Decided this morning that I'm going to set up the 73 Bronco D44 for the guinea pig 93. Easiest suspension is leaf springs (Ford78 recommended Full size Jeep) so thats the plan for now. I bought the axle missing a bunch of stuff, halfways changed to an S10 solid conversion for (I think) $140 a while back. Still has 4.09 gears inside that match the FX4 (4.10) axle I bought after Christmas.
Even if an early D44 wasn't as strong as the D35ttb, mounting it is far easier, cheaper and solves other issues like hubs, drop brackets and wonky steering. Its about the right width and saves me spending money I don't have on a ttb I'd eventually want to replace with a solid anyways. This isn't going to be my all-out rig (thats the 90 BroncoII) so the D44 is a fair choice made better with chromos. (One stock shaft is missing, so I bought chromos as replacements / insurance.)
Not in a great rush to do this, yet. The twin I beam will carry me a while.
As an update, most of the conversion is done and I'm just going over things that haven't gone so smoothly or that I might have missed like the old crank trigger plug that won't budge . A lot of the holdup is money. I've been out of work since Halloween.
I'll keep y'all posted.
Even if an early D44 wasn't as strong as the D35ttb, mounting it is far easier, cheaper and solves other issues like hubs, drop brackets and wonky steering. Its about the right width and saves me spending money I don't have on a ttb I'd eventually want to replace with a solid anyways. This isn't going to be my all-out rig (thats the 90 BroncoII) so the D44 is a fair choice made better with chromos. (One stock shaft is missing, so I bought chromos as replacements / insurance.)
Not in a great rush to do this, yet. The twin I beam will carry me a while.
As an update, most of the conversion is done and I'm just going over things that haven't gone so smoothly or that I might have missed like the old crank trigger plug that won't budge . A lot of the holdup is money. I've been out of work since Halloween.
I'll keep y'all posted.
