97 F-250 HD

[budy]

hey i'm a little new to this forum but i have searched and i was wondering if any f-250 HD came stock from the factory with a solid front axel. i've found a few around and nobody can tell me if it was stock or not. mostly the reaon being is i've found a 97 F-250HD powerstroke with 127000 miles on it and it has a solid front end. any input would be greatly apreciated.

[cozzb]

Welcome

I have never seen that factory installed and was not an option from the factory to my knowledge on 90's vintage.

It was probably swapped to a solid axle. I did it to mine (97 F250HD) and its a bolt in basically.

Maybe you could post some pictures of the axle so we could see what it looks like.

[superduty4x4]

I would say it was NEVER a factory option, but stranger things have happened. There were photos floating around a few years back of an Ebay ad for an F350 that was custom ordered from Ford with TTB.
Chances are someone has swapped the axle in at some point, its a common mod on the F250.

[tracker8wr]

Not factory. At some point someone swapped in the Dana 60. There where after market companies that did the swap new for plow trucks as well as the 4x4 f-350 dually conversion.

[351fifty]

not a factory option, kind of how a/c in the 50's was a dealer option

[budy]

thakx guys i'm not sure if i can get a picture but they want 8200 for it. is this a good price you can see it at idahocars.net it is the red ford with a flat bed but it might have a short box on it now

[ridiculously_necessary]

i dont see it on there...

is it a crew cab 4x4? how clean is it. without knowing that its hard to say.