SAS Kits?

Yeah, my mom said it's either the truck stays or I go. So considering I need the funding for college, yeah. It's gotta stay, unfortunately.
 
Brinker88 said:
http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-13224-aux-upper-shock-bracket.html Shock mount

http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-13211-new-coil-spring-towers-1966-77-pair.html Coil buckets (OR get the adj coil buckets from Ballistic Fabrication)

As for the axle, grab a D44. Get the Ballistic Fabrication sterring kit for it, You will need a reamer with a 1.5" per foot taper for the knuckles and pitman arm.

You need to fabricate a steering box mount on your frame with plate steel and sleeves going through the frame for support. Get a toyota steering box or a stock 93-97 steering box (same as 80-96 F150 boxes)

As for a track bar, use .25 DOM tube with heims and for the upper mount, fabricate one on your frame and weld it on. FYI the track bar and drag link need to run at the same angle.

If you get a EB (early bronco) D44, make sure you get the right c bushings for you radius arms (about 7 degree bushings should be perfect)

If youre sticking with stock D44 radius arms, call up Rough Country for some 4" lift 80-96 F150 radius arm drop brackets. If you're extending them, just get the stock ones off of Broncograveyard.com

As for coils, get Early bronco coils as they flex fairly well yet are still stable on the road.

If you need any more REAL world information, contact me. Ive done a few SAS's so I definitely know what Im doing.
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Brad, I love you lol (no homo). Now I know where to start. Thanks man
 
Because I need to dump $600 into the front, and I won't be able to sell it till after college anyways. So I might as well go ahead and spend some extra money to save it in the long run.
 
Yeah, I'm doing it in the summer so I can use the dakota more often. Might even have a work truck to bring home too if I get the job I'm aiming for.
 
another thing you have to consider...do you have a place you can do it? judging from your pics you dont have a driveway or garage
 
My buddy's garage I can do it at, my girlfriend's dad's uncle owns a local successful garage, her gram has a garage, my mechanic might let me do it in back of his...etc. I do have a few places.
 
ah ok...theres a lot of things you have to consider...and before you even start make sure you have all of the parts you need there and be prepared for some SNAFUs
 
Yeah, I'm planning on it. This will probably be happening later on in the summer when I have the money saved up to buy everything at once.
 
Oh and Im going to warn you right now pete. It's the little stuff that adds up. If you and your buddy fabricate everything, plan on spending a MINIMUM of $5000 to get the axle set up on the front end. Dont believe me? Go do a little research over on TRS.
 
Brinker88 said:
Oh and Im going to warn you right now pete. It's the little stuff that adds up. If you and your buddy fabricate everything, plan on spending a MINIMUM of $5000 to get the axle set up on the front end. Dont believe me? Go do a little research over on TRS.
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also R-F has a lot of SAS info
 
Yea. The install isnt that difficult, it's the fabrication and knowledge you need to have when doing this kind of ****. Where things need to be, what angle they need to be at, etc. If you dont know this information, I wouldnt even CONSIDER it.

I remember my first SAS, it was fun and challenging. Only thing I woulda done different is my upper track bar bracket. I bolted it on instead of welding it, and the steel tore. What a scary thing to happen when you're driving
 
I don't know a lot about it, but I figured it would be an excellent learning opportunity for me, and if the need be there's more than enough people around me that are more than willing to help me and explain to me what to do
 
Redneck_ranger said:
I don't know a lot about it, but I figured it would be an excellent learning opportunity for me, and if the need be there's more than enough people around me that are more than willing to help me and explain to me what to do
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I'll explain the basics to you (as I did above) but I'm not going to hold your hand and explain everything step by step. I dont want to expect a PM every 20 minutes bc you or your buddy have a question about what grade bolt to use and if it's okay to drill holes in your frame. If you dont feel comfortable doing the research and the work yourself, by all means, do it. But from experience, I have a feeling it would be a good idea to scrap this idea and keep it like you have it, put the $600 or w/e you have into it and DRIVE it! :thumbsup:
 
I'll research it first and gather as much info as I can, then talk to my buddy about it before I go making a final decision. If I'm gonna be five grand into it, then it's not worth it. What's the cheapest I could do it for?
 
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