'60-'62 rearends, different from '63-'66?
 

I have been reading the LMC catalog and the ads in Classic Trucks magazine looking at the availability of parts for my '62 shortbox. For some reason they never mention lowered springs for the rearends of '60-'62 trucks. Why is that? Are they different?

Not that it truly matters to me since I plan on using similar passenger car springs (just shorter) on the rear. A buddy of mine did that to his truck using '71 Chevelle springs on his.

Enquiring minds want to know. :ito:

I know the panhard bar on the rear end on 64-66 is alot shorter and the where it is connected on the rear axle is in a different spot. I think the trailing arms and axle saddles ar the same. Also the rear coil springs on a 60-62 are alot thicker than 63-66 maybe that is why.

the saddles on the 60-62 are farther out than on the 63-66.

El Caballo, we meet again. the rear ends are different. i think it goes something like this. 1960-62 are the same. 63-64 are the same. and 65-66 are the same. all i was going to do to my rear was change my axels like my brother-in-law did in his 65. i got axels out of a 78, and then pulled mine, and of course mine had corse splines, the 78 had fine splines. that was the very first problem i ran into. that is why i went on the search for the yeti :lol: that is when i found out that in 65 is when they spline count changed. so that is why my B-I-L's 65 worked and mine didn't. don't quote me on the years above, i think that is how it goes. :rolleyes: but i know 64 and 65 are different.