1970 K20 Restoration

[K20rookie]

Originally Posted by cmabolt

First, congrats! I have one on the way as well (May) but I was lucky and got my truck done first.

I had an Ho52 Rear in my K20 and looked around for a dana 60 out of a GMC from the same year. I found one out of a 71 K20 and it dropped right in with no mods at all. I did add rear disc brakes, but spring perches were perfect as were the shock locations. There may be Dana 60's out of some fords that work as well, but the GMC's had Dana 60's while the Chevy's got Ho52's for some reason.

At least that is what I had read here.

Good luck
Chris

Thanks for the reply Chris and congrats to you as well. I like the idea of no mods on the Dana 60. So bear with me here...I'm learning

What benefit would a Dana 60 have over the ho52?

If I'm understanding it right, I'd still have to add rear disc brakes to a Dana 60, correct? Would that just be a bolt on kit?

Is there any way to use the ho52 and just add disc brakes?

Pros, cons: ho52, Dana 60, corporate 14 bolt?

School me, I'm new to this. Basically I'd like to keep it as simple as possible and add disc brakes. Keeping the original ho52 is something I would prefer, but if parts are hard to find that may not be the best idea. Thanks