Ok so I'm hustling to get this thing out of the garage because he rented it to some else starting May 1st Told him I've had alot going on but that I would be out by the end of the week, that means getting this thing outside with the axles under it and motor in place.

I started with the rear and did the shackle flip.
Then I broke down the 14 bolt, removing the drums. This was hard work as one side had a frozen drum. Then I welded on the perches and as you can see this is very tight.

It will be interesting to see how the disc brakes fit with the perch so close to the flange but I haven't heard of any problems but won't know until I order a kit.

For the front I copied Randy's idea on the pass side perch. Basically what I did was grind a little over a 1/4 slot in the stock perch and notched the drivers side perch to fit in the slot.

You can image how long this took by the dust from the grinder around it
This is how it sits now.

In order to put the front in I need a driver side perch and a hysteer arm (coming this week).

Axle swaps are one of my favorite projects and it's amazing how easy this thing is to work on. This thing is big and heavy but everything bolts off without much trouble. Just keep in mind this thing isn't winning any beauty pageants, I'd like to clean and paint, just don't have time.