F250 disc brake swap?

[FORDification]

You can use the '77 springs as long as you also use the '77 radius arms. The springs and radius arms need to be kept together and swapped as a set. You can either use your existing springs and radius arms with the '77 I-beams, or use everything from the '77...don't try to mix and match.

Sounds like a heck of a score, especially with the front sway bar. Be sure to get the swaybar's mounting brackets that fit under the springs and you'll be set.

[1971ford]

You can use the '77 springs as long as you also use the '77 radius arms. The springs and radius arms need to be kept together and swapped as a set. You can either use your existing springs and radius arms with the '77 I-beams, or use everything from the '77...don't try to mix and match.

Sounds like a heck of a score, especially with the front sway bar. Be sure to get the swaybar's mounting brackets that fit under the springs and you'll be set.

So does this mean that my brand new F100 coils will not work on my '77 F350 front end i just picked up?? I can't just swap my radius arms on either. Hmm I'll have to look at it tomorrow

[OldRedFord]

Well I went to the junkyard this morning, and they just got a '77 F250 Camper Special in. super cab, 2wd, 460/C6. Has the complete disc brake front end, and a front sway bar! Plus, by the overall condition of the truck, and the last time it was registered on the road (1992), it appears it only has 41,000 original miles. I found a notebook in the glove box where someone had kept track of the fuel economy from 1980-1989, it shows it having 16,000 in 1980, and steadily climbs up to 39,000 in 1989. So I'm 99% sure the 41k showing is original miles.

Will I have any problem using the front springs and sway bar from the '77 on a '71 F250 frame? Heck, I'm even thinking about going and getting that '79 F350 frame. Either way I'm going to drop my '71 cab on, and the '68 SWB bed I have on, so I'll have to chop the frame a bit. Tell me that wouldn't make for a stout truck, though.

What junk yard is this at?

[fordman]

i thought the front coils could be swapped if you used the matching lower spring cups for the coils you were going to use.