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Originally Posted by pjwoolw
Larry if your going to go through the whole thing you may want to look into a dana 60 conversion. Had I known then what I know now that is what I should have done. Do it once and be done forever. Ditching the dana 50 altogether will save you allot of headaches. But if you don't Walt's auto service in Danville (near Costco) is the place to go for the alignment after your repairs. Also if your looking for springs in the future U.S. spring in Oakland is the place to go. As far as shocks I have Rancho 5000s on mine. Bilstein is really a good choice too.
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I had been kicking around that idea. I guess the king pin dana 60's will last practically forever. The parts are pretty cheap though. The ball joints and tie rod ends are only about 200 bucks. If I could find a good dana 60 front end complete at a reasonable price I would consider the swap but it looks like buying that in unknown condition would cost north of 500. If I was buying an unknown I would want to have it rebuilt (I dont have the tools to rebuild an axle). So throw on another 1200 plus if your going that far you have got to throw in an ox or arb locker.... That slippery slope winds up around 3k or so ...
I hope I am not giving the idea that I am a cheap skate. I just don't want the mrs to get to angry with me.
I will take that reference on Walt's auto service. I had been wondering where to take it for an alignment after I rebuild all of the steering.
Are the Dana 50's that bad? Just deferring back to this one has been there for 255K miles ... I know the straight axle has some benefits but I don't plan on lifting it at all. It is plenty tall already. It makes my jeep cherokee look like a low rider
Larry
