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11-30-2004, 07:00 PM
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Rear end swap
I tried to ask this on 60-66 board but there is no traffic over there so I thought I would try here. Can you put a 69 C10 12 bolt coil spring rear end in a 62 truck. Is it just a swap.
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11-30-2004, 08:14 PM
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Fabricate till you "puke"
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I havent done the swap, but my guess is both trail arm trucks, it should fit.....you may have to modify the track locator arm/brackets tho. best of luck,crazyL
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11-30-2004, 09:03 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Like crazy al, I have never done it myself, but from what I hear, it's a direct swap.
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11-30-2004, 09:48 PM
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it will go.......i have put a '71 (5 lug) rear in a '65. They were both coil spring trux
I don't remember any big snags.
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11-30-2004, 10:27 PM
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Watch out for your cornhole !
 
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You're going to have to modify the track bar I believe.
The early trucks had the track bar mount differently than the later ones did. IRONBUTTLCMC here did that swap and ran into that issue. Send him a PM with your question. He's a real nice guy.
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12-01-2004, 01:51 AM
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Not a bad nut after all..
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flip66, could you post what you learn on here? I'm also looking at doing this on a '62. I was told '60-'62 is different, but I don't know if this is true.
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