TL;DR - what's the angle offset between the top of the spring perches and the CL of the pinion shaft on a stock 8" rear in a '94 truck? I swear I searched first, but couldn't find the number...
Hey all
So, following up on my last thread about this project... I looked around and settled on a 10.5 Sterling axle from a 2000 SD truck. It's PLENTY beefy and almost as wide as the "custom" I was considering to replace the dually. Disc brakes, e-brake, etc. plus the diff. tooth count allows me to match up to the 4.30 front axle.
Going to be tearing it down and cutting parts off this weekend, getting ready to weld the necessary bits.
Here's my next pickle - I know it'd be easy to measure the spring perch to pinion angle difference with an inclinometer, but that'd mean yanking the old axle off of my rig before I have a new one to swap in (and leaving the ass of my rig up on blocks, which would make the manager of my storage lot a little unhappy) or taking a more half-assed measurement in situ, without being able to touch off of the yoke and flat top of the spring perch.
I figured those of you more experienced may just know this number off the top of your heads. If so, would love to know!
John
Hey all
So, following up on my last thread about this project... I looked around and settled on a 10.5 Sterling axle from a 2000 SD truck. It's PLENTY beefy and almost as wide as the "custom" I was considering to replace the dually. Disc brakes, e-brake, etc. plus the diff. tooth count allows me to match up to the 4.30 front axle.
Going to be tearing it down and cutting parts off this weekend, getting ready to weld the necessary bits.
Here's my next pickle - I know it'd be easy to measure the spring perch to pinion angle difference with an inclinometer, but that'd mean yanking the old axle off of my rig before I have a new one to swap in (and leaving the ass of my rig up on blocks, which would make the manager of my storage lot a little unhappy) or taking a more half-assed measurement in situ, without being able to touch off of the yoke and flat top of the spring perch.
I figured those of you more experienced may just know this number off the top of your heads. If so, would love to know!
John
