I was going to narrow my rear in my 69' GMC PU by doing it the old school way of cutting the axles & re-splining- then cutting the tubes when a friend of mine asked me "why don't you just use Toyota 4x4 axles?"
I checked online & they are 32 spline axles only 4" shorter than my stock axles for my Chevy 12 bolt.
I'm thinking that if I use the Toyota ends of the tubes for the bearings & weld them into my Chevy tubes that I can use the brakes & still have the same bolt pattern as the Chevy 6 lug. This would be an improvement because the bearing won't be riding on the axle like the Chevy, and the Toyota axle is thicker down the axle itself.
Supposedly this will work....does anyone know, and what pitfalls should I watch out for?