01 STrunner's Sport Trac

[01STrunner]

You definitely need bigger tires I'm thinking 42"s

Maybe 38s. I doubt bigger than that. 42s would blow up the 44. For those I'd need 1 tons.

 

[Xeek]

yea for sure. 37s is pushing it. hubs are readily available to me so im aiming for those to be my weakness. should be alright. anything above that start thinking tons for sure.

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/3631738919.html
this guys got 44" hawgs on a d44! his old pics i saw i swear it was an 8 lug, but still a d44. its been for sale for over two years lol

 

[01STrunner]

I always feel like mud trucks are poorly thought out. They always seem to have tires way to big for their suspension or something like that. I saw a video of a new silverado 2500 on 46s with a 14" lift. His t-bars were dropped so far down along with the IFS components it just looked dumb.

 

[Xeek]

haha yea. well its a different world to them. you need clearance, but not as high as you can make it.

 

[Dolbs4082]

Hey, any idea what the measurements are between your leaf springs? It almost looks like your leafs are directly below the frame, most i've seen run an outrigger pushing the leaves to where the inside of the shackle is towards the outside of the frame rail.

Do you have any pics of where your leaf springs are mounted front and rear?

Are you running your shackles in the front or the rear of the leaf?

Sorry for asking so many questions on here... i'm designing all the parts for my swap now, and gathering the parts i'll be needing.

 

[01STrunner]

No problem with the questions man. That's what this place is for. I don't know the distance between perches but the rear mounts are mounted on the outside of the frame rails. I'll see if I can't find a picture of it tomorrow. And yes my shackles are in the rear. Don't run front shackles. I've seen them break way to many times on YJs on the trails to even consider it. You're definitely good getting all the parts before you start. My schedule for this got jumped up several months and waiting on parts to get here is really killing the timeframe of the project itself. Steering is mostly the holdup for me as far as waiting on parts.

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Dolbs, check out Chad's SAS build thread, there's detailed pitures of both front and rear leaf shackles and mounts.

 

[Dolbs4082]

I've got every picture from chads build saved to my computer (as well as all of these). It looks like the standard is 31.5" centers on the leafs... That's what the stock wagoner axles came with. I'm using a 76 bronco d44 with the wedges shaved off and running leafs on it...

 

[MidnightRebel07]

On my thread about the '77 Dana 44 there's a link that shows every measurement for all Dana axles, keylime something, I'm on the road right now so I can't link it.

 

[01STrunner]

And Mr. N's website has a ton of axle info as well. (Just google Mr. N)

Little bit of an update. The drag link and tie rod are just leaving CA today. They were supposed to be here today but instead I just got a tracking number. I'm a bit upset with them right now. The front driveshaft is going to be a pain because of the existing crossmember. The rear should be ok. We'll see when the time comes.

 

[MidnightRebel07]

What crossmember? Torsion bar bracket crossmember gets removed from what I can see in everyone else's builds. The ifs front crossmember gets cut out too.

 

[01STrunner]

I'm not exactly sure. Just relaying that bit. I don't remember seeing anything in the way when I was up looking at it the other weekend. On the plus side I can pitch the rear axle carrier so the rear shaft should work alright. The front will have to be lengthened though like Chad did with his.

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Chad had his Superlift front driveshaft modified. I'm not sure if we can use the ST driveshaft yoke, might need to get the GW yoke and elf it to the ST shaft, haven't looked into it yet.

 

[Trackerforsport]

Hey think I can run 35s instead of 33s been thinking about it 3"BL and TT schakles with trimming

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Yep, it can be done, that's what Hugh and Patrick did with their's.

 

[01STrunner]

Yeah there's something about having to make it work with the u joint. I'm not too sure on that part. The shafts and steering are too complicated for me.

 

[colintrax]

Maybe 38s. I doubt bigger than that. 42s would blow up the 44. For those I'd need 1 tons.

Haha I was joking

37's are a good size for just about everything. Not to many guys run bigger than a 37 on our size trucks. 42's are for the full size trucks/mudders

 

[Dolbs4082]

And Mr. N's website has a ton of axle info as well. (Just google Mr. N)

Little bit of an update. The drag link and tie rod are just leaving CA today. They were supposed to be here today but instead I just got a tracking number. I'm a bit upset with them right now. The front driveshaft is going to be a pain because of the existing crossmember. The rear should be ok. We'll see when the time comes.

Hey, sent ya a pm yesterday or the day before.

Was wondering what drag link/tie rod you ended up using? custom made or something stock?

where did you order it from?

Would a kit like this work? http://www.tmrcustoms.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=143_208&products_id=1588

 

[01STrunner]

Hey man sorry I didn't answer back. Work and practice has been crazy recently. I sent you a PM back! For the company, I don't remember the name right now but they royally F'd up my order (shipped it 4 weeks late so the truck's been sitting at a standstill for 3 weeks) and I don't suggest using them. I'll get the name of the company and measurements sometime next week probably. Im in SC and the shop guys went to Daytona for Bike Week so no one's there this week.

 

[01STrunner]

Haha I was joking

37's are a good size for just about everything. Not to many guys run bigger than a 37 on our size trucks. 42's are for the full size trucks/mudders

I do realllly like JJ's ranger build that he's finishing up that's on 40s. I'm glad he dropped it 7" from what it was at and now its a friggin awesome rig.