Rookie new rear end new Drive shaft??

[67Jhdz]

I have a few ? can ya help a brother out

1- I am swapping my 6 lug rear end to a 5 lug rear end off a 85 chevy truck am I going to need to swap out drive shafts or can the same one work I currently have a 2 piece shaft now or is it better to have a single shaft?
2-I am going to replace the rear coils with airbags I order a c notch from CPP on ebay can someone put up some pix of air bags mounted not sure if i need to remove the rivits where the coil was before

thanks

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 67Jhdz

I have a few ? can ya help a brother out

1- I am swapping my 6 lug rear end to a 5 lug rear end off a 85 chevy truck am I going to need to swap out drive shafts or can the same one work I currently have a 2 piece shaft now or is it better to have a single shaft?
2-I am going to replace the rear coils with airbags I order a c notch from CPP on ebay can someone put up some pix of air bags mounted not sure if i need to remove the rivits where the coil was before

thanks

The 85 rear housing could be a 10bolt so there's a possibilty of slight length difference but it would be very small & should be easily absorbed by the slip @ the carrier bearing area if still using a 2pc shaft. Single shafts are cheaper/easier to work with vs. a 2pc set-up but are limited in the length vs. strength factor. The 2pc shaft set-ups allow for greater flexibility w/extreme drops so you don't have to cut up your floor.

Air bag install as posted in the FAQ/truck tech/suspenion section....
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=129463

[67Jhdz]

thanks for the info