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<blockquote data-quote="Maverick26" data-source="post: 1475039" data-attributes="member: 18044"><p>Well I called Dean and got some great info from him. Im gonna try and grind off all my brakets and BS off the tubes I have and hope to keep them looking ok. The front is .500 wall tube now. My rear 60 is .375 wall and wanted to save a little weight and get some new tube on there to weld to but at the cost of over $500 to just press the tube on is a little more then I was thinking of spending.</p><p></p><p>So my dumb question of the day is can I do it myself?</p><p></p><p>I know that the 60 has a funky OD on the tube at 3.12" or so but it looks like to me that they had to turn down the factory tube to press it into the housing. Im assuming to about 3" cause the step down looks about like that. If I could cut and hack the old tube out of the housing and make my own tube jig I would still be out ahead. I can get 3"x.375" DOM for 122 bucks for 4' and maybe even cheaper cause that was just a ball park price thru OLM.</p><p></p><p>Since this is a front housing what about the seals? I think the seals get pushed into the housing casting and not the tube correct?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maverick26, post: 1475039, member: 18044"] Well I called Dean and got some great info from him. Im gonna try and grind off all my brakets and BS off the tubes I have and hope to keep them looking ok. The front is .500 wall tube now. My rear 60 is .375 wall and wanted to save a little weight and get some new tube on there to weld to but at the cost of over $500 to just press the tube on is a little more then I was thinking of spending. So my dumb question of the day is can I do it myself? I know that the 60 has a funky OD on the tube at 3.12" or so but it looks like to me that they had to turn down the factory tube to press it into the housing. Im assuming to about 3" cause the step down looks about like that. If I could cut and hack the old tube out of the housing and make my own tube jig I would still be out ahead. I can get 3"x.375" DOM for 122 bucks for 4' and maybe even cheaper cause that was just a ball park price thru OLM. Since this is a front housing what about the seals? I think the seals get pushed into the housing casting and not the tube correct? [/QUOTE]
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