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superfly66 · 07-14-2015, 08:38 PM

I have searched through all these threads on the disc brake conversion, dead horse. I am very new to these trucks and have read alot on them! Here is my dilemma. I have a 66 C10 Fleetside and bought 73-87, 3" drop spindles by DJM. So I have read that I only need to replace the upper and lower ball joints along with the outer tie rods for the same year spindles. So, what I ran into was the new Moog outer tie rods have a larger thread than the ones I had taken off. So does that mean I have to replace the sleeve and upper tie rod? And why do I have to replace these when I measured the outer tie rods and they were the same length as the ones I had taken off!.? And apologize in advance for jacking the original thread.

07-14-2015, 08:38 PM	#13
superfly66 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: smyrna georgia Posts: 54	Re: '60 Disc Brake Conversion with Torsion Bars? I have searched through all these threads on the disc brake conversion, dead horse. I am very new to these trucks and have read alot on them! Here is my dilemma. I have a 66 C10 Fleetside and bought 73-87, 3" drop spindles by DJM. So I have read that I only need to replace the upper and lower ball joints along with the outer tie rods for the same year spindles. So, what I ran into was the new Moog outer tie rods have a larger thread than the ones I had taken off. So does that mean I have to replace the sleeve and upper tie rod? And why do I have to replace these when I measured the outer tie rods and they were the same length as the ones I had taken off!.? And apologize in advance for jacking the original thread.