[ranger_dude]

just went to the acc auto web site and theres a d44 with 5.13 precision ring and pinion gearset for $159.anyone know if thats what i want do to a sas on a ranger? then all i would have to do is get some just bronco ii and strip the front end right? web site is www.accuautoparts.com does that come with everything like the tubes and all that good stuff or is that just the axles them selves?

This post has been edited by ranger_dude: 08 October 2005 - 02:30 PM

[motorhead]

sounds like a ring and pinion gearset. that'd be a very reasonable price for a used d44 w/ 5.13's.

[Rockinelle]

I need some more info to answer your question. Their website is beyond me. Yoiu can't browse their parts without entering vehicle information. Can you link the page that you're looking at?

Doing a SAS is a bit of work. What year Ranger do you have? I'm guessing that price you quoted is for a set of new gears. But you're going to need to find a D44 that's drivers side drop being you have a ford. I don't think you can use the BII suspension beucase it has independant TTB as do the older rangers, so you wouldn't be gaining anything. SASs are usually custom jobs unless there's someout out there making coversions.

I helped MXracer do a SAS by building some custom long arms. He's installing a shock hoop and running coilovers.

[ranger_dude]

Eric, on Oct 8 2005, 07:44 PM, said:

I need some more info to answer your question. Their website is beyond me. Yoiu can't browse their parts without entering vehicle information. Can you link the page that you're looking at?

Doing a SAS is a bit of work. What year Ranger do you have? I'm guessing that price you quoted is for a set of new gears. But you're going to need to find a D44 that's drivers side drop being you have a ford. I don't think you can use the BII suspension beucase it has independant TTB as do the older rangers, so you wouldn't be gaining anything. SASs are usually custom jobs unless there's someout out there making coversions.

I helped MXracer do a SAS by building some custom long arms. He's installing a shock hoop and running coilovers.

i would use the 76 bII axle which is a d44, theres a whole right up on therangerstation.com, so if i buy the gearset, and a d44 case and the tubes then i have everything, the prices were pretty reasonble for all them. the vehicle that i was useing at the accu auto web site was a 76 bronco.

[redneckbrat]

ranger_dude, on Oct 8 2005, 08:59 PM, said:

i would use the 76 bII axle which is a d44,  theres a whole right up on therangerstation.com, so if i buy the gearset, and a d44 case and the tubes then i have everything, the prices were pretty reasonble for all them. the vehicle that i was useing at the accu auto web site was a 76 bronco.

sounds good. I've searched for someone that makes a conversion kit, no one does. it's all custom. I've checked into pricing too, between $5-8K.

Good luck.

What yr is your Ranger?

[Toyodist]

redneckbrat, on Oct 8 2005, 11:02 PM, said:

sounds good.  I've searched for someone that makes a conversion kit, no one does.  it's all custom.  I've checked into pricing too, between $5-8K.

Good luck.

What yr is your Ranger?

I dont know why the kits so expensive, about the only thing you need is a panhard bar and bracket plus a custom drag link.
I know a guy that stuck a dana44 out of a bronco in his nissan and he used all the brackets right off the bronco they unbolt and welded them to the nissan frame he said it was easy with a ranger you already have the coil stuff on there.

[Rockinelle]

Are you sure the BII has a Dana44? I thought they were all the IFS TTB stuff and it was the full sized broncos that came with D44s.

[Toyodist]

Eric, on Oct 9 2005, 08:22 AM, said:

Are you sure the BII has a Dana44? I thought they were all the IFS TTB stuff and it was the full sized broncos that came with D44s.

bronco2s are not a solid axle.

[Toyodist]

zuknstien, on Oct 9 2005, 08:31 AM, said:

bronco2s are not a solid axle.

theres no such thing as a bII in 7 anyways

[ranger_dude]

hehe, guess all this time i thought it was a bII, but ya its the full size bronco that i would use the axle from. the swap isnt that hard,its almost all bolt on. just need a couple of custom stuff made for me and the rest of it can be taken from the donor and some other things are taken from a 78/79 bronco/f-150 or so ive been told, been looking at all the #### i gonna have to do, might just stick with the TTB and pre runner my ranger. but i dunno, any advice would be helpful,
heres the website if any are interested in see what i would use for info to do the swap

http://www.theranger...Dana44Swap.html
btw, i got a 86 ranger
can check it out on my.4x4

[fister13]

hey zuk they guy that did a sas to a nissan what kinda of nissan was it and what kind of dana 44 did he use i have an xterra and in ther near furture im planning on doing a sas also

[Toyodist]

fister13, on Oct 9 2005, 08:51 PM, said:

hey zuk they guy that did a sas to a nissan what kinda of nissan was it and what kind of dana 44 did he use i have an xterra and in ther near furture im planning on doing a sas also

it was an early 90s pathfinder. I think the dana44 was out of a fullsize 70s bronco or truck.

[mudbogdad]

zuknstien, on Oct 9 2005, 09:31 AM, said:

theres no such thing as a bII in 7 anyways

You can do a Explorer D35 its a ttb but bolts right in. Gives you 3 more inches in width I have heard they are just as strong as the D44's. All I now is that my D28 broke just about every time I went out and the D35 hasn't given up yet