Many of us who have owned older vehicles have had one or more with front drum brakes. While drums can be made somewhat effective with high quality shoes and some careful tweaking, front disc brakes ...

I have 2002 Silverado 1500 4x4 5.3L extended cab, and I want a mild lift with stock rubber for now. But I want to achieve this lift with a regular 1/2-ton (maybe Dana 44 sized) solid axle out front ...

The live axle simply refuses to die. Rugged, hefty, and simple, they’ve been a mainstay of serious off-road rigs for decades. Even as more modern platforms switch to independent front suspension, ...

As opposed to the JL/JLU Wrangler, the 2021 model year Ford Bronco features double-wishbone independent front suspension. Available with a Dana AdvanTEK differential or Spicer Performa-TraK electronic ...

Here’s a great example of a project that has undergone a bit of “feature creep”. Oh, it started innocently enough, with my wife asking if anything could be done to improve the brake feel of our 1996 ...

Suspensions, suspensions, suspensions! Sometimes it seems like the only tech stories we do here at CLASSIC TRUCKS are chassis and suspension related. Then again, there's good reason for our bias. Most ...

In a world where independent front suspension has become the norm, the presence of solid front axles in certain trucks might seem a tad outdated. However, there's a reason why this traditional design ...

According to Dana Holding Corp., two new Spicer tag axles will improve fuel efficiency, reduce vehicle weight, and lower OEM installation costs – all while enabling fleet owners to easily convert a ...

In the previous installment of this epic saga, we started reassembling the axle that will be going underneath a 1996 Buick Roadmaster. In case you’ve forgotten the point of this exercise – and you’d ...