2wd conversion

Frankenstein · Aug 17, 2011

Ok, this isn't my truck, but a lot of the idea came out of my head and I did a bunch of the labor. It's a 96 that was 2wd with coil springs in the front. We took the suspension from a wrecked '01 SD and made it into a to be 4wd leaf spring. Overall I think it went well. It doesn't dog walk at all, you can let go of the wheel at 70mph and it doesn't pull. For our first time doing a project this big. Any questions let me know.

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It definitely improved the stance of the truck. When he gets some more money he is gonna buy the transfer case and 4wd trans to hook it up.

Denver · Aug 17, 2011

Looks good. Does the front have shackles?

Frankenstein · Aug 17, 2011

Yep, crummy pic, but I used all the factory SD stuff. Just reinforced it with some angle iron. It rides much better than my 97 F250 4x4.

Frankenstein · Aug 18, 2011

Wow no 2wd guys asking question or anything.

genuineford · Aug 18, 2011

Can you get some more pictures of how the shackles are mounted up front and back?

Frankenstein · Aug 18, 2011

I can get better pictures later. Basically, we took all the shackles off of the SD frame and used some 5/16 6x5 angle we had laying around to adapt them to the OBS frame. The angle added strength and made everything a little more square like the SD frame is.