when i did my dana 60 swap, i didnt mess around with those goofy plates, since i was building my truck for offroad i did the u bolt flip. i had new u bolts made that were round instead of square to go around my axle tube, then bough 2 steel plates to sit on top of my leafs and drilled 5 holes in it. 1 for the center pin, and 4 for the u bolts. works great and now i dont have to worry about snagging a rock or whatever out on the trail from u bolts hanging below my axles

 

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yeah i know, i wanted to do that also but i had brand new u bolts sitting in my garage from when iwas going to do a add a leaf. so instead of buying new ones again i used these...im getting the plates machined out at a machine shop for 20 bucks so hopefully theyll fit....if not i might be just ordering plates and round u bolts for mine. im hoping the machining works though

 

i'm thinking of doing an axle swap from my 96 1500 to the dana 60..where could i get an axle..i live in the middle of the ocean(GUAM)..the yards around arn't full of dodge trucks..any ideas would help...thnx

 

its either find a wrecked dodge there with the axles you want and pull them out, or youd have to find them here and get them shipped there and that would be alot of $$$