differance?

[maddmark1]

I have a 1960 chevy apache 3/4 ton truck which had torsion bars up front, i did a crossmember swap with a 1972 K20 truck and it bolted up fairly easy. i believe it has a total of 14 bolts to remove. 7 on each side. out of the 7 of each side i think 5 where complete bolt on. so 10 bolts will bolt right up which is 5 on each side. the others will have to be drilled out and install bolts. The other thing you may have to switch is steering components like idler arms, pitman arm and so on. these i had a little difficult time lining up because i forgot to take them off the donor truck and the stock pitman arms from the 60 truck have a different angle. Things to consider for a swap, find a year that has disk brakes already on like the 72 k20 truck however this was a 8 lug truck which matched the rear also 8 lug. you may want to look for a 5 lug truck. Another idea is to just get the crossmember without A arms, spindles, and brake components and then buy CPP lowering spindles/ brake components and A arms for the airbags. this will save you a lot of money then to upgrade everything els after the swap.

[shorty]

I have a 1960 chevy apache 3/4 ton truck which had torsion bars up front, i did a crossmember swap with a 1972 K20 truck and it bolted up fairly easy. i believe it has a total of 14 bolts to remove. 7 on each side. out of the 7 of each side i think 5 where complete bolt on. so 10 bolts will bolt right up which is 5 on each side. the others will have to be drilled out and install bolts. The other thing you may have to switch is steering components like idler arms, pitman arm and so on. these i had a little difficult time lining up because i forgot to take them off the donor truck and the stock pitman arms from the 60 truck have a different angle. Things to consider for a swap, find a year that has disk brakes already on like the 72 k20 truck however this was a 8 lug truck which matched the rear also 8 lug. you may want to look for a 5 lug truck. Another idea is to just get the crossmember without A arms, spindles, and brake components and then buy CPP lowering spindles/ brake components and A arms for the airbags. this will save you a lot of money then to upgrade everything els after the swap.

thanks for the info, that helps take the guess work out