The other guy 1967-72 c50 axle swap

[Drewbee]

Sweet can you expand on what you are saying? I’m slow. ��

Also I’m interested to hear more of slipper spring mounts. That’s new to me and has me intrigued as I love learning new stuff.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[sweetk30]

med and heavy trucks dont use shackles like 1ton down . the back end of the leaf slips back/forward in a hanger is all . so if you tried to put in a narrower spring pack it would give side to side play and make things move in a bad way .

pics from my 88 gmc 7000 / chevy c-70 dump truck with 66k original miles

1 = front hanger front spring bolt in to hanger

2 & 3 = rear slip hanger spring rides in and a bolt holds in on the bottom from just droping out if lifted up .

4 = rear spring front hanger . upper is slipper and lower is tourqe spring holding the axle square .

5 = rear slipper with safety bolt like the front .

now i hope this helps understand why some trucks you cant just put narrower springs in and shim them easy .

[Drewbee]

Thanks Sweet for the pics and explanation. That's a cool design and you're right that wouldn't work to shim in narrower leafs. Aight guess I'd have to put this on the back burner for now.

[sweetk30]

no problem .

[Pick121]

Originally Posted by Drewbee

Sweet can you expand on what you are saying? I’m slow. ��

Also I’m interested to hear more of slipper spring mounts. That’s new to me and has me intrigued as I love learning new stuff.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

I am learning about these leaf spring setups as well! This is from my ‘63 C50 manual but the general idea is the same and a pic is worth 1,000 words. Curious if the newer models also have the “canted” U bolt setup