LCAM-01XA
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I'm putting a D60 under my 2wd dually. 2wd runs coils to support the weight, I-beams to locate the suspension side to side, and radius arms to locate it fore-aft. D60 has the trac bar for side-to-side locating, and the leafs do both weight carrying and fore-aft locating duty. What if I modify the top plates of the D60 to accept the 2wd coils, then cut the leafs off in front of the axle? Then I'll have the coils carry the truck weight, the trac bar will still locate the axle side to side, and the rear parts of the leafs will only locate the axle fore-aft.
This is on a truck that uses factory sized tires (around 32" diameter) and is geared at 3.54/3.55 - so no huge axle twisting torques will be applied in 4x4, however if that is a concern a torque arm can be easily added from below the axle to further back on the frame to remedy the situation.
Your thoughts please?
This is on a truck that uses factory sized tires (around 32" diameter) and is geared at 3.54/3.55 - so no huge axle twisting torques will be applied in 4x4, however if that is a concern a torque arm can be easily added from below the axle to further back on the frame to remedy the situation.
Your thoughts please?