[Just Starting] finally got pictures of mine and hers

[cbbr]

An air mattress in the back is not bad. That's where I sleep in my Burb when we travel.

[MrK5]

That's just what I thought, fold up the rear seat and get an air matress.

[Bigtruckcpl]

Yeah the seat was folded up I just had everything i used in my semi I swear I had enough stuff for a two bedroom apt.Bad thing is i really have no clue where half of it came from.Its amazing the stuff one can acquire and not even realize it.

[MrK5]

Especially when you have a place to put it.

There used to be a K5 down the street from us and it was full of firewood and fencing material. Full as in you wouldn't be able to drive it.

[Bigtruckcpl]

So I heard a grinding noise in my rear end about a week ago and just parked it thinking in a few days i would tear into it. At first I thought it was a rear ujoint which after I bout them I found out it wasn't them so I wanted to check the oil level in rear end since I drove a long way to get it home so i pulled the drain plug and out came a gush of a mixture of oil and water..... Since I have neither wheeled this rig nor have I put it through any form of water my only guess is someone has before I owned it. So looks like the first thing I am gonna learn is how to swap a axle. I found a set of 3/4 ton for 250.00 out of a I believe 75 or 78 Blazer within about 65 miles of me so I will be starting with this and eventually going to one ton's I am gonna start out with smaller axles in the beginning on for the cost and two I need to fix as fast and as cheap as possible so I can still drive to work. So for my First project I will swap a axle (which I have never done before) and this should be a good learning experience for setting up for a 1 ton swap later.

[Badbowty75]

the 1/2 to 3/4 swap should be pretty easy its when you go to 1 ton that it gets a little harder due to different spring perch locations and brake line fittings.

[Bigtruckcpl]

That was what I was hoping to hear.I just want to try it and let it be a straight swap so I don't get to aggrievated...

[cbbr]

It's a straight swap, but probably a 14BSF. You might want to look around and see if you can find a 14BFF from a 3/4 ton wich is also a straight swap and should cost the same, but is a 1 ton axle.

[5280k5]

Originally Posted by cbbr

It's a straight swap, but probably a 14BSF. You might want to look around and see if you can find a 14BFF from a 3/4 ton wich is also a straight swap and should cost the same, but is a 1 ton axle.

Just so he's not confused you want the full float 14 bolt which is a one ton axle but you don't want one that was actually in a 1 ton truck, that's the one the will have the different spring perch width. Clear as mud now