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05-25-2015, 07:06 PM
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swapping axles weekend
I had the pleasure of watching and occasionally helping my oldest son swap axles in his 97 F350. He found a kingpin dana 60 with 4.10 gears to replace his balljoint dana 60 with 3.55 gears. Always nice to see your kids follow in your footsteps. Next is the 10.25 sterling to a 10.25 sterling with 4.10s and a true trac, he opted to swap axles because one of his hubs keeps leaking and screws up his driver side brakes. Just bragging on my son. Thanks for reading. : )
Oh yeah, he wants to put a cummins in the K5. I told him to put it in his F350.
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1970 K25, 8' stepside bed 350/465/205 44 up front, 60 in the rear 4.10s rolling on 33" Dunlop MTs 1986 K5, 350/465/208 Dana 60/14 bolt from a cucv 36" Super Swampers TSL/SX 1983 K20 w/ CUCV axles, 350/700R4/208 sitting on 37" Goodyears 1986 M1031 6.2 diesel, TH400/NP205 locker in the rear and a LS in the front, all stock for now..... 1986 K30, 350/400/205 dana 60 and 14 bolt. I kept the drivetrain. Body/bad and chassis are gone. 1981 K30, 350/465/205 dana 60 and dually 14 bolt. Has a G80, and a flat bed. Going to replace the flat bed. 1985 K20, 350/400/208 10 bolt and SF 14 bolt. I wonder where I can find some 1 tons. Hmmmmm 
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05-25-2015, 07:29 PM
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Re: swapping axles weekend
Its good to see them figuring things out on their own. More and more I see kids these days not having the motivation to be mechanical or self reliant. Good on you for teaching him that he can do things like swap axles himself and that self reliance is more than taking your car to a mechanic to get what you want done. Its not a small job by any means.
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05-25-2015, 08:04 PM
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Re: swapping axles weekend
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1970 K25, 8' stepside bed 350/465/205 44 up front, 60 in the rear 4.10s rolling on 33" Dunlop MTs 1986 K5, 350/465/208 Dana 60/14 bolt from a cucv 36" Super Swampers TSL/SX 1983 K20 w/ CUCV axles, 350/700R4/208 sitting on 37" Goodyears 1986 M1031 6.2 diesel, TH400/NP205 locker in the rear and a LS in the front, all stock for now..... 1986 K30, 350/400/205 dana 60 and 14 bolt. I kept the drivetrain. Body/bad and chassis are gone. 1981 K30, 350/465/205 dana 60 and dually 14 bolt. Has a G80, and a flat bed. Going to replace the flat bed. 1985 K20, 350/400/208 10 bolt and SF 14 bolt. I wonder where I can find some 1 tons. Hmmmmm
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05-26-2015, 04:53 AM
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Re: swapping axles weekend
And tell him the cummins will fit in the ford better then it will the k5.
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05-31-2015, 08:23 PM
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Re: swapping axles weekend
So, he gets it all back together. Both axles under the truck, he put new springs front and rear. Now he has massive death wobble. His rear sits about 3" lower than the front. I think he messed up his caster angle. He also did not put the track bar on or his steering stabilizer. He is going to lift the rear and then have an alignment shop tell him where his caster is and add degree shims if needed.
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1970 K25, 8' stepside bed 350/465/205 44 up front, 60 in the rear 4.10s rolling on 33" Dunlop MTs 1986 K5, 350/465/208 Dana 60/14 bolt from a cucv 36" Super Swampers TSL/SX 1983 K20 w/ CUCV axles, 350/700R4/208 sitting on 37" Goodyears 1986 M1031 6.2 diesel, TH400/NP205 locker in the rear and a LS in the front, all stock for now..... 1986 K30, 350/400/205 dana 60 and 14 bolt. I kept the drivetrain. Body/bad and chassis are gone. 1981 K30, 350/465/205 dana 60 and dually 14 bolt. Has a G80, and a flat bed. Going to replace the flat bed. 1985 K20, 350/400/208 10 bolt and SF 14 bolt. I wonder where I can find some 1 tons. Hmmmmm
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06-05-2015, 09:07 PM
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Re: swapping axles weekend
We bought an angle finder today and measured his caster angle, a tad over 9 degrees. Going to add 4 degree shims and bring it down to 5.
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1970 K25, 8' stepside bed 350/465/205 44 up front, 60 in the rear 4.10s rolling on 33" Dunlop MTs 1986 K5, 350/465/208 Dana 60/14 bolt from a cucv 36" Super Swampers TSL/SX 1983 K20 w/ CUCV axles, 350/700R4/208 sitting on 37" Goodyears 1986 M1031 6.2 diesel, TH400/NP205 locker in the rear and a LS in the front, all stock for now..... 1986 K30, 350/400/205 dana 60 and 14 bolt. I kept the drivetrain. Body/bad and chassis are gone. 1981 K30, 350/465/205 dana 60 and dually 14 bolt. Has a G80, and a flat bed. Going to replace the flat bed. 1985 K20, 350/400/208 10 bolt and SF 14 bolt. I wonder where I can find some 1 tons. Hmmmmm
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06-06-2015, 08:23 AM
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Re: swapping axles weekend
That should help tremendously
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06-06-2015, 07:41 PM
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user # 2756
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Re: swapping axles weekend
Just got them installed, got him down to 5 degrees. Once we finish the 2" shackle flip in the rear he should be good to go.
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1970 K25, 8' stepside bed 350/465/205 44 up front, 60 in the rear 4.10s rolling on 33" Dunlop MTs 1986 K5, 350/465/208 Dana 60/14 bolt from a cucv 36" Super Swampers TSL/SX 1983 K20 w/ CUCV axles, 350/700R4/208 sitting on 37" Goodyears 1986 M1031 6.2 diesel, TH400/NP205 locker in the rear and a LS in the front, all stock for now..... 1986 K30, 350/400/205 dana 60 and 14 bolt. I kept the drivetrain. Body/bad and chassis are gone. 1981 K30, 350/465/205 dana 60 and dually 14 bolt. Has a G80, and a flat bed. Going to replace the flat bed. 1985 K20, 350/400/208 10 bolt and SF 14 bolt. I wonder where I can find some 1 tons. Hmmmmm
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