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It is tight, and be careful as always when lifting a vehicle! I think this is posted earlier in this thread, but this is from when I did mine and I had to scoot the axle over to gain access to the locator pin I broke. Obviously you won't need to go to this extreme and can probably (and should)...

You don't need to do that. Just jack up the axle and put the jack stand on the leaf spring.

Cool! I hope you like 'em as much as I do mine! I bought wheel spacers (for the rear) from Kryptonite Kustoms (I ordered 1/4" thick spacer plates but maybe 3/8" thick would have been better. Maybe 1/2" would have been even better, but I don't recall if there was enough thread space on the...

You bet. So, to recap the whole thing. On August 08th, 2015 I had my stock NDT 9.00R20s dismounted and Goodyear G177s (11.00R20s) mounted in their place, reusing the stock wheels. I maintained duals in the rear despite the fact that the tires are rated for enough to be run as singles even on...

Boyce Equipment just welded the retaining blocks on either side without dismantling the U-bolts. Should hold. Though I'm not an expert but the weld doesn't look very deep or high onto the added block, and it would have been better had they welded on at the front and back of the added block. But...

Last week I purchased a yellow bottle torch (Max/Pro gas). I believe it was able to put more heat to the axle housing than the blue propane torch, but not too much to hurt my axle seal about 1 foot away (my opinion). I also purchased an air chisel (or air hammer). I heated up the axle housing...

Using a hand held propane torch (you know, on of those blue bottle torches) to heat up the surrounding axle housing and a 4lb sledge, I still was not able to move the pin any. I used a can of compressed air to try and cool down the pin too (I turned the can upside-down to spray out the colder...

I did want to show that I don't think I did too bad with the material removal on the leaf spring perch, using only a hand held 90 degree grinder and a bastard file (the same file I use to sharpen my axes and lawn mower blade). As can be seen, I have a couple of points that are just a touch too...

Understood. Thanks!

Wow thanks gringeltaube for the awesome alternative solutions. There is no end to how valuable you are to the community! Thanks for the help once again! Question: If you were making a new locating pin from a 5/8" bolt, would you be drilling out and tapping the axle housing for the 5/8" bolt? Or...

Sooooooo, how important is the little centering/retaining tab on the top of the axle for the spring perch? I broke one side trying to get the spring perch off the axle. The perch just would not come off. Driver's side, non broken: Passenger side broken: Perch & broken tab: I assume it it...