thats what a friend of mine thought when he stopped by a few days ago but i also thought it would be a weak point, i was pondering whether or not someone may have had a better design, perhaps bending up a small truss to reinforce it.

this is probably a stupid question but has anyone done or seen a set of home fabbed extended radius arms for a late 70s solid axle d44 front end?

Another stupid question. Guy at work has me toying with the idea of shrinking the truck and going down to 33s and maybe like a 2 inch lift. Would I be able to use the stock radius arms and stock mounts with a 2 inch lift? And what kind of travel could be obtained with the right tweaks?

another question, my plan was to pick up some extended radius arms for the truck but my budget has taken a turn for the worst, for now can i use the radius arm drop brackets my truck has right now? it will obviously kill my ground clearance but is there any major adverse effect other than that?

finally got a front end and going to start tearing my truck apart as soon as i can get the other 3 cars outta my driveway, anyone have a picture of their rigs with the drop brackets mounted to their beams?

Found one, it was a 4 hour drive but it was complete hub to hub and he tosses in the beam drop brackets for 150

Haha awesome my trucks panhard bar is what I've found out to be a tsc special meant for a tractor top link

That's my plan it's not a bad setup but the po built it as a mud truck and cut more corners than I could have imagined.

I had thought about it but I'd be pulling the front axle to put new c bushings and radius arms/mounts and the panhard bar was halfassed and personally if in gonna pull it all out anyways I want ttb

Yeah. it was solid axle swapped with a Dana 44.

thats awesome news i think for now im going to model my front end after yours as it sounds like exactly what i want

with the setup you have on your truck now how well does it handle when your out playing around? and any rough idea what kind of travel its producing? i ask because i didnt want to go any smaller than 35's right now. and eventually ill pick up some good beams and radius arms with a coilover setup but...

ok so going from what youre saying could i run a 4 inch coil and not cut and turn the beams? keep in mind im in MI and the only thing close to desert is the dunes which is still 4 hours away i dont plan on jumping this truck but id like to be able to eat up some rough stuff with somewhat ease. i tho...

Had a feeling I should get coils and new brackets the drop brackets are brutal. As far as the beams this is a budget build for right now I've got a couple people who at the very least weld the beams for me (my damn garage won't hold 220) is it something that can be done without a massive issue?

i believe ive finally found a ttb front end to put back under my bronco. the plan is to reuse my drop brackets that are on there for now until i can get some extended radius arms and cut and turn the beams. ive got a couple questions, what exactly is done when beams are cut and turned? right now my ...

Wow I'm not sure how I missed that on their site but thanks man!

I've been hunting around but they're wanting a arm and a leg for a front end

This is a total long shot but maybe there's other Midwesterners or someone who knows some on here, been looking around for a stock ttb front end for my rig to replace the sas it currently has. There is a member who has one in ny but its a little too far of a hike for me at the moment.

Yeah I picked it up out of a 93.id rather not change the yoke on the pinion as with my luck I'd still screw up the pinion depth

It was shorter and even with it extended its still short. Would a spacer between the tcase flange and the driveshaft flange work until I can get a new shaft made