got a 10bolt for mockup, will be d60 eventually. all the chevy 60s i've seen are 31.5" pin to pin.

i fabbed my frame from scratch, 34" frame center to frame center.

to keep things simple, i dont' want to inboard my springs,

my question is: this 34" width is wider than the cast perch in the housing will allow me to go without my axle being a few inches off center.

what is my best option? grinding away the cast perch, making my own new one with a pinion angle of my choice? what have people done in the past? i've searched a LOT and found a lot of info on welding to cast...i'm not so much worried about that part of it. just want a little insight on what to do/what people have done.

thanks
Paul

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i just did a 10 bolt install in my 80 cj5. on my stock cj5 frame i had to outboard the axle hangers 2 inches outside of the frame on each side to accomadate the spring perch that is cast into the pig. if you grind the perch off and set your perch to get a better driveshaft angle then your steering knuckles angle will be way off and it will mess up your steering linkage. i did a SUA so i did some grinding on the bottom of the pig and as of right now the perch is just tacked on the cast i have not had time to finish it. i did cut my knuckles off and rotate them in order to achieve the driveline angle i wanted. it's not hard to do. if i was you just make your springs fit the 10 bolt axle perches. thats what i did unless you want your axle to be way off to one side which would be goofy. later :grinpimp:

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i am prepared to grind the knuckles off and rotate to fix the caster. that is a non-issue.

i'm not sure if you really got what i posted; my axle already is offcenter, and i dont want to inboard my springs 1.5" just to fit the cast perch. putting a perch outboard of the cast perch should be easy, i just wanted to see pictures of how people did it.

thanks
Paul