96 F350 PSD Donor Truck

[jcarr]

can someone tell me if the frontend under this truck is a solid axle or twin beam. trying to find another excuse to buy this truck as a donor. the PSD is trash though so its not a deciding factor.

 

[kas83]

Any F350 4x4 between 85.5 and 97 will have a Dana 60 solid front axle.

 

[jcarr]

Kas truck is 2wd not 4x4.

 

[gonecrazyi]

If its 2 wheel drive, it should just have the standard twin ibeam front suspension I would think.

 

[93turbo_animal]

Yeah I believe you won't get a solid 2wd axle till the 450

 

[kas83]

Cab and chassis F350 will have the straight axle in a 2 wheel drive.

 

[jcarr]

truck i'm looking at buying is a cab and chassis. only seen it in pics on the web so i need to look at in in person. i'd like to have a straight axle up front twin beam is ******* tires.

 

[gonecrazyi]

I just scraped an f350 cab and chassis truck and it had the twin I beam setup. Ive only seen the straight axle 2wd in f superduty trucks. Funny thing is, only a handfull of the superduty's Ive looked at have had the straight axle.

 

[trackspeeder]

F Super duty is the only 2 wheel drive with a straight axle.

 

[Diesel_brad]

Cab and chassis F350 will have the straight axle in a 2 wheel drive.

WRONG!

2wd F350 have the TTB

4wd F350 from 85.5097 have the MOMOBEAM...a.k.a D60

 

[gonecrazyi]

There talking about the f superduty trucks that are 2wd but have leaf springs in the front with a solid tube axle. Its resembles the jeep solid axle on their 2wd vehicles, except the jeep uses coils instead of leafs.

 

[93turbo_animal]

but of course then your going to have the wrong bolt pattern but maybe thats ok.

 

[kas83]

If you've ever seen a later OBS Uhaul based on an F350 cab and chassis, you'd be surprised at what is under the front end. The only reason I posted the info is that there were 2 of them yesterday right down the road with the neighbors moving out.

 

[Diesel_brad]

If you've ever seen a later OBS Uhaul based on an F350 cab and chassis, you'd be surprised at what is under the front end. The only reason I posted the info is that there were 2 of them yesterday right down the road with the neighbors moving out.

U-hauls are built to a toataly differnt spec. The general public has no access to their build specs. And you did not post that in your original; post that you were refering to a u-haul

 

[kas83]

Guess I assumed that since the 2 of them were straight front axles, and F350 badged, and obviously a cab and chassis to start with, that they would carry over throughout the line.