Walking around pull a part and I'm like "OOOOOOOoooooooo look at that over there."

So I go check it out. The whole truck is caked in mud (as it should be) and I snapped 2 pics, one was on the diff for identification purposes but it didn't go through.

It's an old SAS and the stocks look rough, all 4 shocks. Nice, big coils.

The coils and shocks were red so I'm thinking Rough Country or Rancho. I am pretty sure Rancho.

The stabilizers were 2 different kinds. One was a Rancho RS9000 or something and the other was a Bilstein 5100

Disk brakes. Both hubs engaged fine. Radius arms were good. Steering linkage was good.

If anyone can identify the axle let me know.

 

The more i look at it the more I'm thinking Dana 44.

If so this would be a great find for a Ranger SAS.

I will be happy to meet up with someone on like Saturday this week or next and help pull it.

 

High pinion dana 44. One of the most common sas swaps in rbvs,

 

That's what I thought. I wonder if it is reverse cut? I NEEDS MORE INFOZ!! lol

I want to know the vehicle it came from and the ring gears. I wonder if it is locked? Ahhh, so many question, no way to answer.

 

Can a mod please change the title to "Pull-A-Part Akron, OH 1978 F-150 w/ Dana 44 HP"

 

I wish there were more axles available for cheaper that had the same bolt pattern. Like the certain types of Jeeps that have them..


GB :)

 

Yeah i think i've seen this one, recently i've been at pull a part on kelley ave. all the time. Are you thinking about doing a SAS?

 

haha no SAS in my near future. just lettin' peopl know its here.

yeah the one on kelley is where i tread to. the best pull-a-part of the 4 in the area for sure. they have an 02 expo for gods sake.

 

haha I remember seeing this one as well, and yeah it was def. caked in mud. If I were ever to do a SAS(Not happening though) it would have to be the front axle out of a Cherokee with 4.10s. I don't believe you have to shorten the axle or anything like you would with the fullsize axles.

 

Its not a sas truck, if its a stock solid axle. All high pinion axle's are reverse cut.

 

What would it be then? Just curious..



GB :)

 

That axle cam stock in those years. Its a HP D44

 

ok i figured it wasn't stock because of all the stabilizers and aftermarket coils.

 

Its just got a lift on it.

 

Quote this: lulz - My standard cab WILL GET an SAS done sooner or later, but it'll be a Jeep axle with the same bolt pattern or nothing...



GB