Driveshaft Confusion.

[Awann99]

My truck has rear leafs. But it also has the brackets for coil trailing arms on the crossmember. I have a bracket off of a parts truck for what is referred to as the “HD” bearing in the other post. And my drive shaft looks identical to the other posts photo. Would it be possible for me to just mount the other bracket to my crossmember and use that style of carrier instead of trying to track down an original 3/4 ton/ leaf spring clearing bearing.

[HO455]

Originally Posted by Awann99

My truck has rear leafs. But it also has the brackets for coil trailing arms on the crossmember. I have a bracket off of a parts truck for what is referred to as the “HD” bearing in the other post. And my drive shaft looks identical to the other posts photo. Would it be possible for me to just mount the other bracket to my crossmember and use that style of carrier instead of trying to track down an original 3/4 ton/ leaf spring clearing bearing.

I believe that will work. I would take the front half of the shaft with you to make sure that everything is the right size.

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/BRGH...+shaft+bearing

Or...

The Mike C thread should be what you need. Or...

Bozly has some good advice. They should have a solution for you. I went to a local driveline shop for my conversion.

[Awann99]

Thanks for the advice. The closest shop that would even touch a bearing this old is an hour away. I think I will try to convert it first and see how that goes. I’ll post an update tomorrow when I pick up the parts.