, get custom shafts, etc.)
Do a search, many companies produce the parts you need to make it happen, or you can buy a housing already set up for that application.

http://www.truehi9.com/
http://www.currieenterprises.com/

 

[t0x1k]

Make sure it's not a 28 spline. Damn 28 spline 9 inches are no bigger than 7.5 axle shafts. You'll be throwing a lot of money into it trying to swap to bigger spline axles. Basically everything will need to be swapped except the housing.

 

[bobbywalter]

Make sure it's not a 28 spline. Damn 28 spline 9 inches are no bigger than 7.5 axle shafts. You'll be throwing a lot of money into it trying to swap to bigger spline axles. Basically everything will need to be swapped except the housing.

not that easy. 28 spline is one factor. i busted alot of 28 spline shafts....a 9 in will take 10 shaft murderings before the side gears or spiders explode....sometimes a 7.5 will only handle none..no shaft murderings.....all the other shit fails first

 

[Boggin]

I dunno about the price of scrap down there, for for $350 id want the full truck. i bought a spare d44 and 9" for my 79 for $50

 

[CHKNFKR]

I dunno about the price of scrap down there, for for $350 id want the full truck. i bought a spare d44 and 9" for my 79 for $50

This! They arent quite that cheap around here but usually $100 wikk get you a complete working 9" and if you're lucky it'll already be 31 spline big patturn, and ocasionally you can find tgem with disc brakes already on em.

 

[wahlstrom1]

Its alot of work and $ but still a fairly popular swap. (shorten tubes, get custom shafts, etc.)

You won't need custom shafts depending on what width you build it to. I had mine built to take stock Chev D60 shafts.