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Originally Posted by LockDoc
I'm not sure he can just swap the entire assembly, If I remember correctly the spring perches are farther apart on the later housings with leafs so he would have to cut them off and re-weld them farther in. If he has coils on the truck now, he would definately have to re-locate them. I may be wrong but he still needs to find some threads on it and read up. His best option on the rear might be to have the stock axles re-drilled to 5 bolt or just buy aftermarket 5 bolt axles.
Just some thoughts.... If I'm wrong on any of my ramblings don't be afraid to correct me. Don't really want any mis-information floating around.
LockDoc
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You are 100% correct on the rear axle deal. The axle purch has to be cut off if he has coils in the rear and weld them on the new 5 lug axle as 1973 and up are all leaf spring. I just figured if he wanted any more info I would PM him and send pictures of mine so not to take up a whole thread.