I'm pondering a Dual axle for the rear of my 89 3/4 ton Suburban. I did a search and found little info about it. I can't see how the swap would be difficult.......anybody ever seen one............or know of any difficulties in the swap? I have a full shop with a lift etc. Would love to hear your thoughts on the matter. Thanks for your time.

THe current axles are 3/4 tons from an 83 truck w/4:10 gears.

i have seen one dont know anything about it its in Libertyville IL late 70"s burben

I have seen a few over the years. My thoughts?

They took the 1 ton dually axle, fenders off a CC LB dually, and *maybe* the 1 1/4 ton springs out of a CUCV. Most kept the 3/4 ton springs, though. Seemed pretty straight forward, the hardest parts being wiring the clearance lights and deciding what method to mount the fenders.

http://www.chromewheel.com/images/Rick's%20Truck4%20dually%20suburban%2090%20up.jpg

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new or old style burb?

lot of 73-87 have been done. look up my chevy oddball thread.

Arrowcraft is one of the biggest names in dually conversions. Is your current 14-bolt axle a semi-float or full floater?? If it's a full floater you could use they're bolt on wheel adapters.....if it's a semi floater, i'd suggest finding a complete axle out of a 1-ton dually pickup. If you're getting an axle out of a dually, may as well get the spring packs as well.

For the front you can use arrowcrafts bolt on adapters to use the dually rims or swap the outers off a dually pickup.

For the fenders, Arrowcraft has custom made fenders for your bodystyle suburban that work perfectly and are custom fit for the gas door. you need the set AF-275

www.arrowcraft.com

dont have any pictures but i did a conversion on a 86 burb. used the axles, rear springs and rear fender flares out of a dually had to move the spring perches on the axle but no biggie there. was not to hard over all. not sure where your from but i happen to have a set of dually fenders and a hd 70 dually rear end for sale....:D

located in kirkland wa

a friend of mine had an 85 that had allegedly come that way,we presumed it to be some sort of dealer conversion.it was 2wd and had all the correct 1 ton suspension up front as well. we could not find any eveidence that someone had swapped it all in,so if that was the case they did a fine job.

for the rear,you can simply move the perches onthe axle as mentioned above if youre using a pickup width dually axle. ive also seen pics of C&C converted suburbans,in wich case you will need to use the 1 ton spring hangers to get the narrower perch spacing,and youll have to use the 1 ton upside down u bolts and plates since theres not room for the other style on top of the spring between the backing plate and frame.

i always thot my friends dually burb was neater than shit. if you do it be sure to post some pics :)

This one is so good I think it might be factory!
http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/3111.jpg

http://www.chromewheel.com/images/Rick's%20Truck4%20dually%20suburban%2090%20up.jpg

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I don't know why but I would love that. It would handle so much better that a single wheel and kinda has that tough guy rancher look to it.

Now if only I could look tough.

I saw an ad in a Western Horseman mag a long time ago, and it was showing a suburban pulling a heavily modified gooseneck using a roof mounted hitch. Though it was really cool, but have never seen one since. Anybody ever seen anything like this? Just curious, it would cool in my book, but I would imagine weight would be a bit of an issue unless you did a conversion like this.

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