Originally Posted by
zfink
Allright alright, I'm learning...so if i were in the market for a straight axle what are my options? What would they come from? Is a straight axle like a pivot? The two wheels go up and down and twist..instead of the IFS compressing on one side and dropping off on the other? I don't see any improvement in ride quality if I where to rip out the IFS... How big of a job is it do do the swap and would my rear end stay the same? WOuld an axle bolt directly up to the exsisting drive line and transfer case and all that stuff..I bought the truck for 850 bucks I have a feeling I'm going to be throwing allot more at it just for this... is it worth it? If I were to sell it down the road.....?
Thanks for your help!!!!
Ride quality is going to suffer somewhat but not much. As far as how involved it is going to be, well it requires some fairly serious fabrication. If you are not good with a welder and don't have a good 220V one, I would leave the actual labor for a pro. Expect to spend more on a dana 60 front than you paid for the truck if you spent 850 on it.
You said before that all you want is a truck that is tall to cruise the streets, in that case I would stick to the twin I beam.