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Re: 86 C10 Trailing Arm Conversion
I'm doing the trailing arm swap into my 67 Chevy II, so I've contemplated this for quite some time.
In this situation, I'd get the trailing arm crossmember between the frame rails. As far as suspension travel, there are guys using the stock crossmember , and dang near laying frame.
So, with that, get the x-member where it belongs. There is a kit from CPP I think, for adapting a non-trailing arm axle. Otherwise, you'll have cut the axle mounts off of a trailing arm axle, so that the axle has a flat surface to mount to the trailing arms.
Just my two cents. As far as the panhard, I don't have experience with that yet, so I won't even try...haha.
And as a side note - isn't putting an aftermarket truck arm suspension under a pre-72 pickup kinda redundant? Unless it has leaf springs...I dunno. If it ain't broke...
-Sam.
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1969 GMC C1500. long fleet.
307. 3 on the tree. 3.07 gears.
Oliver green. Bent and bruised. Daily Driver.
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my build thread - Project Homebrew:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=242993
Last edited by samwise68; 09-25-2009 at 10:59 AM.
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