OBS 05+ axle swap

m j

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my readylift bracket arrived today
my donor is 2008 and the frames differ, so I needed the 05 bracket

got it off ebay for around $160usd

its made in Tiawan
 

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Anyone have a list of factory bolt sizes and locations. I got a box of factory bolts and trying to figure out what goes where.

what bolts? I can shoot some images.
I removed every bracket on the 2008 and kept the fasteners with the removed parts
 

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Radius arms and axle side track bar. I keep finding M18 for radius arms but damn near every bolt is M18.
 

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axle side trac bar is a balljoint.
I can get some lengths maybe latter today.
 
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I made two track bar mounts (post 39) and sold one to the original requester. The second was also for a requester but that person has gone MIA on me. If anyone is interested in this second mount let me know.
 

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How so?

The front rotors, pad, calipers, etc were 100% interchangeable between my 06 axles and my dad's 2010.

On the rear axles, the rotors are the exact same. Only difference is the pads and calipers have a different size "prong" on the ends. The surface area of pad is the same.


Now if you're talking about the 2013+ rear axles, yes they have bigger brakes. But they don't have the VSS in them...
So the 11-12 axles have the VSS?

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No I believe they went away from them in 11. At these I think I read that. The brakes got bigger in 13.


They went away with it in 2011, biggest reason it's not worth swapping in a 2011+ axle.


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I agree that you don't really need hydroboost to do the conversion. Do need the f-superduty proportion valve ****** or gut your old one though. My opinion on it is that even on the newer pickup not all of them have hydroboost.
 

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You are correct sir, clean and moved the derail to AWOL.

Atleast you banned thatdude. Guy was clearly a jerk trying to start a fight, glad to see I joined a forum where things are taken care of before they get out of hand!
 

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