one ton DRW axle?

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I searched on here about this subjuct and come up short. I bought an '84 gmc 3500 w/ a 60/14 combo and is a DRW. I'm eventually installing them in my CJ-5 and my question is what all do I need to do to the axles to make them right in terms of them being a DRW setup? That is my biggest question for now and any advice on 4 linking would be helpful too. I'm going to search Pirate but if yall have some good links let me know. Thanks ine advance
 
For the front I'd leave it alone and get some stock H1 double beadlocks. Be sure to install rim stiffners. For the rear you will at least need some spacers. I think 4" on each side is about as much as you can go. Do some measuring and see how much difference there is in width. You may need to sell it and get a SRW rear. As for 4 link - just do it like any other vehicle or axle.
 
You can swap from "knuckles outward" all the parts for SRW from the same make being Chevrolet / GMC ect. Keep that in mind especially if you're considering 35 spline outers to begin with. If that route you'd also need 35 spline slugs or whatever and then a set of SRW spindles, rotors and hubs which all can be gotten brand new. That's probably the most expensive way to go but do-able. You could then offset the costs by selling the DRW setup on Ebay or such.
The cheapest way to go would be to find someone local willing to trade everything out. 4x4/offroad folk desire SRW and street towing/work truck folk desire the DRW. The downside is the cost of shipping...
Or do as GubNi suggests being the easiest way to deal with it. Keep in mind any rear end from a van would set the rear track another couple to three inches out to match the DRW front track.
 
is a van rear the same width as a drw front.....? My truck is supposed to have a van rear but it's about 4 or 5 inches narrower on each side than my drw front
 
IIRC, van rears are ~69-71" WMS... SRWs are ~67" WMS, and DRWs are ~65" WMS...

so they would still need spacers to get it close to the same width as the front, but its deff wider then the DRW axle....
 
I have a Ford 60 front with SRW hubs, and I need DRW. Find out if the two can swap. Mine is from an 88 F350 Kingpin D60.
 
I machined my dually hubs to single wheel. Look at the 60 bible on pirate
 
GubNi said:
For the front I'd leave it alone and get some stock H1 double beadlocks. Be sure to install rim stiffners. For the rear you will at least need some spacers. I think 4" on each side is about as much as you can go. Do some measuring and see how much difference there is in width. You may need to sell it and get a SRW rear. As for 4 link - just do it like any other vehicle or axle.
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I'm new at this one ton stuff. Can you explain the wheels your talking about a little more and the rim stiffiners. Pics would be awesome. Does anyone have a set of rims we're talking about for sale? Can someone explain what WMS stands for exactly?
 
When you called about the truck I mentioned the H-1 Wheels. They have a big backspacing, pushing the tire and wheel towards the center. For folks wanting to use them on SRW they have to cut and change the back spacing. I think the back spacing on a H-1 wheel is like 8-9 inches, and most after market wheels are 3 1/2 to 4" back spacing.
FWIW the SRW axles are not the same width (WMS) the rear is more narrow than the front.
Hope this helps
 
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