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Then that tells me somebody figured out that running without pins wasn't a good idea and they fixed it in later models. :)

Good to know. Are those early trucks equipped with Rockwell axles? But I have to say, anybody who would bob a '54 deuce should probably be flogged. :p

Nevermind. :-D

I don't know what axles you've been working on but I'm going to have to disagree. Front axles do have locator pins. Valence has even broken one of his off while trying to change his caster. Here's pics...

Thanks for your input. I've never taken apart the front suspension on a deuce but I just googled images of 2½ ton Rockwell axles and every one of them has locating pins for the springs. And nobody has suggested not using the deuce perches. Militarytrucks is just talking about welding a bead on...

It's not so much about the u-bolts being loose but the setup being able to handle the lateral stress that it was originally designed for. Friction and clamping force aren't really sufficient to keep the axle perfectly located under all conditions. That's why all solid axle setups have some way...

Both need to be accounted for, fore-aft movement and side-to-side movement, just like the original suspension.

I'll get some tonight. After a phone conversation with militarytrucks.com, I guess it's a common problem but nobody has ever talked about it. Really makes me wonder how many bobbers are out there without having hard stops on the axle and are just trusting the u-bolts to keep everything from...

Because the front springs (and the front axle pins) are centered under the frame, while the rear suspension and rear axle pins are mounted outboard of the frame, with a third pin for the torque rod. When using front springs on a rear axle, the pins don't line up right. For this reason, I have...

No argument with any of that but I've read dozens of threads about bobbing and nobody else has mentioned the axle pins not being centered. Made me wonder if people were just bolting the springs on the flat part of the axle and hoping for the best.:driver:

Huh. Really?? Why does nobody (including XM381.com) mention this??

Ok, I don't know if my truck is different than everybody else's or I'm just being an idiot but I have a problem with my rear axle location and nothing I've searched for shows me that anybody else has had this issue. I used front deuce springs to bob my truck and used the center axle for the...