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Solid Axle Conversion kits are officially available!

JoeAngelicchio said:
Has anyone done a 2wd and if so, have you had to take off the upper coil spring mounts to use the kit?
Thanks
Joe
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We haven't put our kit on a 2WD but we do have a 2WD pickup here and we've have verified that the brackets will bolt up.

The coil buckets may need to be cut off and the frame patched back up, I think the biggest hurdle there may be mounting shocks without cutting the coil buckets off.
 
38377k5 said:
We haven't put our kit on a 2WD but we do have a 2WD pickup here and we've have verified that the brackets will bolt up.

The coil buckets may need to be cut off and the frame patched back up, I think the biggest hurdle there may be mounting shocks without cutting the coil buckets off.
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So Chris, the main issue is that the buckets may interfere with the shocks? I haven't had a chance to look at my truck as it's buried in snow. I envisioned that the steering would be fine and the leaf springs too. So maybe just the shocks. Can the shocks be mounted on a slight angle as the 73-87 trucks, as my K5 has them? Then it would require some kind of shock mount bolted to the frame. Just a thought. Or can the bucket be used as a shock mount???

Thanks
 
JoeAngelicchio said:
So Chris, the main issue is that the buckets may interfere with the shocks? I haven't had a chance to look at my truck as it's buried in snow. I envisioned that the steering would be fine and the leaf springs too. So maybe just the shocks. Can the shocks be mounted on a slight angle as the 73-87 trucks, as my K5 has them? Then it would require some kind of shock mount bolted to the frame. Just a thought. Or can the bucket be used as a shock mount???

Thanks
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That's the way I saw it, looks like shock mounts would be the hurdle on the 2WD truck.

The frames are boxed at the front so bolting on shock mounts would be difficult.
 
38377k5 said:
That's the way I saw it, looks like shock mounts would be the hurdle on the 2WD truck.

The frames are boxed at the front so bolting on shock mounts would be difficult.
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I just took a look at the frame this morning and that bucket is staying. If the bucket doesn't interfere, what are the chances it can be used as a shock mount? It'll be vertical and not slanted, but will it line up with the axle tube in the correct location and will the shock be long enough? I guess with at least 7 more inches, length should not be an issue. Just the location on the axle tube.
Thanks
Joe
 
I guess this gives me a reason to try and find a 6.5 td, 5 speed Yukon or Tahoe. Not even sure they exist....

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38377k5 said:
What springs would you be using?
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I was thinking of only going to a 4" 73-87 GM front spring. I just want to run a 35 All Terrain as I will be pulling with this truck. Mostly used for pulling the travel trailer but I want it to be usefull when we get a ton of snow up here also. 2wd pickups suck in the snow.

Joe
 
so does the kit work with 47 and 52 inch springs? want to do this to my tahoe. going to get a 79k2500 for the rear end and springs and ford d44 from my friend for the front end. get the steeering set up and shock hoops welded on
 
bigblazer boy said:
so does the kit work with 47 and 52 inch springs? want to do this to my tahoe. going to get a 79k2500 for the rear end and springs and ford d44 from my friend for the front end. get the steeering set up and shock hoops welded on
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We have kits for both but the brackets are specific to the spring.
 
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