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Old 01-27-2011, 01:43 PM   #6
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Re: suspension swap

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Originally Posted by dave2953 View Post
You can swap the arms from a 73-87 truck and 88-91 'burbs. They will work with the existing crossmember. I would imagine you'll want to upgrade to disc brakes as well, correct? If so, you can swap the entire crossmember from one of the aforementioned trucks/'burbs or you can swap the arms and move everything else over. When I swapped to 5 lug, which was just done recently, I changed out the entire rear axle. I obtained one from a '79 half ton truck.
Is your truck coil or leaf? dont you have to modify the axle?
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