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I left the first drive axle connected to the prop shaft and then used the gas axe to whack off all the trailing arms and u-bolts then rolled the second drive axle out. Next was using the torch to trim the center truck plate off just below the chassis. Lots of cursing, pry bars, sweat and some...

Sorry, it took a while to reply. I'm teaching at the Nato School in southern Germany at the moment and have been out of touch for while. I measured the distance from the middle of the wheel arch on the trailer to the end of the tail gate. Then transposed that distance from the axle center line...

PS. got a 3.5 straight tube muffler to put in the stack. Ordering a exhaust temp guage next. Question is: where is it supposed to go (the probe) Before or after the turbo???? Cole

I'll post pics in about 3 weeks. The truck is three hours south of me and I forgot my to bring my camera when I did the work. I have to go to Germany for Nato work but when I get back I'll go back down and put some more hard graft into the beast and take pics. One of the subtle nuances about...

A quick update: Got a set of Ubolts, plates and the wedges between them off a scrapper and performed the bob this weekend. I cut the rear axle loose while hold up the chassis with a forklikft. Then a couple hours of gas axing the center truck out. V- painful! Since I left the prop shaft...

Hello. , I'm in the middle of a project with a duece. I'm bobbing it into a 4x4. I have a set of front springs for the rear axle but I'm in desperate need of a set of U bolts and plates. Can anybody help me find them, preferably fairly cheap?? :confused: thanks heaps, cole...