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Old Nov 3, 2003 | 05:24 PM
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Droped Solid Axle

Will a solid front axle from a 56' fit on my 61 unibody? I want to lower it about 2" and you can get droped axles for a 56' but not a 61'-64'. I dont want to do the ifs thing because I might end up restoring it later down the road.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2003 | 06:48 AM
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Welcome to FTE! I would call the company that makes the 56 axle. I would also post this in the 56 truck Forum.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 08:31 PM
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This is what mid fiffty's told me.

"We put one in a 60 back in the late 70's and it worked but had to use the
1953-56 spindles and king pins. Also because of the depth of the axle we
only got 2 inches out of the 3 drop. The 60 axle is already a drop of an
inch from the 56."

hope this helps.
 
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 02:46 PM
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I recently dropped off at the prototypers machiene shop the correct 61 to 64 axle and spindle assembliesfor a drop axle for slicks. They should be avalible by spring.

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