Ok, so the swap went pretty well. Started at about 2:45 this afternoon and I drove the truck home at :715 this evening. It was about a 4 and a 1/2 hour job, and this included changing a caliper. Bigrigtech helpin' me almost all of the way! Thanks again for the help!
First, the D50 was cursed and swore at a couple times, and then removed. After the wheels and brakes, and steering linkages, the pivot bolts were first to go. Then the U bolts came off and one piece at a time the D50 was dragged, kicking and screaming, from the truck and thrown into an ever growing pile. Some of them bolts wouldn't have come out without our secret weapon!
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Once all the Dana 50 junk was out, the pivot brackets, the springs and shackles, then the process of hanging the D60 begins...
First, we had to do a small frame repair that we never noticed before. The truck must have been hit on the right hand side, it tweaked the front frame horn a little, but nothing serious.
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On goes the track bar bracket, which does bolt to existing holes already in the engine crossmember as many have pointed out before.
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Then it was simply reverse the process. Install springs into the D50 locations, roll the axle under and finger tight the U bolts up, bolt the track bar back into place on the axle, hook up the steering (RIGHT NOW MY WHEEL IS 90* off
, but that is getting fixed RIGHT quick!!)
The truck handles much differently I find, it's tighter, repsonds better...but it's still rough as hell!
Does this mean I have an F350 now? Just wait till the dually swap happens!!
.....His chubby grows with every bolt he tighten's.
. Going good so far, no big issues.
