1975 f100 4x4 ranger drum to disc brake conversion

[benbo30]

hi i am new to this site , i just bought me my first 1975 f100 4x4 ranger with ford 9inch rear and dana 44 front , well it has drums all the way around, and i heard i can do a conversion to discs, well i am getting fed up with the drum brakes so i am going ahead on doing the conversion but as i was searching through the site i cant seem to find out what i need for the conversion or if i need a kit or anything , so i was wondering if i can get some info on how to do the swap, what year i need to get it off of and all that , thanks anything would be appreciated thank you

[benbo30]

anybody got anything to say about this setup???? many people reading my ad but no reply on it???

[fordman]

you should be able to get one from a 79 bronco. i know i have seen one on the one at my local salvage yard. but i dont know what kind of dana it is. and there is somethiing about open knucles and closed knuclkes. but i dont know anything about that either.

[RedneckTexan]

a 75 with drums on the front, I thought that all of the dentside trucks came with discs

[benbo30]

its dont think its a dentside what ever that is

[averagef250]

73 to 79 is dentside. 76 was the first year for discs on the 4x4's. You need all the parts from the dustshields out from a 76-79 F-150 4x4 or bronco.

Often you can buy a whole disc axle for a hundred bucks and keep the leftover parts for spares. The 78-79 D44 housings are cheezier than the early ones and it's worth keeping the early drum housing and swapping discs onto it.

[RedneckTexan]

That would explain why my dentside (76) has discs on the front. Learn something new everyday here on FORDification