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The biggest hurdle is the tie rod taper, the ball joint taper is easy to correct, 2"-per-foot tapered reamer and enlarge them to the GMT400 BJ stud diameters. The tie rod taper on the 99/00 GMT800 knuckles is the same as ours, so it's a direct swap. I cannot find (right now, but still looking) The 01+ tierod specs, IIRC they're bigger so you would need a tapered sleeve to bring the holesize down to ours.
Yes. Somewhere there is a thread I've read that has custom tie rod end specs for this conversion - and a company (I'm sure there are a few, but...) that sells it. I've struck out the last couple nights trying to find it, but I know it's out there.
You're asking about just the knuckle, right? Not the 2011+ wheel bearings with the larger bolt circle? I'm assuming you'd like to put the 01-10 bearings onto the newer knuckles?
Yeah. And you answered my question fully with the info about the seals. Although, kind of makes me wonder if I could take this further: '15 Knuckle with '15 bearing - does the CV fit the bearing? Then, what about the ball, etc. Same deal. The only reason I'm wondering about this route is that it would be the updated conversion of this type, because there are all kinds of new rigs getting lifted and scrapping the '15-'16 knuckles.
But forget it. If I can find 01-11 knuckle on Ebay or relatively cheap new, I'm going for it. And, I'll dig more for that custom tie rod end - might as well upgrade to bulletproof anyway...
Thanks 83GMCK2500-