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Completed Project Great Pumpkin Solid Axle Swap 1993 Ford Explorer XL Rick Horwitz

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My solid axle swap went through two phases of construction. The first utilized Trailmaster 4" coil springs and Rancho 9000 shocks. The setup was a 5 link, that is 4 links plus a panhard bar. The coil spring was allowed to fall way from it's upper mount and was kept in line by a piece of tubular steel which also served as a bump stop.

The axle is a Dana 44 High Pinion design from a '79 Bronco. The axle was shortened for this application. I do not have the measurements. All of the fabrication work was done by FST in Phoenix

Here are photos from Phase 1:
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Main drawback to this design was the noise and sloppiness that occured when the coil spring fell away from the top mount. Everyone I wheeled with had to get used to the BANG when the coil popped back in place.

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Most likely October for our Fall run. I was just thinking about that. I need to set dates.

Hell yea. Please make it over a weekend, and I'll bring out the Sarge
 












Hey rick, forgive me for not going all the way through the thread, but what are you running for a steering setup?
 












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