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01-26-2011, 03:38 PM | #1 |
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suspension swap
Hello all I am pretty new to this site but I love it already. I have 2 1969 c10's one a short bed the other a long bed, I have been wanting to swap the upper and lower A arms for newer ones because the newer ones have rubber bushings as opposed to the old ones not having it, can I just swap the A arms? if so from what year trucks? or do I need to swap the cross member as well? if so what year trucks?
my short bed also comes with 3.73 posi rear end but it is a 6 lug that I want to convert to a 5 lug, I know there is after marked axles but I was wondering if I could swap them from a newer truck? |
01-26-2011, 04:12 PM | #2 | |
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If it was me and I wanted to convert to newer with 5 lug then It maybe easier to find the whole cross member and slap it in. and a rear axel to match. but I am not to sure. correct me if I am wrong.
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01-26-2011, 05:48 PM | #3 |
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Re: suspension swap
73-87 chevy trucks you can swap the front crossmember completely. Im talking to a guy that might be selling me his front end off his 79 truck. Theres a thread on here about it i printed it out but ill try to find it for you.
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01-27-2011, 01:34 AM | #4 |
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Re: suspension swap
that sounds good, I would really appreciate that.
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01-27-2011, 01:41 AM | #5 |
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Re: suspension swap
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.
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01-27-2011, 02:06 PM | #7 |
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Re: suspension swap
My truck is coil. The only thing I had to do was weld new perches onto the new axle since it came from a leaf truck. It was pretty straight forward...
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