So i've been working on this axle for a while and i thought i would throw up a thread about it. little back ground, it's going on a 2001 dodge cummins, tow rig and daily driver when i dont feel like driving the $400 escort commuter car 
i've gotten tired of the stock dodge front end not holding up to the heavy engine and big tires. it dident start out as a dana 80 front end. i was just going to build a spindle/hub kit for the front, then i thought i would put deadenbear knuckles and inner "c" on the stock dana 60 front. i had some laying around that i was going to use to build a rear steer 14 bolt for the buggy. then i thought i would just build a 14 bolt front for the truck. found a 14 bolt and started cutting it up. then i changed again and thought i would fab my own knuckles, that way i could weld the steering arms on where ever i wanted them and what ever. then i thought well if i'm fabin up the knuckles i might as well fab up the inner "C" too and make then my own design. and then some where along the line i got the crazy idea to use a dana 80 instead of the 14 bolt. i had a 80 laying around cuz last year i swapped out the rear dana 80 for a bigger one, 37 spline shafts, bigger hubs and bearings, 10 lug re machined to 8 ect. when i first started to design the knuckles and c's i was going to use big bearings top and bottom for the ball joints/king pins. after some drawing i decided they would be to hard to fit with the angles i wanted. so i went with a ball in socket type joint like a big uni-ball. kinda like the spyder trax knuckles. so i've got the axle under the truck right now and its pretty much ready to go. i also made new, longer lower control arms and put air springs on the front of the truck the same time i was building this axle. so this is the truck that this is all going on.
i've gotten tired of the stock dodge front end not holding up to the heavy engine and big tires. it dident start out as a dana 80 front end. i was just going to build a spindle/hub kit for the front, then i thought i would put deadenbear knuckles and inner "c" on the stock dana 60 front. i had some laying around that i was going to use to build a rear steer 14 bolt for the buggy. then i thought i would just build a 14 bolt front for the truck. found a 14 bolt and started cutting it up. then i changed again and thought i would fab my own knuckles, that way i could weld the steering arms on where ever i wanted them and what ever. then i thought well if i'm fabin up the knuckles i might as well fab up the inner "C" too and make then my own design. and then some where along the line i got the crazy idea to use a dana 80 instead of the 14 bolt. i had a 80 laying around cuz last year i swapped out the rear dana 80 for a bigger one, 37 spline shafts, bigger hubs and bearings, 10 lug re machined to 8 ect. when i first started to design the knuckles and c's i was going to use big bearings top and bottom for the ball joints/king pins. after some drawing i decided they would be to hard to fit with the angles i wanted. so i went with a ball in socket type joint like a big uni-ball. kinda like the spyder trax knuckles. so i've got the axle under the truck right now and its pretty much ready to go. i also made new, longer lower control arms and put air springs on the front of the truck the same time i was building this axle. so this is the truck that this is all going on.
