1981 Ford F-150 Solid Axle Swap pictures, videos, and sounds

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SAS axle donor

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another

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Nice camo

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last one

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Getting started - removing ttb axle

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Drivers side getting removed

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Passenger side

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79 Axle, removed, and painted.

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Solid Axle

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TTB removed!

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Getting ready to bolt in.

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All shiny

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Look different?

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Slid under the truck

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She's hanging!

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With axle hanging on the coils (cheap 6" lift), the driveshaft is sitting on the crossmember. It's ...

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Set truck down on springs, and radius arms are on. Now I need to do the track bar. Gears and locke...

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Looks better

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Radius arm brackets, modified.

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Looking at angles, making sure things are straight

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Getting ready to make a cover from the TTB arm..

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I don't think the clear cover will work...

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TTB arm cut out for cover, with some sliding protection left on the bottom

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Another view, with stock cover unpainted

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You can't tell from the photo, but the TTB arm cut out is about twice as thick as the stock cover.

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Other side bracket, after paint

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The old shock mount on top is in the bucket, and doesn't quite line up with the new lower mount on t...