Solid Axle Swap Registry

Hi this is my first post here and I am getting close to finishing my sas swap to i though i would add my build. In the front it is a full width 44 with 456 yukons gears ox locker 7 deg bushings duffs long arms deaver springs reid racing knuckles

So i finally decided to post it i did not build the whole thing but i have had to redo a bunch of front axle geometry and go through all the lift stuff because of the hack owner before. ford 8.8 locked in rear with disk brakes with the PROPER master cyl 4.88's and new seals and bearings and everything. 66 bronco dana 30 front with yukon shafts 4.88's new seals and bearings and everything. warn manual hubs. brand new bilstien shocks all around custom shock mounts for rear and fronts. 5 speed with stage two clutch. 5.5 inch lift james duff front coils with james duff coil buckets. 6 inch drop pitman arm Extended radius arms . custom made trans/radius arm mount. custom made drivelines with new ujoints front and back...

dana 44 narrowed 6inches 4.88s 35in general grabbers,lockers,3.5 wild horse springs,12in bilstiens,cut fenders

Well I have been finished with my SAS build(who am I kidding no one ever finishes do they?)for about a year and a half so I guess some info and pics are in order. I wouldn't have been able to complete this build if not for this site and doing alot of reading. this site is so valuable to any explorer owner!:exporange here is a list of parts and mods: High pinion Dana 44 front full width stock axles open diff Ford 9 inch big bearing full width rear stock 31 spline axles,detriot locker 10.5" Dom .250 wall extended radius arms and kustom mounts with 1" jonny joints James duff long travel shocks front and rear(35" extended) Bronco Graveyard 5.5" Deaver front coil...

swapped in a tj dana 30 using rustys offroad 4.5" coils springs on ballistic fab adjustable coil buckets set 6" ahead of the normal coil bucket mounting location. links are 2x2x.25" square tubing with poly bushings from ruffstuff and trailgear creeper joints on the other end. custom fabbed link mounts just ahead of trans cmember and extensive driver side frame modification for upper link so I could get the suspension characteristics I wanted. netted about 3" of lift overall which required cutting the engine crossmember out of the way of the panhard bar which is made with ruffstuff heims and 1 3/4" dom with .25 wall thickness. truck flexes really well, future plans are for a wagoneer d44 to replace the d30, using the same suspension...

It´s Finally done. Ford Explorer with front Dana 30 from Grand Cherokee and BF Gs 33 (Photo links dead) Regards from Argentina:exporange

This was a buddie/customer build I recently did, I look at it as practice. My wife has a 98 XLT V8 explorer and in the spring shes getting a D30 and 33's. Run down on this build..... 1995 Explorer sport 4.0L m5ord and 1350 (eventually auto of some sort and most likely a 1354) 78/9 D44 5.13's Aussie, old school yukons (the good ones) with ctms 9" with 5.13 and spool 38.5x14x15 TSL's on Beadlocks (my old locks I built years ago) Radius Arm front with EB coils, maybe an 78/9 steering box (maybe) Before Pic, who's straight,clean ranger is that? Looks similar to Kyles beat and dented ranger:sonicjay: Got the old 8.8 out and a 9" in position. temporary on the mono leaf. Plan to change that later. But needed to get...

Hey all. this is my x that i recently about got finished up. Took 2 months working on it every other sat. I still waiting for my sway bar endlinks, hi steer arm, and tre,s to come in to re do steering. But i will include pics as well as info. Front end 78 F250 HPd44 stock shafts for now 4.88 liberty gears tru trak posi unit mile marker hubs ranger steering box 1.5 OD .250 wall dom 79 outters reid racing hi steer knuckle 4 stud OEM 5 leaf waggy springs rustys offroad break lines rustys offroad shackles blue torch fab weld together shock hoops bilstien 5125 14" travle shocks Rear 93 8.8 f150 rear eaton carbon fiber posi unit liberty 4.88 youkon chromoloy shafts stock explorer rear disc re drilled rotors some...

1998 Explorer XLT 4.0 sohc 5r55e 1354 manual 1982 Jeep Wagoneer Dana 44 front axle 4.88:1 Yukon gears Detroit Truetrac Passenger side flat top knuckle (73-76 Chevy) milled and drilled by Sky Mfg Passenger side Sky Mfg tall high steer arm Small bearing spindles (73-76 Chevy) 5x5.5 hubs, rotors and wheel bearings (Ford Dana 44 ttb) Stock rear axle 4.88:1 Yukon gears Detroit locker Spidertrax 5x4.5 to 5x5.5 wheel spacers 1997 Ranger steering box 1997 (I think) Steering shaft (has 98+ connection at firewall and rag joint at steering box) Jeep Wagoneer pitman arm (had to retaper splines) 1.5x0.25 wall DOM tie rod and draglink Ballistic Fab weld in bungs Parts Mike EX2234R and EX2234L tie rod ends 1995 Bronco...

Took 4 months but 1/2 that time was waiting for more $ to come in to finish up. Again with mods, I had to go the unbeaten path to see what works and what doesn't. Fortunately for me, this worked out well with no kinks I can think of. - Low Pinion Dana 44 from 2001 Dodge Ram shortened to use Wagoneer left & right inner shafts with stock Ram outer shafts. The good - Stock Ram Dual piston calipers 12" rotors - Chrome moly inner axle shafts - Low pinion chunk with great clearance to frame - Sealed hubs, 4x4 on demand, no more regreasing bearings, nut torquing etc. - Custom Radius arm design allowing me to unbolt passenger upper arm for 3 link radius arm or wristed arm setup for more articulation. The Bad - Sealed hubs, no more manual...

Looks like Joe got a new exploder to destroy:D

hp 44 ford 9 inch front end moved forward 3 inches 5.38 gears,wild horses coils and balistic heim joints.:) 1 ton tie rod ends 1 1/2 dom tubing for the steering

well here is what i started with: put 32s on it and wheeled it too hard for the stock **** to take, needless to say, i broke a bunch of **** when the decision was made to do the sas i picked up a 1979 bronco as a donor:

Ok this is like my first time posting i have used this website for awhile now and there are alot of great tips on here so thanks a bunch everyone Here is my SAS X Dana 30 HP Custom long arm built from a jeep setup Custom crossmember Custom explorer coil buckets for jeep springs Stock jeep track bar Stock jeep steering (tie rod end swapped for pitman) 6" Drop pitman arm 8.5" jeep lift springs SOA w/2wd s10 springs total of 10" lift (no block:D) 33" BFG M/Ts soon to be 33" BajaClaws Thanks for looking

so after a long time, money burning a hole in my pocket, and the devil on my shoulder..I went ahead and cut up my explorer. I started out with 2 dana 60's..one was a full float with brackets, 4.10's and stupid drum brakes. I went ahead and took the ring and pinion out of that and set the rest aside for a rainy day. Then I got my dana 60 housing, which is a semi float 5x5.5 pattern axle with no brackets, carrier, or gears. i rebuilt the whole thing and stuffed in the gears. after that part was all finished, I went out and got a set of ballistic fab GM caliper brackets and calipers, also I got the old axle out and thrown aside Then the new axle was all ready to be put in..so I switched the springs around in the rear to give me a little...