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Originally Posted by randy500

The carrier bearing and brackets are not different...but there are 2 carrier styles with corresponding brackets, they are fitted to trucks based on engine size and tonnage.
They are interchangeable.

Ive never checked but the placement of the crossmember could be in a different location making the driveshafts not interchangeable.

When making a short bed truck only the front half of the driveshaft needs to be shortened. Its probably more cost effective to have it shortened.

Its actually pretty easy to do at home if you take careful measurements. Ive done dozens of them, never had one with any vibration issues either.

Not trying to start anything but if you can mount an I beam style carrier bearing straight to a Horseshoe Style Mounting Bracket without modification I would love to see it. In my book that makes them different. From the majority of coils I have done they come with the I beam style carrier versus the Leafs having the Horseshoe Style with the exception of 3/4 Burbs. The shafts have different lengths also from what I have done so it is just not plug and play. They OP wanted to know if he could just change out shafts straight out. The systems are different so it will not just be un-bolt and re-bolt. If he has the ability to cut and weld up a shaft then why not just do that to the original one? I don't think that is the case here so that is why I posted my response.

Smitty