i picked up a 79 f-150 d44 and 9 in rear off craigs like little over 3 months ago. been workin on the rebuild of the 44 on spare time since. have a lot of time in this project. pix will show the rest.
june 20th is the teardown date. figured i would finally let everyone see what ive been doing.
pix in order from day one when i brought it home.
EVERYTHING on it had to be rebuild. it was in poor shape, but now its like brand new : )

its changed a lot




my favorite tool for the project

sand blasted the old parts












7* caster bushings




13 in shocks



had to ream the knuckles and pitman arms to fit chevy 1ton tie tod ends



will be the steering set up



running adapter on the rear untill i can get started on the 9 in rear rebuild.






yota box



johnny joints for the radius arms



just finished it up today. kinda wishin i put the white letters in. i may change it at work next week.



its got 4:56 gears i put in.

will be more progress pix as we go

 

looks good evan

 

nice!

 

ya axle is done, but thereis still SOO much more work to get that thing in. im not even 1/2 way done. lol

 

Not bad Evan.

You still need those stands?

 

37s? so you doin the same type of setup as zach

 

Good progress Evan. You're seeing just how much work the rest of have had to deal with! Lookin' forward to more updates.

By the way, where'd you get the coils?

 

bad *** man! wish I was still close enough to come check it out



Let me know when that front pig comes out. I've been looking for one


ScottG

 

sweet! cant wait until the 20th...

I will have those radius arms done by the end of the week I hope!

 

bad *** Erv!!

i see the mustang is home again

 

OH SHOOT! I was trying to figure out who's truck Zach will be working on "on another member's SAS".....duh.


Looks great! Can't wait to see it done!!

 

old news!

 

blahhhhh. didn't know and or/didn't notice. lol.

 

Man at this rate everyone and their mother is going to be sas'd lol

 

Yeah lol. I want those rims!

 

Your doing a SAS? No way lol.

See ya after 5pm if you guys arn't too dead from working all day

 

looks good man

what size tires take it those are 15s? but maybe 17s cuz of the rotors?

looks good man..what size coils are those

going to be nice with the radius arms dont see many installs with those other then scotts..

 

So who's my superlift getting sold to now Evan? lol

You've done a GREAT job with the axle so far! Can't wait to see how the rest of it comes along!

 

thanks everyone for the comments

ya, ive been meaning to call you.
i get wednesday off work for my b-day. ill be there everyother day tho so stop by when u get time.



they are 35's. it will simular to zach. different arms and no high steer. he's got the 250 d44 to

it is a lot of work.
got the coils from bronco graveyard. they are 4 in lift coils for a bronco

lol im not sure whos next for the superlift. couple people are interested but no deff. deal yet. lol
i think i reversed the curse. i didnt total my truck in it. well i still have 20 days to go so knock on wood. t-case is about the only thing i broke during the s/l


what gears are you lookin for? josh from indiana is gettin my axles with 4:56. he's got the 4:10 diff he will prob sell. talk to him.

 

evan,
they are 15x8 wheels not much room at all between the calipers and wheels, but they do clear.

 

Why no high steer?

 

here are the coils for the couple people who asked
http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-..._inch_lift.htm

 

may upgrade later on. its not a huge deal to me right now. just trying to ge the axle under.

 

i would love a superlift.......its gonna be really nice thats for sure, must suck walking in the garage and seeing everything sitting there but you still cant do anything......the 20th is a long ways away

 

I remember D. saying at one point that in a short amount of time the SAS would be just another mod that everybody and their brother has. he said this when asked why he was going the direction he was going with his truck. It's getting there.


Looks good man. I wish I had the time and money to do this. For now it remains but a dream.