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Old 10-30-2005, 12:56 PM   #1
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I am in the process of buying a swb truck and I am going to take the front and cab off of my lwb to transfer to the swb. I am also wanting to get a 3/4 ton 4x4 to restore. My question is has anyone tried to take a 1/2 ton lwb 2wd frame and tried to convert it to a 3/4 ton 4x4? Would this process be to difficult?
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Old 10-30-2005, 01:12 PM   #2
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The prevailing opinion it that it's a PITA to convert a two wheel drive to a four wheel drive.
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Old 10-30-2005, 08:48 PM   #3
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If the 2wd has leaf springs,you can go with that and get a 3/4t 2wd rear.The spring perches are at different widths between 2 and 4wd.
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