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Old March 13th, 2010, 9:12 PM
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I'm planning on putting a solid front axle in 96 Suburban and would like to talk with some people who have done it.
Old March 13th, 2010, 9:38 PM
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I'm planning one for my HD... Depending on how much power your gonna be running, go with a Dana 44. If you plan on wheeling pretty hard, or run some decent Horsepower, go with a Dana 60 from a 78-79 F-250.
Check out this link for a kit, www.offroaddirect.com
Thats where I plan on getting my kit from, you can also check out www.offroadunlimited.com I think ORU is a lil pricey, I've seen one kit for 17k. ORD has some decent ones for less than 2k.
Whats hard is finding a good axle for cheap. Those Dana 60s don't go cheap.
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I did it on my Tahoe witout buying kit, I have a thread on the site about it that you can find with a search. Just use "Solid Axle Swap" as the keyword.
After doing it, there are some things I would do differently a 2nd time around and I would be glad to answer any questions.
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