Rear Leaf to Coil Conversion

[72chevylwbmo]

I am wanting to convert my truck from leaf springs to coil springs. Where would I be able to find all of the necessary brackets, arms and such at. I will be wanting to drop it a little also.

Thanks for your advice.

[notsolo]

Some of the trucks had the correct cross member, then you need trailing arms, rear axle perches, fab up top spring mounts. Different shock mounts. Parking brake might also be different. More than a few bits needed to swap this out. Check the parts board for needed items if your going OEM.

[beaterku]

I am in the process of doing this right now. I basically bought a from the cab back section of frame with all of the cross members, trailing arms etc... I am using the RideTech Strettgrip kit so I did not use all of the stock parts. My progress has been snail slow due to the holidays and sickness around the house. I've got the shock cross member in and working on the ridetech notches (a long story of poor templates and lots of measuring to get them mounted correctly).



http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=737560

[Coley]

One important thing in this conversion is the need for the pan hard rod (stabilizer) which mounts connects the frame to the centre diff/axle housing.
To my recollection the coil spring truck diffs have this boss cast into the diff's centre housing to accept the pan hard rod mount.
That said, if you have a leaf spring axle without this needed boss....I think you buy some type of 'clamp on' style or similar to stabilize the rear axle.

....regardless, worth looking into....or google 'pan hard rod mount' (axle)...and you will see what is going on there.

All good
Coley

[72Cheyenne454]

I did this too. Purchased a donor frame and swapped everything over. I also converted my truck from a 3/4 ton long bed to 1/2 ton short bed at the same time.

Miles

[notsolo]

WOW, that's beautiful. Nicely done. Did you buy a Disk brake, kit or is this a Impala set up?

[72Cheyenne454]

Originally Posted by notsolo

WOW, that's beautiful. Nicely done. Did you buy a Disk brake, kit or is this a Impala set up?

Thank you. I bought a kit from CPP when they had them on sale. I believe they are Cadillac calipers. If I were to do it over, I'd buy a kit that has the e-brake inside the rotor, versus in the caliper like the ones I've got. This style sucks IMO.

[beaterku]

Originally Posted by 72Cheyenne454

I did this too. Purchased a donor frame and swapped everything over. I also converted my truck from a 3/4 ton long bed to 1/2 ton short bed at the same time.

Miles

When you installed the track bar crossmember, did you install it the way it came off your donor frame, ie crooked?

By the way, that looks excellent!

[72Cheyenne454]

Originally Posted by beaterku

When you installed the track bar crossmember, did you install it the way it came off your donor frame, ie crooked?

By the way, that looks excellent!

Hey thanks! Yes, I did install it crooked just like the factory. I pulled all the measurements from the donor frame and then transferred to mine.

Miles

[Hidesertchevy]

What don't you like about the ebrake setup?