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SAS is all you need to know

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For reference, stock front framerail before any mods. (Sorry for the smoky pic)

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Welded nuts in for bumper before boxing

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Front framerail (other side obviously) boxed, DOM tubing run for front hanger

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Here's how the hanger will sit once bolts are run thru the DOM. Front hanger is stock from a '77ish...

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Another pic of other framerail and front hanger

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A side view of the '77 hanger. U can see I had to trim my custom front bumper a bit.

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Here's the template for boxing (a plasma is a beautiful thing)

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Steve Rickard's u-bolt flip on his '78/9 60 front

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Home from Steve's shop, the swap starts in February '02 (is there a more wonderful thing than rippin...

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Here's a stock 19 spline D44 stub shaft next to a stock 30 spline D60 stub shaft

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The rear hangers for the front springs are stock from any '80-97 F250 or 350. This is where they si...

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See, this shackle angle just ain't cutting it

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Here's the same hanger moved forward after a few grinder mods

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Here's a stock hanger vs the how I needed to mod the rear hangers for the front springs

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Here's the body mount on the driver's side....

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..... here's the same body mount after a little discussion with Mr. Grinder. This plus the mods to ...

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I also moved the hole in the rear hanger UP and FORWARD for better clearance and improved shackle an...

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Here's the final setup and the shackle angle gets better as it's weighted

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A close-up of the above shot. Note the hole to the left is where the hanger originally WAS; my grin...

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Here's a general shot of the leaf installed (I had a better shot somewhere...)

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Same as above, different perspective (note this was before I improved the shackle angle)

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Here we go, here's the finished setup weighted

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I copied Steve and flipped my u-bolts too

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Here it lives under the truck (no brakes or steering yet)

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I used the stock brackets off an F250/350 for the brake hard line/soft line interface, but any piece...

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A better shot of the brake line bracket

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On the passenger side I was able to use an old 8.8 spring plate with just a slight amount of reaming...

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On the driver's side I temporarily used an F250 TTB spring plate. Note this is how a spring plate s...

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I later built my own spring plate for the driver's side. 1/4" plate isn't enough, it's now bending ...

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The lower shock mounts were stolen off my old TTB arms, trimmed, and welded to the spring plates (se...

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The upper shock mounts are stock from an '80+ F250 or 350. Simple, bolt-on.

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Here's a loaded caliper installed with the anti-rattle clip

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In the end it works quite nicely on the trails

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Ditto

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I like this one too, even tho it doesn't show incredible flex

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Two more poser shots

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R.I.P. TTB!

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20 degree ramp

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1025 score going forward

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Front 37" stuffs into my inner fender

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971 score in reverse

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Messing around on a random crack on Seven Mile Rim

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Stuffed spring

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Drooped spring

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Here's a poser shot in my front yard. Here the driver's front is stuffed. Quite a bit of negative ...

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TTB + BFE = SOL

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TTB "art" hung on shop wall