coil bucket swap?
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From: Pleasant Hill OR
coil bucket swap?
I was looking at the coil buckets on my 78 strait axle, and the buckets that the spring sits on looks different. It seems that the strait axle has clamps that clamp to the side of the spring, and the ttb clamps a washer down. Should I swap the buckets, is this possible, or (gulp!) do I need to get new springs. I don't want to get new ones because about 4 months ago I got new 6" springs for the ttb, so I'd like to reuse them if I can. Thanks guys!
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From: Muskogee, Oklahoma
Yea, just weld a large enough bolt onto the axle housing, or build a perch to weld it to and weld that on, or I guess you could build a perch that could mount with u-bolts with a bolt welded to the perch if you don't want to weld on the axle. I'd Just weld on the axle, just small amounts at a time. Then those angled washers shouldn't be too hard to find. I ended up drilling a hole in the top of my spring pocket and retain the spring up there with a crosby clip. Its way stronger than those little shaped pieces of flat plate.
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From: iowa
take a close look at the springs even though they bolt down different I think you can use the 78 lower bucket in the TTB springs if not then you just take the bucket off the ttb axle, weld it to a piece of quater plate but leave room to bolt that plate onto the axle where the old bucket bolted too.
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