Rear End Swap 7-1/4" to 8-1/4"
I screwed up sort of on the u-bolts because I bought 7-1/2" ones which were a tad long. I ended up with Superior brand ones at 6" long and sadly the name did not match the quality as they were splayed out much wider than 3-1/8", could not get them to compress with my hands to go through the mounting holes on the shock plates. Had to use my monster sized Harbor Freight vise. The ones which were too long were dorman's and I have to say the quality was there as compared to the Superiors, which had this weird bend in them. The last pic shows the comparison to the dorman unit, the Dorman has a nice round arch compared the Sup.unit, this kink was there before working it over in the vice.
I screwed up sort of on the u-bolts because I bought 7-1/2" ones which were a tad long. I ended up with Superior brand ones at 6" long and sadly the name did not match the quality as they were splayed out much wider than 3-1/8", could not get them to compress with my hands to go through the mounting holes on the shock plates. Had to use my monster sized Harbor Freight vise. The ones which were too long were dorman's and I have to say the quality was there as compared to the Superiors, which had this weird bend in them. The last pic shows the comparison to the dorman unit, the Dorman has a nice round arch compared the Sup.unit, this kink was there before working it over in the vice.
