So what do you do when you get a free front steering Chevy 60 in good shape that has mactching 4.10 gears. Well you turn it into a rear steering axle of course.
Now i run Coils in the rear of my YJ, so the OD of my coild buckets are 46"s outside to outside. So this left no room on the short side tube for the upper truss to be welded to that side.
So what i did was drill and tap the OEM spring pad with 4-1/2" hole's and will run 4 grade 8 bolts that will lock that side down. And i also picked up the two 5/8 factory hole's that hold the spring plate down.
I'm going to run 2x2 1/4 wall tube for the upper truss and tie it into the other end buy welding it staright to the tube and to the top of the center section. I'm going to run the the rear 60 offset, I'm not going to center it. For a trail only Jeep that will see low speeds it shoud be fine.
The axle was a DRW axle so i took the OEM hubs and chopped off the flange and ground them till the rims would go over OD of the hub.
I have more to do but this is were I'm at now. Sorry for the fuzzy Pics, 39" iroks and camera's dont mix.
Jason.
Now i run Coils in the rear of my YJ, so the OD of my coild buckets are 46"s outside to outside. So this left no room on the short side tube for the upper truss to be welded to that side.
So what i did was drill and tap the OEM spring pad with 4-1/2" hole's and will run 4 grade 8 bolts that will lock that side down. And i also picked up the two 5/8 factory hole's that hold the spring plate down.
I'm going to run 2x2 1/4 wall tube for the upper truss and tie it into the other end buy welding it staright to the tube and to the top of the center section. I'm going to run the the rear 60 offset, I'm not going to center it. For a trail only Jeep that will see low speeds it shoud be fine.
The axle was a DRW axle so i took the OEM hubs and chopped off the flange and ground them till the rims would go over OD of the hub.
I have more to do but this is were I'm at now. Sorry for the fuzzy Pics, 39" iroks and camera's dont mix.
Jason.