Putting leaf rear on coil rear frame? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

67ChevyRedneck · 08-04-2005, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Longstep70

I dont want to hijack the thread but i'm curious; how hard is it to go the other way and convert a leaf frame over to coils? Are the mounting points for the trailing arms on the leaf frame crossmember?

I don't know if the holes are there or not, but the cross-member you are referring to is specific to coil spring trucks only. You will need the cross-member and trailing arms off a coil spring truck along with the mounting locations, so, no, there is no cross-memeber on a leaf frame that will work with coils, you have to add it. I guess you would also have to add the perches that the coils sit in to the frame as well.

SCOTI · 08-04-2005, 06:17 PM

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Longstep70 · 08-04-2005, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

I don't know if the holes are there or not, but the cross-member you are referring to is specific to coil spring trucks only. You will need the cross-member and trailing arms off a coil spring truck along with the mounting locations, so, no, there is no cross-memeber on a leaf frame that will work with coils, you have to add it. I guess you would also have to add the perches that the coils sit in to the frame as well.

Thank you. Good info.

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