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Old 08-03-2019, 12:23 AM   #18
Drewbee
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Re: The other guy 1967-72 c50 axle swap

I’m back to thinking this will work on the front end as well.

If it’s 30 5/8 centers on the c50 with 3” wide springs, then using 2.5” springs brings them out to 31 5/8 centers with bushings, which is only 3/8 from the required 32” for a Dana 60.

3/8 divided by 2 would be 0.1875 on each side. Is it dangerous to pull the leaf spring over that little? That’s 3/16th of an inch.

The next option is custom mounts like sweetk30 but I’m a stickler trying to figure out how people do things and I can see the k50 had its unique spring hangers. I doubt he changed the spring perches on the Dana 60 as I’d think that would mess up the drivelines.

Thoughts?
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