[Tx Firefighter]

You misunderstood. I was referring to tito's post. He said you should swap the axles into your truck. You can't do that on a 68. You can however, swap a complete 71-72 rearend into your truck. Just not the axles alone.

And, tito is spending your money pretty freely there with the 4 wheel disc brakes and big wheels.

It's real simple, you have 3 options...

(1) rebuild your present 6 lug drums front and rear and run 6 lug wheels
(2) swap to a 6 lug front disc brake kit and leave the rearend alone and run 6 lug wheels
(3) convert to 5 lug front and rear and run 5 lug wheels

They are listed in ascending order of expense.

You can rebuild your whole drum brake system completely for under 200 dollars and be good to go with whatever 6 lug wheels you choose.

Ya gotta ask yourself how much ($) you really want 5 lug wheels and go from there.

I'd rebuild my stock brakes and get a set of 6 lug wheels that I liked. Then, when the money became available down the road, I'd convert to 6 lug disc in the front. This way you get nice safe brakes and pretty wheels right now, and better brakes later when you can afford them. Drum brakes work fine when serviced properly.