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05-16-2009, 04:44 PM | #1 |
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2wd to 4wd silverado
i have a 2wd 2000 silverado has anyone swaped in a solid axle i have looked and looked
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05-16-2009, 05:13 PM | #2 |
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Re: 2wd to 4wd silverado
I don't think that 2000 4x4 trucks had solid front axles. Not sure what year they stopped using them but the newer silverados are not solid front axle trucks.
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05-16-2009, 07:52 PM | #3 | |
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Re: 2wd to 4wd silverado
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Check out B&C offroad. They do a lot of straight axle swaps and lots of pics. It should be the same as olders trucks. You can also check out the 2wd to 4wd converts on this forum.
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05-16-2009, 08:54 PM | #4 |
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Re: 2wd to 4wd silverado
Ahh, so sorry.
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05-16-2009, 11:01 PM | #5 |
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Re: 2wd to 4wd silverado
I just wanted to point that out, no big deal.
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Re: 2wd to 4wd silverado
the truck was dirt cheap and it needs 4x4 so i'll let yaa'll know
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Re: 2wd to 4wd silverado
best thing i found was a picture of a solid axle with coils
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05-17-2009, 09:47 AM | #8 |
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Re: 2wd to 4wd silverado
there has got to be some how-to's on the internet for this, a solid axle swap in is something that i have seen more and more of on the newer trucks, and my little brother is paying me to build his 02 chevy into a bad ass 4x4 and i am planing on doing this swap in it, his is already a 4x4 but the IFS on the newer trucks is proble prety close to the same weather its 2x or 4x
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05-19-2009, 05:34 PM | #9 |
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Re: 2wd to 4wd silverado
if you plan on using a divorced transfer case then no prob just use front axle and springs from a 73-87. When you decide to do this use the front spring hangers from the very front of a 73-87 and the rear shackles and hangers from the very rear of a 73-87. Just flip the rear hangers around backwards and line them up on the inside if the frame.
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