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edszuk · 03-25-2010, 12:40 AM

So looking at my LWB 66 I noticed that someone has put a very very large rear end on it. 12 Lug nuts total!! I definitely don't need this beefy rearend on it. So I started looking around and found a friend that has a 1978 4X4 Suburban that is sort of rotting a way. He said that he would let me take the rear end off of it for my truck. Is there anything else I can use off the 78?

Ed

63 & 64 Bowties · 03-25-2010, 07:34 AM

Sounds like it should be the stock rear in it. Aren't the fronts 6-lug also?

edszuk · 03-25-2010, 09:53 AM

Yep the front is a 6 lug. So the big rear end is stock? Do you know where I can find rims for it?

**DPowers** · 03-25-2010, 10:02 AM

Depends on what you want- and $$$. Here is a thread link with some ideas.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=389534

edszuk · 03-25-2010, 10:07 AM

Thanks. I was seeing if anybody had any ideas for the rear end that is a 12 lug.

psycotruckr · 03-25-2010, 10:46 AM

Five lug axles are readly available for the conversion if all you need to do is change the wheels. A lot less work than fitting a new rear end. Just my 2 cents

edszuk · 03-25-2010, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by psycotruckr

Five lug axles are readly available for the conversion if all you need to do is change the wheels. A lot less work than fitting a new rear end. Just my 2 cents

I would agree, but you gotta see this axle. It does not look like a regular axle. Looks like something that came out tractor. I'll take a picture of it during lunch and post it.

edszuk · 03-25-2010, 03:45 PM

I stand corrected they are 8 lug rims not 12. Oops.

03-25-2010, 12:40 AM	#1
edszuk Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vandenberg, CA Posts: 80	66 build help So looking at my LWB 66 I noticed that someone has put a very very large rear end on it. 12 Lug nuts total!! I definitely don't need this beefy rearend on it. So I started looking around and found a friend that has a 1978 4X4 Suburban that is sort of rotting a way. He said that he would let me take the rear end off of it for my truck. Is there anything else I can use off the 78? Ed

03-25-2010, 07:34 AM	#2
63 & 64 Bowties and a few others Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA Posts: 5,638	Re: 66 build help Sounds like it should be the stock rear in it. Aren't the fronts 6-lug also? __________________ Bill US Army Vet -193rd Infantry BlueRidgeMuscleCars.com “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Gandhi

03-25-2010, 09:53 AM	#3
edszuk Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vandenberg, CA Posts: 80	Re: 66 build help Yep the front is a 6 lug. So the big rear end is stock? Do you know where I can find rims for it?

03-25-2010, 10:02 AM	#4
DPowers One foot in front of the other Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Parrottsville, TN Posts: 5,443	Re: 66 build help Depends on what you want- and $$$. Here is a thread link with some ideas. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=389534 __________________ DP's 66 Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=361556

03-25-2010, 10:07 AM	#5
edszuk Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vandenberg, CA Posts: 80	Re: 66 build help Thanks. I was seeing if anybody had any ideas for the rear end that is a 12 lug.

03-25-2010, 10:46 AM	#6
psycotruckr Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: myrtlebeach sc Posts: 45	Re: 66 build help Five lug axles are readly available for the conversion if all you need to do is change the wheels. A lot less work than fitting a new rear end. Just my 2 cents

03-25-2010, 03:45 PM	#8
edszuk Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vandenberg, CA Posts: 80	Re: 66 build help I stand corrected they are 8 lug rims not 12. Oops.



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