I have a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 4 x4 sport with the 5.9 engine and I am trying to do a front axle assembly swap because my front tire came off of my truck and it went down on the lower ball joint which bent that lower ball joint fork. I ran into a guy online who has the 01 ram 1500 with the 318 engine which is the 5 2 and that front axle assembly if I am reading it correctly has the 3.54 gear ratio and my front axle assembly has the 4:10 gear ratio are they compatible as far as just doing a straight swap and I mean as taking that one off of that truck and just bolting it back up to my truck...???? I am new to this forum so I'm hoping I can get some resolution out of this soon I'm trying to keep it going because it belong to a friend of mine that had passed away and I am trying to keep everything together just wondering if those will interchange with each other.. Thanks

 

The gear ratios will have to match - exactly.

I'll move your post into the correct forum.

 

I'm new to the site thank you

 

yes, everything should bolt on.
You can reuse your gears and install them in you "new" differential

 

I have another question. will the transfer case and transmission work out of that 01 Dodge Ram 4x4 which is not a sport addition like mine. is it has the 318 in the one that I am taking the transfer case and transmission out of?

 

Yep. Everything from that truck will transplant directly into yours. The Sport package was an appearance package only. Body color grill/bumpers, and the bumpers themselves were different. That and some stickers on the bed, was it. Well, I think fog lights were also in there..... Oh, and quad headlamps instead of dual.....

 

I really appreciate everybody's help and information I have to say it really is a blessing to actually speak with someone that knows what they are talking about

 

So is it really that difficult to change gears from one axle to another? Pulling 3:54 gears out and putting 4:10 back in. The reason why I'm doing this is because my front tire came off while I was driving thankfully I wasn't moving that fast more or less I was turning around and went to take off in my passenger tire wheel bearing hub assembly came apart and my tire broke off more less I was turning around and went to take off and my passenger tire wheel bearing hub assembly came apart and my tire broke off a lot of parts and folded up underneath, my truck came down on the lower ball joint and bent that ball joint bracket now it pushes up my upper ball joint a quarter of an inch my question is can it be straightened out by a frame shop or do I need to get another axel has I am trying to do now?

 

There is a whole science combined with mystical arts to doing gears.

 

That I don't doubt😀 but how costly would it be