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Dana 70 rear?
- Thread starter viperrgh2
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Was the truck a pick up or cab & chassis?
If a pick up then it will be extra wide, if c&c the it can be mod'd to work at standard width. Either way the shock mounts and spring perches will be wrong.
If a pick up then it will be extra wide, if c&c the it can be mod'd to work at standard width. Either way the shock mounts and spring perches will be wrong.
reddog64
1/2 ton status
I had to move my spring pads on mine... came out of a 84 one ton truck, single cab dually.
those d70's have the same spring pad width as a 69-72 blazer rear end, but the shocks are wrong.
The cab-n-chassis duallies were 14bFF's, to the best of my knowledge. It's an odd axle -- it's a regular SRW axle, but with DRW hubs and the brake flanges scooted in to fit the deep drums.
ANYWAY, a D70 from a dually will (1) be wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide, and (2) will have the 1-ton spring perches, i.e. narrower, so you'd hafta cut and reweld them to fit onto a K5.
Unless you want a BIG project, find a 14bff from a 3/4 ton truck or Burb, which will drop in a lot easier.
-- A
ANYWAY, a D70 from a dually will (1) be wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide, and (2) will have the 1-ton spring perches, i.e. narrower, so you'd hafta cut and reweld them to fit onto a K5.
Unless you want a BIG project, find a 14bff from a 3/4 ton truck or Burb, which will drop in a lot easier.
-- A
MTMike
1/2 ton status
From my experience, it's not a simple bolt-on/in On mine, the spring perches needed to be moved outward because it was from a 1-ton truck and they didn't line up with the 1/2 ton frame. Also, the wheel mounting surfaces were pretty wide because it's from a dually.... however running stock H1 wheels (that have similar backspacing as dually wheels) work great on this axle.
