Been a few weeks since I posted, but haven't been idle. Dug out the 60's, stripped and cleaned them and started fabbing up all the stuff needed to do the full width conversion. Got the front gears installed, with the 7.17 gears and the detroit. Had to find a 4.56 and up carrier for the rear and weld it up. All new bearings and seals throughout. went yesterday and picked up my new treads. 42 irocs on 17" mickey thompson aluminum rims with the trail ready beadlocks. Brand new, still got the titties on em. Will be pulling the truck back into the shop tomorrow and get started on putting in the diffs, starting with the front. The shackles will be 5 1/2 inches, center to center, and the front hanger will move the spring forward 1 1/2 inches. I will be installing the rears up front. I also will re drill the center pin hole a little over an inch too. my goal is to mve the diff forward a little over three inches. That should give just enough roon to clear the 42's to the firewall. Anywhere else there is tire interferance I will apply the sawzall. I hope to keep the width down to a minimum with the new wheels, as they have 5 inches back spacing and are only 8 inches wide. i should be posting up some pics of the progress, along with some of the pics of my custom made hi steer knuckles that will not break off the studs.
