FDS 78 Front axle build

[Cummin_un_glued]

Just finished this up this week. Thought i'd post it in here since i didnt find very much on this axle on here.

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Front

Back. F106 chunk

Stripped

First cut

Second cut. 15" was removed to allow for using 2 short side shafts

Welded back together

Mockup of reassembly

Finished width wms-wms is 70"

 

[codymorris91]

very nice, what'd this come off of?

 

[Cummin_un_glued]

F700 Ford

 

[kalder]

The 70s f600s used a similar Rockwell axle.
I worked for a summer in Alaska. The plant I worked at had 12 f600 4x4s with AG tires on them. They were pretty cool.

 

[j-rod]

Gotta love rectangular tubes.

 

[Cummin_un_glued]

it does make it easy to narrow thats for sure, and j-rod asked what the spline count was so for everybody its 19 spline just like a F106 rear

 

[j-rod]

it does make it easy to narrow thats for sure, and j-rod asked what the spline count was so for everybody its 19 spline just like a F106 rear

Similar to my reply to your PM:

I was mostly curious to see if this one had 34-spline shafts, as my FDS78 does. I have been on the lookout for 34-spline shafts but have only found 19-spline inners and 30-spline stubs (as far as OEM).

 

[Cummin_un_glued]

what are you doing for brakes?