in the beginning

passanger side spring and sway bar mounts

passanger side gone, still some grinding to do to make room for the radius arm mounts

drivers side brackets.
Also a decent shot of the top of a kingpin knuckle

left to right, stock 35 spline inner for '87 kingpin, 35 spline yukon outer, 30 spline stock out

44 u joint compared to a 60. BIG difference

left to right, 35 spline outer, dana 44 outer, 30 spline stock outer for 60

brand new 35 on 15x10 next to a brand new 37 on a 17x9

bigger, but not big enuf. really want the michelins or some 40's

a shaved 14 bolt cover over a sterling rear for comparison.

bye-bue POS

I had the radius arms reinforced by a competent welder, not me.

here are some comparison shots to a stock arm

there is two ways to do a 60 with radius arms. 1. grind the wedges to fit or 2. use a spacer. i used a spacer i made from 3/4" stock to allow me to use a ttb lower coil retainer which I had been wanting to make anyways for my fab tech coils

this is installed and ready for the lower coil mount

before I put the spacer in, i tried to figure out the lower coil reatiner. thanks to Chris C. i made a pretty good one. i basically copied chris and tweeked it a little

here is what Bill and i made

installed with recessed 7/16 bolts for stock radius arm and cap with 5/8 for ttb retainer

bracket with retainer and spring. it adds about 2" over the stock lower 79 reteiner I had with the 79.

this holds the ttb coil much better than the 79 lower mount

new lower shock mounts are done for now, till i do a shackle flip. that is a 6 ton jackstand for reference to the clearance i gained with 37 and better shock mounts

no more shock anchors to slow me down. the 10.25 is a big axle though. 40's would be very nice.
I also bent all new brakelines, moving the little metal retainer up to the top of the tube to protect the lines

Had to clearance the 79 radius arm bracket on the drivers side to clear the driveshaft. the 88 dana 60's pumpkin is much further over than the 79 dana 44

the 60 is in, just waiting to finish the longer center link and track bar. Used the stock '79 D44 lines, and just hand bent them a little. Securing the brakelines took a little work, but everything is up high and out of rocks way. Also gives you an idea of how much further over the pumpkin is.

the whole front done. the spirngs are bowed in a little now, that could have been solved by putting the mounting bolts a little outward. if i get motivated, I may redo it, but there is enuf of clearance, as nothing hits so far.

closeup of pass side with lower trackbar mount (kinda)

closer shot of trsckbsr/draglink angles. I used a stock ford, F350 steering arm as it is much beefier than the 1/2 ton ones, and has about 1" drop. the trackbar is 9 degrees while the drag link is 8, and they are about 0.5" different in length

I used the 44 brakelines, and made this little bracket to attach to the breather bolt

the new lower mounts raised the front a bit, and i definately have enuf room for the 37's and 40's should only require a little trimming. It actually sits fairly level now, but i think I will still do a rear shackle flip.

fullside shot with chessy/lab for rough height comparison

I have a bit over 28" at the rockers

1" heims with 3/4 " bolts and spacers. the brackets were made to cover/use all holes made for all the rad arm brackets used to date. this was intended to increase frame strength

drivers side extension. here you can see that there is a little extra space, it will be used for a cross member. the space between bolts will be used to mount an arm for the upcoming sliders.