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sixty7swb · 10-27-2012, 09:56 AM

I've got a 67 1/2 ton chevy frame and i want to put a later model 5 lug disc break frontend under it. Will any other year besides 71 and 72 fit under my frame? Thanks.
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JohnT71 · 10-27-2012, 10:33 AM

Put a 86 frontend on my 68 had to drill one hole on each side of the frame.

chopnchaneled · 10-27-2012, 11:22 AM

Think he's talking about front suspension.

**John Fabris** · 10-27-2012, 12:33 PM

You can use 71 up to 86ish, as those years have the thicker disc rotor and in 87 they get thinner. Keep in mind that the what year you go with, try to keep it all that year due to sizes of the tie rod and ball joint shaft sizeds So you can keep your upper/lower A-arms, but go with the later year ball joints.

Or you can do the whole engine/suspension crossmember swap. Do a search on here as lots of us have done these swaps.

sixty7swb · 10-27-2012, 10:48 PM

I have an 85 parts truck can i just bolt the whole front 85 suspension to my 67 frame?
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10-27-2012, 09:56 AM	#1
sixty7swb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: newalla oklahoma Posts: 2	67 1/2 ton frontend to frame question. I've got a 67 1/2 ton chevy frame and i want to put a later model 5 lug disc break frontend under it. Will any other year besides 71 and 72 fit under my frame? Thanks. Posted via Mobile Device

10-27-2012, 10:33 AM	#2
JohnT71 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Plainview Ar Posts: 82	Re: 67 1/2 ton frontend to frame question. Put a 86 frontend on my 68 had to drill one hole on each side of the frame. __________________ "There's a force in the universe that makes things happen; all you have to do is get in touch with it. Stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball." -Ty Webb

10-27-2012, 11:22 AM	#3
chopnchaneled Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 1,050	Re: 67 1/2 ton frontend to frame question. Think he's talking about front suspension. __________________ I don't think we get smarter as we get older. We just run out of Stupid things to do.

10-27-2012, 12:33 PM	#4
John Fabris TOTY 2006 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Magalia CA USA Posts: 2,270	Re: 67 1/2 ton frontend to frame question. You can use 71 up to 86ish, as those years have the thicker disc rotor and in 87 they get thinner. Keep in mind that the what year you go with, try to keep it all that year due to sizes of the tie rod and ball joint shaft sizeds So you can keep your upper/lower A-arms, but go with the later year ball joints. Or you can do the whole engine/suspension crossmember swap. Do a search on here as lots of us have done these swaps. __________________ John Fabris 67 C10 SWB

10-27-2012, 10:48 PM	#5
sixty7swb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: newalla oklahoma Posts: 2	Re: 67 1/2 ton frontend to frame question. I have an 85 parts truck can i just bolt the whole front 85 suspension to my 67 frame? Posted via Mobile Device



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