440 to Cummins Crew Cab Swap: Front axle.

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Saturday, February 9, 2008

Front axle.

I tore into the rebuild of my front axle. Mine was damaged in the process of my donor truck becoming a donor truck.
The first problem is a broken inner "C". The king pin was torn frm the yoke on the passenger side.

It took several months, but I finally found a replacement on Craigslist. Drove to Bellview, WA for it.

I have ground away the weld. I just need to heat it up and pound it off.

The next problem is the broken knuckle on the driver's side. I was going to switch over to crossover steering and then go with a high steer set-up. This would eliminate this worry, but the guys that build the high steer stuff don't recommend it for larger tires on pavement. And it is an $800 set-up.

So now I am looking for a knuckle. As far as I can tell they do not exist. None on Craigslist or ebay anyway. I'll just have to keep looking. Maybe I will buy a whole axle and part mine out.