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1969k10stepside · 10-05-2007, 05:12 PM

The axles look like the stock ones.A closed knuckle 44 front and 12 bolt rear.I know the older trucks used a divorced t-case but I've never seen a 67-72 with a divorced t-case.It looks like a Rockwell T221.
You can probably get away with just swapping lockouts and be alright with that issue but you might as well get a open knucke disc brake axle.Any axle from 71-87 will work.If you get a Corp.10 bolt front you need the spring plates from it and different u bolts.Those look like one ton springs with FORD factory lift blocks

10-05-2007, 05:12 PM	#10
1969k10stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA Posts: 21,020	Re: Newly Acquired '68 4x4, What's your assessment? The axles look like the stock ones.A closed knuckle 44 front and 12 bolt rear.I know the older trucks used a divorced t-case but I've never seen a 67-72 with a divorced t-case.It looks like a Rockwell T221. You can probably get away with just swapping lockouts and be alright with that issue but you might as well get a open knucke disc brake axle.Any axle from 71-87 will work.If you get a Corp.10 bolt front you need the spring plates from it and different u bolts.Those look like one ton springs with FORD factory lift blocks Last edited by 1969k10stepside; 10-06-2007 at 10:18 PM.