Installing k5 4x4 axle housings onto 66 swb

[tismy55]

Is there any information on installing k5 4x4 axles & housings onto a 66 swb frame. Thanks for any help

[padresag]

check this thread out
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681
ron

[tismy55]

I look at that but I don't see information on installing K5 blazer axle housings onto the frame of a 66. Am I missing something

[padresag]

Originally Posted by tismy55

I look at that but I don't see information on installing K5 blazer axle housings onto the frame of a 66. Am I missing something

do you know what the difference is between the k5 and a regular 4 x 4 p/u is?
What is so special about the K5?
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[tismy55]

nothing special I just happen to have a K5 and a 66 I just wanted to make my 66 a 4X4 Thats all

[padresag]

Originally Posted by tismy55

nothing special I just happen to have a K5 and a 66 I just wanted to make my 66 a 4X4 Thats all

so if it is nothing special in the difference what is the problem with the thread that I supplied. I read your original question and I replied with that thread for the answer. in that thread is also a K5 axle installation in a 65 frame. Jon's installation is the same basically, just a bigger rear axle housing-dia-3/4t.
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[padresag]

Originally Posted by tismy55

Is there any information on installing k5 4x4 axles & housings onto a 66 swb frame. Thanks for any help

you didn't say what year you k5 was. there are some differences'
I presume that you are also going to use the blazer suspension. there is a difference in spring size depending on which year it comes from. In Jon's applcation and the other they are from 73-87 variety except for Jon's. they used that suspension until 91 in suburbans.
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[tismy55]

I may have overlook the part where it talked about swapping axles in the thread My K5 is a 76. I will go back and look at the thread again. Thanks

[padresag]

this is a "K"5 application that was installed on this 65 gmc frame
helps when you put in the link
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=555508
ron

[padresag]

here is some more pics of the spring hanger install. this is the later p/u or k5 spring setup





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