Solid Axle Swap Registry

Can someone tell me how to SAS my 98 sport an how much it will cost and would a dana 30 be a good choice?

A little planning and 4 months later, my Sport Trac finally has a solid axle in the front. Current Look: Front Axle - Low Pinion Dana 44 from a 1988 Grand Wagoneer - 6x5.5 bolt pattern - 4.88 gears (still open diff for now) - Superwinch manual hubs - Disc brakes - Custom spindles tapped for hi-steer - Custom 1.5"x.25" wall DOM drag link and tie rod - Stock Grand Wagoneer 7leaf pack flipped to SOA - Bilstein 5100 shocks (originally for Jeep JK with 6" lift) - Ford Super Duty steering box (pre-drilled for hydro-assist in the future) - Drop pitman arm for Super Duty with 4" lift - Front stainless brake lines for stock Jeep TJ - Custom sway bar end links - New Moog ball joints and bushings - Grand Wagoneer track bar mounted to frame rail

I have officially finished the SAS and have driven it to and from work a few times successfully with no real problems, so I will consider this stage complete. FRONT: 1978 F-250 Dana 44 HP Sky Manufacturing high steer arms Hydro-assist steering 1990-ish Astro Van steering gear box drilled and tapped for the hydro-assist Custom front cross member Custom rear hangers E-bay boomerang shackles H1 double beadlock wheels 37x12.5x16.5 BFG Baja military tires Stock 4.10 gears (Puke) <--- Will be upgraded when I get the money Rear: 1978 F-250 Dana 60 1980-ish Chevy K20 disk brake conversion Stock leaf springs hangers etc. Matching 4.10 gears That's what I can think of worth mentioning off the top of my head. The link to the build is in my...

Finally finished my long running Dana 60 axle swap. Build threads: Explorer Forum Demon4x4 Pirate4x4 Texas4x4 Non SAS build threads: EF Dana 44 Solid Axle Swap Project Thread EF 700r4/Atlas Thread Demon4x4 Dana 44 Install Thread Demon4x4 700r4/Atlas Install Thread This is my second attempt at a SAS, the first being a narrowed high pinion Dana 44 from a 1979 Ford Bronco. You can see that registry thread here. The specs for this SAS: Front Axle: 1979 Ford high pinion Dana 60 Summit Machine custom engraved flange covers and 35 spline drive slugs Warn 35 spline outer stub shafts Ford Sno-Fighter inner axle shafts Detroit SofLocker 5.13 gears 1350 U-joint yoke Stage 8 Dana 60 Spindle Locks Longfield...

I have a 98 explorer xlt that I bought when I was 15. Shes still running but last year I decided to straight axle it on a budget. Had a dana 44 but couldn't find any parts for it in any local junkyards. So I scrapped it and picked up a dana 30 cheap that is holding up surprisingly well. Front axle- High pinion Dana 30, 4.10 gears, xj shafts, lockright locker Rear axle- 31 spline 8.8, 4.10 gears, welded Suspension- Front is SOA with waggy springs, AAL, shackles, rear is SOA with AAL and shackles, skyjacker nitros all around 3 inch body lift 2 inch wheel spacers 4.0 OHV, automatic, bw1354 manual case Extended brakelines Steering- 94 explorer box, custom shaft, 1/4" steel plates on both sides of the frame, sleeved...

Well since I don't have the time/tools/skills to build my own, but I do have the money, this isn't going to be a build log, just show the final product since I don't have much for "during" pics. Dana 30, trussed and gussetted. 4.56 gears, Eaton Truetrac (front and rear), SOA with Chevy 1500 63" leafs, 1354 manual transfer case, F-150 steering box.

well i finished my sas with the dana 30, went wheeling a few times, and riooed the front axle out. had the 44 sitting on the side of the house for a few months, and now its installed i used balistic fab radius arm and coil brackets, fabed up my radius arms with dom tubing for the uppers, and my old lowers. track bar is 1.5x .25 dom, and same tubing for my drag link. i used the stock tierod for now, but plan todo dom for tierod also. specs front axle dana 44 76 f150, 4.56, locrite rear axle dana 44 jeep wagoneer, 4.56s, disc conversion, chromo shafts, and yukon full spool. explorer: 93 Limited 5 Speed swap Electric fan harbor freight 12k winch 36in irok superswampers Suspension front rubicon express 6 inch...

