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08-19-2010, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by 427 fordman

Neal, you have them out of the truck? You'd trade for my 3.55's? I am 4wd, but can come up with the front ones (buy new probably). I can order shim kit and/or bearings for both. I'd be up for that neal, but I won't have time to do it till winter. Let me know if that works out for you.

Yes, they are laying on a shelf. They were removed from an early '99. Low miles too but it is an open rearend. Not LS.

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08-19-2010, 04:35 PM

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Neal, I'll contact you later this fall/early winter, if I decide to do it. If you still have them, we'll talk. Thanks.

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08-19-2010, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Brown Falcon

Jacob... you can also swap the springs and axle as one if you don't want to deal with the u-bolts.
That's how I did it when I swapped the dually axle out for the SRW axle.

And yes, PB Blaster and a impact would make it go a lot faster...

I'm gonna take the axle with it but the springs aren't in as near of good shape as mine. Looks like an easy enough job though. My only concerns are the shape of the axle itself and the gears. I may take it to a guy before pulling my DD apart to have him inspect it all since I don't know just a whole lot about diffs.
And I've got a fresh can o PB blaster on standby. I'm on hour 36 of a 48 hour shift but when I get home I reckon I'll start soakin the u bolts.
Also, where is the easiest place to take the brake lines loose?

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08-20-2010, 06:58 AM

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You might want to get new u-bolts. I've heard that once you break them loose they won't stay torqued very well. I could be wrong though...

When we did mine we left the axle hard lines attached, just unhooked it at the T on the rear axle.

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