Ford Bronco Full Width Axles

Although the six bolt knuckle bronco dana 44 front axles right came with drum brakes it s possible to upgrade them to disc brakes and even aftermarket knuckles with chevy dodge or jeep parts.

Ford bronco full width axles. This helps to line up your coils over the wider axle. Bronco tech archives. The ford bronco is a model line of suvs that were manufactured and marketed by ford from 1965 to 1996. After the first generation of the bronco was introduced as a competitor to compact suvs including the jeep cj 5 and international harvester scout the succeeding four generations of the bronco were full sized suvs competing against the chevrolet k5 blazer and dodge ramcharger.

Full line of full size rear axles available. Rear axle 31 spline pair for ford 9 inch 78 79 bronco 73 79 f100 150. If you have loose axles laying around you can simply measure the outside diameter of the bearing. There are several reasons for this.

You can shorten the 78 79 d44 high pinion ford axles the method is just a bit different due to the cast in c wedges. The ford version uses larger axle shafts and different lube flow strategy. Interestingly the ford axle uses the exact same size of tapered roller bearings as the gm 12 bolt. 61 25 1957 1972 ford f 100 pickup 61 25 1960 1964 ford full size 61 25 1971 1973 mustang 61 25 1967 1973 torino ranchero fairlane 63 00 1970 1979 ranchero torino 63 00 1972 1979 ford full size intermediate 63 50 1967 fairlane coil springs 65 25 1973 1986 ford f 150 pickup 65 25 1978 1986 bronco 65 25 1973 1986 ford van 3 4 ton.

Each tower is offset approximately 2 away from the frame. Since the axle is 3 wider per side the lower spring mounts need to be moved in or the upper spring buckets moved out. Running full width axles on your early bronco. After all bronco does have a heritage in going fast off road albeit with a solid front axle for many years and with two iterations of the raptor under ford s belt we re betting the 2021 bronco.

What all do i need to install a set of full width axles under my bronco. Huge stock of 73 79 ford bronco parts. Our exclusive heavy duty coil spring towers built from 1 4 plate steel are designed specifically for swapping in a full width axle and might be just what you need. These axles did have metal axle tags similar to the 9 inch axles but they were slowly phased out as vehicle programs were updated.

Putting a full width axle under an early bronco. Your source for 1966 1979 early full size ford bronco parts and classic ford bronco 4x4 accessories. The small are 2 835 or just under 3 and the large are 3 150 or just over 3. The full width axles are 6 wider than stock eb.