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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 01:41 PM
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well thats what i dont know guys, im not sure what all will match up to the 1500? thats why i mentioned either spindles or new knuckles or what? like i said the guy at the parts house said if i can get the spindles off a 98 then i could use bearing and race (or something like that) it wasnt a hub, he said they hadnt went to those yet.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 01:46 PM
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By the time you get all those parts, you might be able to just get the hubs for the 01 2wd. Most likely the spindles will be different size, but you never know until you match them up.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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possibly the hubs were like 250-290 each i cant see myself spending that. i think i would go with just the adapter before i dropped 600 bucks on the front end. it wont even cost me that much for the rear end.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by HeyYou
Might have to grab control arms, and knuckles from the donor vehicle.......
would this be easier?
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 01:55 PM
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possibly the hubs were like 250-290 each i cant see myself spending that. i think i would go with just the adapter before i dropped 600 bucks on the front end. it wont even cost me that much for the rear end.
There like 180 from rock auto. And it would be easier if you grabbed everything off a donor vehicle. I highly doubt anyone here has done this, so you have to go by trial and error.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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what should i start off with do you think? what hey you suggested?
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 02:14 PM
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Yea, that's a start.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 02:17 PM
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is that upper and lower control arms?? i dont know that much about the front end so if i replace those and the knuckles, will i need other parts to go along with em??
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 02:24 PM
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You are going to need to check the balljoint taper to make sure that the 2500 spindles will fit your 1500, donor truck is the way to go. Get a tape measure out and get all the attaching points recorded from your 1500's A arms then find a 2500 and do the same, cross reference everything.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 02:31 PM
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There may also be issues with tie rods too.
 
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