Bill your kind of out of luck from us right now on that one. See, just as
the old leaf spring suspension moves forward as weight is applied to the bed
due to spring arc, your dealing with a whole new ball game with your new
springs and hangers because it's positioning of the rearend will be slightly
different then someone with the same suspension but older springs that have
lost some of the arc. I think it's best that you set the bed back with
fenders and make sure the trucks at ride height to center your tire and rim
combination in the fender opening.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Whittaker Bill G Civ ASC/SMY <Bill.Whittaker@wpafb.af.mil>
To: 'Old Trucks' <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 5:21 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Rear axle position
>Happy New Year to all. Now I have a quick question.
>
>I know the rear axle on the 47-54 1/2 ton trucks isn't centered in the
fender opening as it came from the factory. Unfortunately I forgot to
measure this offset before I took the bed off. I'm now ready to install a
GM 10 bolt with new springs and hangers and would like to center the wheels
in the opening. Does anyone know off hand how much the axle needs to be
moved to center it? Seems to me that its about 3 inches aft but I'm not
sure.
>
>Thanks
>
>Bill Whittaker
>'53 3100 Hemi
>Built Like A Rock
>With Mopar Stock
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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