Tech: 88GMCtruck's Budget Solid Axle Swap Build

[Darkrider]

What was the final height of the truck after you went 8 lug Dave? Just trying to sort out if i will still be able to fit in a garage with a 7'2- 7'6 max height limit.

 

[88GMCtruck]

Swapping between 6 and 8 lug didn't change my height, but IIRC right now I'm at 6'8' at the top of cab. Just fits in my garage door.

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[Darkrider]

Swapping between 6 and 8 lug didn't change my height, but IIRC right now I'm at 6'8' at the top of cab. Just fits in my garage door.

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Nice! Wasnt sure if you went up in tire size or not when you went 8 lug. But with 9" of lift and 35s and still clearing? NICE! Def going to study both of your threads as much as possible to have a clean final result in my own conversion.

 

[MSCustoms]

Quick question on your tranny crossmember. Is this the stock crossmember off of an 87-91 squarebody? Since the P-drop transfer case came from one.

 

[88GMCtruck]

It's a hybrid of a gmt400 and square body cross member. The square body frame is much narrower than a gmt400.

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[MSCustoms]

Nice to know, thank you

 

[AirmanSkee]

Hey man. Did you notice any loss of steering ability in slow tight turns? Like pulling into a parking spot or anything like that?

 

[88GMCtruck]

I lost turning radius but that is because my steering arms are long giving me more advantage, so actually my steering is easier than before.

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[MYT HI]

Subbing to this, well because of this

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and I have a few questions that hopefully you might be able to answer. Do you think I could use the stock front leaf hangers off the parts truck? Or would they be set up wrong? Since it is a passenger drop axle does it matter what t-case I get? might have some more questions later on but thanks for the detailed build thread.


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[TylerZ281500]

you can use the stock hangers, i used the rear hangers instead of the stock front rear hangers on a friends truck, worked just fine.