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Re: WTB 69-72 4x4 SWB Frame
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Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10
I've had a few 72 swb 4x4s and each of them had a reinforcement bracket on the inside of the frame for the steering box. They also had a bracket on the driver's side front spring hanger, and an L-bracket on the frame behind the spring to retain the spring in place if the spring should brake. Another difference is the 72s have different / taller rear forward spring brackets. Some of these changes may have started in 71.
Gary
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My 1970 Blazer has the inner reinforcement bracket for the steering box. The taller rear forward spring brackets began in 1971.
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