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Old 12-14-2013, 11:26 AM   #39
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Re: Looking for a cummins donor vehicle for 2500hd

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Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher View Post
If you keep the engine stock probably. I don't know for how long seeing how BBC's would brake these axle shafts. It wouldn't make me warm and fuzzy with a 60 in the rear.
So the axles are the weak link in those? Nice thing about full floater is the wheel wouldn't come off if an axle were to break, so a failure wouldn't be a safety issue. Since I already have the parts to make it happen, will probably give it a shot. I wonder how many of those BBC's were higher Hp than stock and probably doing some abusive brakestands and launches?


Now if there were a way to make the HO52 axles fit in the Dana The eatons look indestructible! Or get 3.54's to fit in a HO52 but I';ve never heard of that.
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67 GMC C2500 351V6 TH400, AC, PS, PB (can't decide what to do with. Update, decided to keep and will restore )
86 CHV K30 502 th400, apple red NEW
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'86 K30 Cummins "Fireside" thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=649649
'71 K20 "get driveable" thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590642
'72 K20 Build Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=493477&page=6
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