Rembrant Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 This thing is a beast...for those of you that like single wheel 350's. Shaun, are you out there?? The GVOD is a nice addition...they're worth a few grand aren't they? https://www.ebay.com/itm/393794102899?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&siteid=0&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&toolid=20008&campid=5336658105&customid= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Oops...I didn't post this in the Marketplace area, sorry Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I like beasts, and I like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I like everything about it except for three things. TTB, not a crew cab, and the color. I would love to have that GVOD though. The T19 in mine is gonna be rough on the highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I like everything about it except for three things. TTB, not a crew cab, and the color. I would love to have that GVOD though. The T19 in mine is gonna be rough on the highway. Shaun, I thought all F350’s had a straight axle. And I assume by TTB that it’s not, as in a D50 axle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothing Special Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I like everything about it except for three things. TTB, not a crew cab, and the color. I would love to have that GVOD though. The T19 in mine is gonna be rough on the highway. Shaun, I thought all F350’s had a straight axle. And I assume by TTB that it’s not, as in a D50 axle? I think 1986 was the first year for a solid axle in a 4WD F-350 (well, after '79 anyway). They had the Dana 50 TTB from '80 - '85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I think 1986 was the first year for a solid axle in a 4WD F-350 (well, after '79 anyway). They had the Dana 50 TTB from '80 - '85. Yes, '86 appears to be "it" for the solid axle D60, aka "monobeam". Oddly enough, those axles are included in the Twin I-Beam listing, as shown below. The red shows that the MPC says that prior to 10/85 the TTB's were used on F350's and after that date the monobeam was used. There's a rumor that some 85's got the monobeam, but I kind of doubt it as by October of '85 all that should have been going down the assembly line were 86's. Perhaps the confusion is that axles 30.4V and W carry an E5TZ prefix, but all that means is that they were first produced in 1985, as they would have had to have been in order to be installed in October of that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Yes, '86 appears to be "it" for the solid axle D60, aka "monobeam". Oddly enough, those axles are included in the Twin I-Beam listing, as shown below. The red shows that the MPC says that prior to 10/85 the TTB's were used on F350's and after that date the monobeam was used. There's a rumor that some 85's got the monobeam, but I kind of doubt it as by October of '85 all that should have been going down the assembly line were 86's. Perhaps the confusion is that axles 30.4V and W carry an E5TZ prefix, but all that means is that they were first produced in 1985, as they would have had to have been in order to be installed in October of that year. Interesting! I did not know that. But there’s a cool website that has this info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Interesting! I did not know that. But there’s a cool website that has this info! Yep, that's the biggest downfall to 1980-1985 F350's, they ride just as bad as the F250's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Interesting! I did not know that. But there’s a cool website that has this info! It wasn't meant as a you-should-have-known-that. Just trying to answer the question definitively. Personally, I wouldn't buy an F250 4x4 nor an F350 4x4 earlier than 1986. Having witnessed the huge difference in the ride when going from the leaf-sprung TTB to the leaf-sprung monobeam I don't want to ever go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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