Drum to disk conversion

[hemi43]

Originally Posted by Qbkeep

Your right about the rears, still have drums in the rear of my 2010 Silverado so should be fine with the 70'. The one thing that was kind of swaying me towards going with a newer front axle is the addition of the steering stabilizer. As ive read all about the steering geometry being off, especially with the larger tires. As I'm planning on doing a 4" lift with 35 x 12.5 crossover steering box was also in the thought. But if people have seen positive results with the newer axle with the stabilizer I'd have to reconsider things

Where did you read that the geometry changes with larger tires? On a solid front axle, this is impossible because the camber is built into the axle and the welded on spring perches gives you your caster. Also, the use of a steering stabilizer is not an issue.I have one on mine. Like I said, my truck is a '70 with 12.5 X 33 tires, and I've driven it 80MPH with no white knuckles. The only thing I would recommend with a larger tire is to increase the caster a bit with the use of tapered shims between the axle and springs. I have about 6-7 degrees total.