I think that is all I need right now. I bought an axle yestereday at a swap meet that is 55-59 and I wanted to know if just the spring pads needed to be brought in, or if the whole thing was wider. It's one of those dropped axles with the forged ends and tubing in the middle that Speedway Sells.

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I am told that the ones for the early truck aren't actually available and I wanted to see if I could use this one. But being the difference between pad width and overall axle width are different, I am going to just wait and hope that the early one comes out before I even think about modifying this one to work.

I am still willing to narrow the axle AND move the pads in on the axle as well, but only as a last restort.

Thanks Denny, Brian

1948 Chevy Pickup
Chopped and sectioned
owned since 1974 when I was 15.