Solid Axle Swap BS Thread

Have someone wiggle the wheel back and forth with the tires on pavement and inspect each TRE, u-joints in steering shaft, and trunnions on the knuckle for movement.

 

This is just the fronts too. The rear chevy 63's overloads are all crooked and funky, the driver side front main leaf is arced the wrong way at the end, the passenger side fronts leafs are crooked too

 

I got leaf springs, and thank you for the info! I'll try it out

 

You got a bent main leaf on the driver's side. Fix that first.

 

Not just bent but appears to be a homemade pack too..Look at the stagger in the ends of the individual leafs on the driver's side

 

Drive-ability could also be a crappy alignment (little caster and no toe-in) coupled w/ other obvious issues.

 

It's homemade, AKA AAL to account for the taco lean. Passenger side doesn't have a 5th leaf

 

Lol I never noticed that, definitely getting new leafs. Trail gear 5" looks good to me

 

The chevy 63 overloads on mine are crooked too, I actually took off the passenger side overload and still have the driver side to counter the taco lean. Not how I'm going to leave it long term but it helps for now.

The driver side front leaf is gone, I'd suggest getting new front leaf springs. I put some OME part numbers in my build if you want to look up using OME leaves, there are lots of options for fixing that.

Also, don't get the 5" trail gear springs. They are taller than shit. Get the 3" HD ones from trail gear if you must buy from them. Or use the OME ones and they will move the axle forward 1.5" and be a softer spring rate.

 

I will definitely check out your build with ome, I was saying 5" as a guess, I looked up pics after and that is taalll

 

Nothing wrong with that!

EDIT: just looked again, yes plenty wrong with that!!

 

I rock Rancho 44044's that have held up well in front with a leaf or two removed.

 

If you get tg, get the tg 4" hd. Same pack as the 3" with 2 extra leafs that you can pull. Gives you more adjustability.

 

Right, wasn’t saying a homemade pack was a problem, rather THAT homemade pack was a problem..lol

 

Got these in the other day to replace the air shocks.

 

Nice!!! What coil lengths/poundages are you running?

 

140/225

140- 14”
225- 16”

2.0 14” shocks

 

I’ve thought about this before and done some research with no real conclusions except the tailhousing has to be swapped for an Atlas on an A340f.

Probably if you’re looking at it glass half empty all the time. Just drive it and start fixing the things that most need worked on for DD use...then start to use a more fine toothed comb for wheeling use.

 

That's what I've found and been told by advance adapters. A340s are hard to come by here but aw4s are a dime a dozen so I'll figure it out. Plus this will eliminate down time and let have the transmission get rebuilt so everything's fresh

 

Never done it, but I was under the impression you used the bell flex plate, and tq converter from the a340, the remainder being from the aw4, and possibly needing a 3/4” spacer to bolt the atlas to the aw4.