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one ton axle build up-lookin for advice

gotblazers

gotblazers

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From chevysmithz over by fresno. Was about 7 hours of driving total but these things are purty lookin and he gave me a great deal on em. If you read this it was a pleasure meetin you man, Definitley a very cool guy and i had a great time talkin to him about wheelin truck shet. Best of all i got to check out his crew cab. Thing was freakin gorgeous and it had... NO CRACKED DASH. I was starting to think gm had factory cracks installed in the dash :dunno:. Anyways i know us ck5 guys are visual so here ya go

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SRW axles w/4.10 gearing out of a k30 :deal: , with kingpins and not ball joints (can anyone tell me how to tell the difference? I couldnt find it on google.)
 
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If you look at the hinge point on the knuckles you will see that there is a cap with 4 bolts on each side, that houses the king pin.
Your D44 has a ball joint at the same location.
These axles look clean, how much if we may ask.
And as for dashes, i thought the same thing until I bought my 91 crew cab, immaculate dash, probably the only thing immaculate :doah:


gotblazers said:
From chevysmithz over by fresno. Was about 7 hours of driving total but these things are purty lookin and he gave me a great deal on em. If you read this it was a pleasure meetin you man, Definitley a very cool guy and i had a great time talkin to him about wheelin truck shet. Best of all i got to check out his crew cab. Thing was freakin gorgeous and it had... NO CRACKED DASH. I was starting to think gm had factory cracks installed in the dash :dunno:. Anyways i know us ck5 guys are visual so here ya go

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SRW axles w/4.10 gearing out of a k30 :deal: , with kingpins and not ball joints (can anyone tell me how to tell the difference? I couldnt find it on google.)
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gotblazers said:
From chevysmithz over by fresno. Was about 7 hours of driving total but these things are purty lookin and he gave me a great deal on em. If you read this it was a pleasure meetin you man, Definitley a very cool guy and i had a great time talkin to him about wheelin truck shet. Best of all i got to check out his crew cab. Thing was freakin gorgeous and it had... NO CRACKED DASH. I was starting to think gm had factory cracks installed in the dash :dunno:. Anyways i know us ck5 guys are visual so here ya go
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Hey thanks we'll go wheelin sometime.
It's funny I remember picking up my first D60. I was a giddy school girl.
 
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imiceman44 said:
If you look at the hinge point on the knuckles you will see that there is a cap with 4 bolts on each side, that houses the king pin.
Your D44 has a ball joint at the same location.
These axles look clean, how much if we may ask.
And as for dashes, i thought the same thing until I bought my 91 crew cab, immaculate dash, probably the only thing immaculate :doah:
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Ah thanks man, i'll have to look at that. And i got em for $1000 :deal: IMO.
 
Not to burst your bubble and not that it matters anyways because the rear is still a 14FF, that rear in the pic is a 3/4 ton.

Its got the smaller 11" drum brakes. The shock mounts are in the same position for a 1/2 and 3/4 ton. I won't say anything about the spring perches because I can't tell by looking which width they are.

Like I said, doesn't matter. Slap on some disc brakes and bolt it up and go. Its still no different than a true 1 ton 14FF.
 
thatK30guy said:
Not to burst your bubble and not that it matters anyways because the rear is still a 14FF, that rear in the pic is a 3/4 ton.

Its got the smaller 11" drum brakes. The shock mounts are in the same position for a 1/2 and 3/4 ton. I won't say anything about the spring perches because I can't tell by looking which width they are.

Like I said, doesn't matter. Slap on some disc brakes and bolt it up and go. Its still no different than a true 1 ton 14FF.
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All very true....especially the doesn't matter part.:thumb:
 
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Not to burst your bubble and not that it matters anyways because the rear is still a 14FF, that rear in the pic is a 3/4 ton.

Its got the smaller 11" drum brakes. The shock mounts are in the same position for a 1/2 and 3/4 ton. I won't say anything about the spring perches because I can't tell by looking which width they are.

Like I said, doesn't matter. Slap on some disc brakes and bolt it up and go. Its still no different than a true 1 ton 14FF.
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Yeah ryan was telling me about that, But i never intended on using those drum brakes to begin with. I already ordered a disc brake conversion kit this last friday that should be on my door step this next friday :waytogo:. Btw are you saying that i can likely direct bolt this into my 76 k5. Im thinking of putting these into my k5 once i got the lockers installed until my race buggys ready since its gonna take a few months of saving to buy it all and i get wheeling withdrawl after 3 months or so :D.
 
Just measure the spring perch width from the center of the perch to the center of the other perch and if it's 42.5" then it is definately a 3/4 ton spacing and will bolt in with no mods other than a conversion U-joint.

The front D60 is a direct swap and even uses the same U-joint assuming nobody has swapped to a larger Yoke on the axle.

EDIT: Did you get the spring plates for the D60? If not you're going to need to find some.
 
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Just measure the spring perch width from the center of the perch to the center of the other perch and if it's 42.5" then it is definately a 3/4 ton spacing and will bolt in with no mods other than a conversion U-joint.

The front D60 is a direct swap and even uses the same U-joint assuming nobody has swapped to a larger Yoke on the axle.

EDIT: Did you get the spring plates for the D60? If not you're going to need to find some.
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Sweet man, I'll have to pull out my tape measure tomorrow. And i forgot to ask for the spring plates :doah: . He gave me a 50 dollar gift certificate to south bay driveline though :woot:.
 
gotblazers said:
Sweet man, I'll have to pull out my tape measure tomorrow. And i forgot to ask for the spring plates :doah: . He gave me a 50 dollar gift certificate to south bay driveline though :woot:.
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I have a few sets of spring plates, no problem. Ill trade you for some 42Kevlars:D.
 
Now this may not hold true and fast, but every one ton 14 bolt that I have seen does not have the cast perches like that one does.

I would bet money its a direct bolt in, other than the conversion u joint

congrats

I hate all of you with perfect dashes :D
 
Like Wes said, those are the 11" composite drums and those were only used on 3/4 ton trucks, ALL of the 1 tons were the larger 13" drums.

Greg, knowing your going to do a rear disc swap you WILL have to replace the wheel studs with the longer ones that are used with the 13" drums.

You said you bought a rear disc conversion, who's kit is it? Once you mount the rotors to the hubs you need to machine the rotors so they are true to the hubs. I can do that for you here at the house, can even press all the wheel studs out and back in.
 
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