want to buy a dana 44

[csult]

lookin for a dana 44 and 9inch rear out of a 78-79 ford. email me at coreysult69@hotmail.com or give me a call at 540-392-3630 if you have or know where i can get them. thank you

[Steinberg]

this sounds like a Ranger SAS. any reason you're limiting to those years? you planning fullwidth?

[csult]

there is no reason for those years that is what leach told me to put. an yes i wont fullwith. if there is any thing you no that may help me out i can use all the help i can get. this is the frist time that i have did anything like this.

[Steinberg]

if you're gonna do fullwidth, you'd actually be better off with a 76-77 44 from a F150/F100. the difference is that on the 76-77 axles you can easily move the radius arm and coil perches inward on the axle to fit the narrower ranger frame. on a 78-79 you either have to narrow the axle or space out the coil buckets and radius arm brackets on the frame, which is a bit harder to do.

[Steinberg]

the reason for the 76 cutoff by the way is cause that was the first year w/ disk brakes.

[Leach]

Eric, what years had the cast on radius arm mounts? And I believe that he is going to use leafs.

Leach

[Steinberg]

78-79 had the all-in-one cast brackets.

on the left is the pre-78 mount where the radius arm wedges are simply welded to the tube. on the right, the 78-79 single cast piece that is pressed and welded onto the end of the tube.

if you're gonna go leafs, you also have the option of an F250 44 which will already be set up for leaf springs. you should seriously consider keeping the coils though. there's prolly less fabrication involved with a coil/radius arm swap on a ranger than a leaf spring swap.

[tsmall07]

the tubes on the f250 44 are 1/4 inch thicker too i believe