Sinking Creek 4WD Association

I'm changing directions a bit with my project truck and will be parting out my 80 front axle. Basically everythign is up for grabs except the third member and the longs.

The hydro system is all from Station and is nice and bling. None of this stuff has been run, just used for mockup(and most of it was masked, so there is only VERY minor scratches on a couple things). I can post detailed pics of any flaws next weekend.

I have:

Hydro parts -
- 7" throw balanced double-acting cylinder
- clevis ends w/ heims
- POS reservoir w/ built in filter(uses a standard oil filter)
- TC style PS pump w/ PSC V-belt pulley
- Load reactive open center orbital valve w/ short steering column
- anti-kickback valve
- steering shaft u-joint that fits orbital and adapts to 3/4" smooth on the other side

Again, this is a complete NEW system, the only thing you need are hoses and a cooler. Asking $1100 for everything together, OR

Ram - 375
Orbital - 275
Column - 50
U-joint - 50
Reservoir - 125
Pump - 150
V-belt pulley for pump - $50
Clevis ends w/ hardware - 75
Anti-kickback valve - 25


Axle parts -
- tie-rods that are made to work with above cylinder and have Dodge TRE's at the knuckle ends(I reamed out the stock arms, but one is crooked, so you would need one steering arm)
- housing completely stripped of all bracketry, but has the hydro ram mount welded on(will cut off at buyer's request)
- knuckles through calipers are complete(including stock drive flanges)
- calipers are freshly rebuilt
- also have stock inners for spares

Asking $500 for all this stuff

If there's something you want, let me know. I'd prefer to sell all of this complete, but I doubt that will happen.

Parts are located at 26291 zip code.

Thanks for looking. *I'm a motivated seller*

Will make partial trades for mini-truck parts including the following:

Dual case adapater
30-spline longs
Jeep D300
Springs
Front '85 axle
Beadlocks and/or tires

Let me know what you have!

Ary

might be interested for my SAS project, id have to do a little research in the differences between doing an 80 swap and a 44, high pinion would be nice though, know how hard it is to find a 3rd for an 80?

3rds are fairly common as they are a popular swap. Not nearly as common as low pinion 4cylinder thirds, but they're not impossible to find either. FYI a standard low pinion diff will fit in this housing.

The biggest downside to the 80 housing is no aftermarket high steer is currently available. Slee offroad is supposed to be releasing some arms soon, but until it happens it's just speculation.

I did a lot of research on this axle before going ahead with it, and if it weren't for a cash shortage I would continue with it. So feel free to ask any questions you might have.

Ary

yea i looked through a couple buildups, i think the real downside for me would be having to swap tcases, i was planning on maybe going dual cases in the future so maybe just put off the swap until i can get all the parts adapters and tcases for that? what are the main differences between an fj80 axle and a dana 44? most of the build ups i found we're having to have high steering arms fabricated specifically for the build, are there any other options for steering?

Honestly, the FJ80 swap is a "toyota purist" type swap. It has lots of disadvantages, but it has a certain cool factor that your axle is as strong as a D60(at least in terms of shaft strength) and is still a Toyota 8". It's not the cheapest, it's not the easiest, but it's different, and that's what appealed to me in the first place.

A D44 would need alloy shafts and joints to hold up strength wise compared to an FJ80 axle.

At the risk of killing a sale, this axle honestly doesn't sound like the right one for you.

Ary

thanks for the info ary, i did a little more reading into it and another possibility would be running an old 4 cyl gear driven tcase and adding reduction gears, im not crossing it out yet, i want to do a little more research on it and price calculating before i make any decisions

Sounds good. One of the key advantages to this axle is that it is 63" wide so it's a much better fit width wise than a standard mini-truck 8" for a Taco.

Ary

Eh i think im gonna have to pass, did some price stuff and parts searching and it seems that as unique as it would be it would be pretty difficult considering its a ps drop

redtaco00 wrote:Eh i think im gonna have to pass, did some price stuff and parts searching and it seems that as unique as it would be it would be pretty difficult considering its a ps drop

Dump your auto and drop in a W56 with t-case for $200 and your good to go.

Not to discourage my own sale, but doesn't exhaust become a problem on the Taco's w/ a PS drop T-case?

yea it does, but thats not that huge of an issue considering i was planning on redoing it anyways, just need to figure our where to route things, will a w56 or r151 bolt up to a 3RZ? and if so will a used one requre any rebuilding/maintenance?

Marlin just released a new bellhousing that will enable the R151 to bolt up to the 3RZ I believe.

Check out his site.