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Originally Posted by chevak20
Great pictures. I do wonder about the van 14-bolt axle, any positive or negative aspects of that swap? increased stability? narrower turning ratio? I would like to use the same axle. I found one -91 g30 with locking (gov?) and 4:10 gears for my K20 Suburban instead of the 14-bolt sf. Just need to open the wallet and convince my wife.  |
Thanks! The van 14 bolt FULL FLOATER is the exact same axle as the truck 14 bolt FF, the only difference is the width. The truck axle has a WMS to WMS of 67" (singel rear wheel) and the van ahs 70" WMS to WMS. Since the fronts are usually 69.5", the van width matches the front pretty good. So that means that you donīt need spacers to have the same track width. The spring perches are wider on the van axle though, so they need to be cut off and rewelded further in to work fit the truck springs. Also the shock mounts are different and need to be changed out.
Stability is the exact same as the truck axle and your turning radius will suffer, so get worse. That is why they put the narrower track width on the truck axles to begin with, to give them better turning radius. Turning radius will increase!
Iīm happy with that, because it gave me the chance to loose the wheel spacers and my truck has such a bad turning radius that I didnīt care about making it a bit worse!
Hope this helps!
(Gov lock -> Detroit locker)