Hi, í have a 91 explorer, its got d44 hd front and chevy 10.5 semifloat rear and 46" tyres Just a couple of touches left to make him road legal

Hi there. Last year I bought this $600 beauty. This November i turned it into this beast. Last spring i did the BW4406 transfer case swap to be done with the AWD poo. Then i spent the summer collecting parts, narrowing the front axle and getting the gears set up. The list. Factory v8 212,000 miles on the clock. '78 bronco HP dana 44 narrowed 6" completely rebuilt Chromoly early bronco shaft's Detroit locker front 4.56 gears Custom long radius arms Wild Horses 3.5" coil springs Rancho rs 9000's F/R Thunderbird calipers Gen 1 explorer front shaft modified. Inverted chevy tie rod ends, 1 1/2" tie rods Bronco2 steering gear rebuilt and tapped for ram assist BW4406 transfer case Original 8.8 completely rebuilt during SOA Welded center...

I completed my sas and soa setup on my 00 mountaineer. Front axle is a wagoneer Dana 44 with new wagoneer leafs up front. Steering is handled by a Toyota steering box mounted outside the frame. The first test drive was extremely disappointing. The truck drove terrible and the bump steer was uncontrollable. I added a track bar which helped the bump steer some, but over 30mph it was still totally dangerous. Took it to a shop to get aligned. They said the caster was off 5degrees and that is causing the poor handling. I ordered a pair of axle shims and put them in before attempting to rotate the knuckles. Even with the shims it still drives terrible. It darts around the entire time and if you hit a bump, you never know what way it's going...

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I started out with a 01 explorer sport with 230k miles and now i have a 2001 frame with axles out of a late 80 f350 2003 body with 90k on it with stock drivetrain (for now). My plan is to either build the drivetrain i have now (4.0 sohc with a 5rod) or go to an lq4 engine and then 4 link it front and rear with coil overs within the next year or two. I will try to list all the parts i used but i know i will miss some so if there are any questions please ask. The swap has been one for about 8 months and i have put about 15,000 miles on it without a hiccup. No sway bars, trac bars or even a steering stabilizer (plan on doing a stabilizer before winter). This is my winter vehicle (for now) so i have my car i daily and drive my exploder on...

Mine is done. Build specs: Garage kept 97' v8 AWD 115,000 miles bought from og owner. Early bronco Dana 20 transfer case High pinion full width d44 with fms 5:13 gears,Detroit locker,superior shafts,Yukon super joints,t bird calipers,warn hubs,crane diff cover and relocated wedges. 9" rear from 79' bronco,,full spool,5:13 gears,31 spline shafts, ruff stuff anti wrap spring perches and plates.drum brakes ..for now 79' bronco steering box,frame fully plated and sleeved. Ruff stuff 7/8" heims steering links. 37" pro comp ABS pump delete. 1310 cv drive shafts from tom woods Duff arms,duff 2.5" coils,early bronco coil buckets,f250 Shock mounts in front stock location rear shocks B&m trans cooler with fan B.C. broncos trac bar,brake...

So I haven't officially made a thread on my lifted explorer build. It would have been easier to track from the beggining but I just didn't get around to posting. Iv had this 94 explorer since late 2013 when I picked it up for $700 bone stock. I used to have an 85 bronco 2 that I had chopped the top on and loved how well it wheeled and performed but it wasn't big enough and had tons of issues. So the explorer fit me much better. It's a 5 speed with when I got it 228,000 miles. Now it has around 236,000 miles. Has a light lifter knock when the oil is dirty but runs really darn good tho. I started with some TTB lift at a 3" and 33s. I had found a long arm kit in the junkyard on a bronco 2 and used that lift first. I ended up getting some...

So I started collecting parts for my sas kinda half heartedly knowing I wanted to do it and it just kinda happened one day. I meant to start this thread before I started with pictures of all the parts and the process of me doing it. but like I said I just kinda started and forgot. So we are dropping in about 75% threw doing it. So here is how it sits now. I would guess about a 6" lift is where we ended up. This is the beginingish I just got most of the ifs in the front cut out and the d30 sat close to where I wanted it I'm using soa porches from Barnes 4wd and out riggers and there shackle mounts so I got the thing as centered as I could. Here's a pick of the outrigger and leaf hanger tacked in. And that's pretty much all the pic I...