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Old 02-25-2015, 06:35 PM   #25
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Re: Shortening Axles- Dana 60 Rear and 44 Front

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Originally Posted by b454rat View Post
You could narrow what you have, but wouldn't be cost effective. Do you want 6 or 8 lug axles? If you want 6 lug, go with waggy's front and rear. If you want 8 lug, then gonna havta narrow your set. If you use a waggy front and convert to 8 lug, it will widen it 1.5 IIRC, which is wider than what you want.
What I've done is get a pass. side axle shaft out of a Waggy. It's 4" shorter than the GMC axle shaft. I'm going to shorten the long side tube 4" at the "C". That will get me close to what I want. From reading up a little more, it should get me down to 62.5". It may actually be wider than that since as you say, the 8 lug hubs may add some width too. I can mock it up first and see if it's going to be ok.

As far as the rear goes, I may shorten the shafts and the tubes myself. I still want to explore the idea of shortening them at the hub flange and rewelding them. Rick
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