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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | hay man, I'm a teacher, we have very little money.. though berthoud is not too far away...
maybe we need to do a colorado bolter gtg...
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | I just spoke to my chevy guru friend, he said if I need to mod the steering components it's nothing a grinder and a torch can't fix..considering all of the things he has built for the drag strip...I trust him, my bolt will never be going 120+mph..
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 136 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 136 | Hey CoolethanEthan, or mike1951, after you do this swap, let us know the in's & out's with the steering and things. I think I'm going to contact the axle guy also. Thanks for the pics of that axle. Looks nice. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | I will photo document the process.
MAybe ethan and I can work on a tech section article...
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 864 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 864 | Easyest way to lower it is to drive it til the wheels fall off  | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | I am in the process of doin that... My 51 is the only vehicle I have 
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 132 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 132 | "maybe we need to do a colorado bolter gtg..."
i wonder how many of us there are?
i miss obscene phone calls...
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | I need to swap my rear for a 3.55 to 1 before any long distance driving happens... 50 mph is fun... really... luckily my work is about 2 miles from my house...
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 132 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 132 | ....and i'd have to get one running;)
hey, i got a 3.25 geared posi disc brake rear out of a 87 iroc that's allready got the brackets cut off....make ya a helluva deal on it;)
i miss obscene phone calls...
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | is it 6 lug?
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 132 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 132 | nope,5X 4 3/4"
hey, get a hold of a circle track catalog.
they have all kinds of weldon caliper brackets and maybe use rotors off of a late model PU like my 2000 4X4....
i miss obscene phone calls...
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | my axle arrived, I will document the lowering process in june when I get to it
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | Ethan is almost done with his swap...
however the drag link seems to be giving him some problems... he mounted the tie rod on top of the leaf springs and the drag link is having clearance issues with the tie rod...
I have heard that you need to heat the spindles and adjust them so the tie rod fits back under the leaf springs...
is this the case? If so does anyone have photos?
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 191 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 191 | Normally with a dropped axle you'd install the tierods upside down so they mount into the bottom of the steering arms. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | ok everything is torn apart...
I have been removing 50+ years of grease and grime...My bushings are getting pressed into the spindles at the moment..I am now a king pin removal pro
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | I have 16s on there I checked they will clear...
with the stock set up, I can get upder there and change the oil without jack stands...
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | almost finished.... repack the bearings, adjust the brakes and put it on it's wheels
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 | Those axles look real nice. I have seen dropped axles that looked like a friggin piece of taffy stretched. That one looks great. I may just get one from him as well.
Brian
1948 Chevy Pickup
Chopped and sectioned
owned since 1974 when I was 15.
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 119 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: May 2006 Posts: 119 | Here is a post from Sid.
http://www.stovebolt.com/bboard/cgi-bin//ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=29;t=003228 | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | sid's axles are professionally done...
the biggest issue I had was the steering geometry..
not sid's fault...
I am getting 3.5 inches removed from the pitman arm and all my problems will go away
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 158 | Is that dropped axle AND dropped springs? Looks like more than I'm after for mine, but I'm considering one or the other... | | |
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