Dually Axle into a 2500?? Can it be done?
11-05-2007, 09:18 PM
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Dually Axle into a 2500?? Can it be done?
Hi all- I am brand new here!!! I have a pressing question- hope someone can help...I have 2000 2500 with the 5.7 cummins, auto trans, 4x4, and a 3.55 rear axle. I was looking at buying a 3500 dually, but decided maybe a cheaper route would be to convert my 2500 into a dually. I located a nice 8" dually box, and 2 rearends (one is a 4.10 dana out of an '01 dually, the other a 3.55 dana out of a 96 dually). In swapping the rear ends (first is this possible??) I have the 8500lb + 3" rear springs on my truck already, so the suspension should be the same as a dually. Does anyone know if the spring mounts on the dually rear ends are the same distance apart as that of my 2500 dana rearend? Anything else i need to be aware of or change in doing this??? Never done this kind of swap before, so i am trying to learn on the fly. Also- would the posi carriers in the 01 4:10 dana be the same as my 3:55 carrier (i.e. could I just swap the carriers, or are the axle slines, diff. gears the same?? ) A lot of questions i know....PLEASE HELP!!!
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11-06-2007, 07:01 AM
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yeah you can, just swap out rearends and you need the dually front adapters that bolt to the front axle and you are good to go. I did the opposite of what you want to do. Yeah you can definitely do it. By the way, it is a 5.9 cummins, not a 5.7
11-08-2007, 08:30 PM
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the adapters (little rusty here) bolt up the the factory studs and stick out i think about another 3-6" so your dually tire will line up under the fender the right way and not hit the coil spring and what not.
11-09-2007, 10:51 AM
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last summer i converted my friends 99' qd cab short bed into a dually...looks great his set of 38" SS boggers on it, and he used the factory wheels dually wheels for it to. wish i had a couple of pics of it
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