- Location
- Hartsville, South Carolina
Title says it.... Goatman? Farmermatt?
Ghost said:Search'd out the wazooo. Info is too garbled with bs. I check the tech articles and the link was not there. Farmermatt sent it to me. What I got was a 79 f150 Ranger set. Front and rear. Cast radius arm mounts. The front has new brake lines even. Apparently this truck was new to the yard and still being driven. I got dibs on the 205 if I want it but I have one already. Ok ty. It looks like it will need the spring perches moved and a crossmember/radious arm mount point built. Other than that at a glance it does not Look to intimidating.
Talk to BillR on the mounts. That is how he did his.Big Red said:I'm going with the RE TJ 4 link and keeping both axles full width.
Maybe since Old_Man (Tom Houston) lives in my neighborhood, he and Abner and I should get together and put a in-depth tech article together on this. Hmmmm. Tom, you interested?Big Red said:This is getting to be a very popular swap into XJs ...
True, but once you add lockers gears and such to any axle, they all get expensive. The real benefit of the 9", aside from inherent strength of design, ease of repair due to the third member, is that they are heavily used in the racing arena, so used parts are dirt cheap. As an example, I picked up my detroit off an ebay contact for only $200.Big Red said:... they are good axles with lots of aftermarket support and can be had for not too much, they get expensive when U put in the goodies like low gears, lockers, histeer, 35 spline nodular case into the 9" etc.
dirtclod said:Talk to BillR on the mounts. That is how he did his.
Maybe since Old_Man (Tom Houston) lives in my neighborhood, he and Abner and I should get together and put a in-depth tech article together on this. Hmmmm. Tom, you interested?
True, but once you add lockers gears and such to any axle, they all get expensive. The real benefit of the 9", aside from inherent strength of design, ease of repair due to the third member, is that they are heavily used in the racing arena, so used parts are dirt cheap. As an example, I picked up my detroit off an ebay contact for only $200.
Basically the axles are really common, close enough to our trucks that they almost jump underneath, can be installed for very little and are simple and cheaper to upgrade. The main reasons I chose them are the ease of installation and the plethora of used spare parts in junkyards everywhere.