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Track bar bracket I am beat! I spent yesterday and today working on the track bar and coil buckets. These are two items that I decided to make instead of buy, and now I am thinking that may not have been the best choice. Looking back the easiest would have been to grab some coil buckets from an...

Looks good and sounds like a solid plan. I look forward to your progress.

Thanks for your feedback. I have had so little interest in the thread that I didn't think it was adding much value to this community. I keep adding updates simply because I hope it can help other people looking to do a coil spring dana 60 swap some insight that is lacking out there. I love my...

The last few days have netted some good progress. I took the radius arm tubes to work and notched them on the mill for a 7* cant inboard. When I welded the tube adapters to the 2"x.250 wall I went a little rowdy on the first pass and heat seized one of the jonny joints into the tube. I was...

Monday Lots of progress today. I started the day heading to work and stopping for coffee. When I got in the car to leave Starbucks my Volvo decided it did not want to start. It was just cranking with no signs of firing at all. The last time this happened it was the crank angle sensor so I...

Sunday Not a lot done today. Only had a few hours so I spent it trying to nail down the x-member and radius arm mounts. I came up with several options. First option and most difficult is to make a new x-member and mount the jonny joints inboard on it Pros; Best articulation Best turning...

Saturday I spent most of the day working on the truck and made some good progress. Unfortunately it doesn't look like much since several hours was purely mock up. I got the radius arm brackets fully welded to the axle, the tie rod fully welded, the x-member cut and reinforced, and the axle back...

Fridays progress I haven't had a chance to work on the truck much this week, but I did get a few things going. One of the challenges is the front lip on the engine crossmember. It is almost directly in the way of the tie rod and track bar. Some people seem to be able to get away with leaving it...

I got a lot done today. The first hurdle was just getting the truck on the jack stands. It took over an hour of messing around to get the heights correct and the stands positioned ect. After that joy came the removal of the d50. Man that crap was shot! The shackles, the springs, the u-joints...

Got a chance to work on the suspension some today. I started the mock up for the radius arms to try and get an idea how I want to run them. I would prefer to inboard the main pivots some to triangulate the axle and allow better flex, but that will require a new trans crossmember so I have a...

I have bushings that have the correct taper in them. I would have had to ream the knuckles out anyway so I figured bushings were cheaper and I could flip the tie rods to the top and gain some clearance. There is very little info out there about what parts to order when using the TRE ends on...

Looks like my dana 60 swap got a little bit more interesting. I started planing this project in January and my original goal was to use '05+ superduty coil springs and spring buckets and adapt them to my balljoint d60 with custom radius arms. I got in contact with Clint at battlement...

Put some new tires on the f250 These will fit a little better when I get the d60 in but they actually work at stock hieght and only rub on the springs at full lock. They are 37x12.5 r16.5 military take offs on 16.5x9" ar 82s. Then found a little hill to test them out on

After swapping the tires on I took it for a test drive and was pleasantly surprised with how well it rode. After seeing how much weight it took to get these balanced I was preparing myself for some vibrations, however there were none. I didn't take it on the freeway so we will see if it is good...

Obs f250 stock height with 37" military tires mounted Lots of progress this week. The tires showed up early so I had to buckle down and get the wheels bead blasted and painted. I only have four wheels at the moment so I am looking for #5 to get the spare mounted up. [/URL] To my surprise...

U-bolt flip done I spent some time working on the Dana 60 today. The only parts that have showed up in the mail so far are the u-bolt flip plates from WFO concepts so thats what I tackled today. First I had to cut off the factory mounts for the sway bar on the drivers side and the...

Thanks man, the pivot kit was from A to Z fabrications and the pull pin was from McMaster Carr. I will have my u-bolt flip kit tomorrow so I can get started on cutting all the factory brackets off the axle and get it cleaned and ready for test fit and mock up.

Progress! I just ordered almost everything to get the 37" tires and the D60 on. I have five 37x12.5 r16.5 Goodyear wrangler MTRs on the way, all the parts to do a chevy 1ton tre steering conversion with 1.5"x .250 wall dom, a proper length front mount track bar, and u-bolt flip kit. I still need...

Updates Nothing major to report, however I scored on a second Dana 60 at the local pick-n-pull that has the correct 4.10 ratio. Now that I don't have to worry about swapping gear ratios I can get the axle in much sooner. In the next two weeks I will order tires and get the wheels powder coated...

Thanks for the tips. I am no professional welder for sure, but the lack of pre grinding was more laziness than anything else. The welder I was using was an old Hobart with a very narrow range of temperature adjustment and it was hard to find the best combo to get consistant results. I also think...